Ponente
Takashi Sako
(ICRR, University of Tokyo)
Descripción
ALPACA is a new air shower array experiment under construction in Bolivia. Surface array with 401 scintillating counters covers an area of 82,800 m^2. Together with the underground water-Cherenkov muon detectors covering 3600 m^2 established by the Tibet ASgamma group, a high CR/gamma separation power is achieved. ALPACA realizes a wide-field gamma-ray survey at 10-1000TeV energy range for the first time in the southern hemisphere. Currently a prototype ALPAQUITA array with 97 surface detectors is operating and the construction of the first muon detector will start soon.
In this contribution, we will outline the project of ALPACA and present the performance of ALPAQUITA and the status of the muon detector construction.
Autores primarios
Takashi Sako
(ICRR, University of Tokyo)
ALPACA Collaboration
