ARGO-YBJ constraints on very high energy emission from GRBs

Aielli, G; Bacci, C; Bartoli, B; Bernardini, P; Xj, B; Bleve, C; Branchini, P; Budano, A; Bussino, S; CALABRESE MELCARNE, A; Camarri, P; Cao, Z; Cappa, A; Cardarelli, R; Catalanotti, S; Cattaneo, S; Celio, P; Chen, S; Chen, Y; Cheng, N; Creti, P; Cui, S; Dai, B; D'Ali'Staiti, G; Danzengluobu,; Dattoli, M; DE MITRI, I; D'ETTORRE PIAZZOLI, B; DE VINCENZI, M; DI GIROLAMO, T; Ding, X; DI SCIASCIO, G; Feng, C; Feng, Z; Zhenyong, F; Galeazzi, F; Galeotti, P; Gargana, R; Gou, Q; Guo, Y; Hh, H; Haibing, H; Hongbo, H; Huang, Q; Iacovacci, M; Iuppa, R; James, J; Jia, H; Labaciren,; Hj, L; Jy, L; Xx, L; Liberti, B; Liguori, G; Liu, C; Liu, C; Liu, M; Liu, J; Lui, H; Xh, M; Mancarella, G; Mari, S; Marsella, G; Martello, D; Mastroianni, S; Meng, X; Montini, P; Ning, C; Pagliaro, A; Panareo, M; Perrone, L; Pistilli, P; Xb, Q; Rossi, E; Ruggieri, F; Saggese, L; Salvini, P; Santonico, R; Shen, P; Sheng, X; Shi, F; Stanescu, C; Surdo, A; Tan, Y; Vallania, P; Vernetto, S; Vigorito, C; Wang, B; Wang, H; Wui, C; Wui, H; Xut, B; Xues, L; Yanm, Y; Yang, Q; Yang, X; Yuan, A; Zha, F; Zhang, X; Zhang, J; Zhang, J; Zhang, L; Zhang, P; Zhang, X; Zhang, Y; Zhaxisangzhu, Z; Xx,; Zhu, F; Zhu, Q; Zizzi, G

doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2009.05.005

The ARGO-YBJ (Astrophysical Radiation Ground-based Observatory at YangBaJing) experiment is designed for very high energy -astronomy and cosmic ray researches. Due to the full coverage of a large area (5600 m2) with resistive plate chambers at a very high altitude (4300 m a.s.l.), the ARGO-YBJ detector is used to search for transient phenomena, such as Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Because the ARGO-YBJ detector has a large ﬁeld of view (>2 sr) and is operated with a high duty cycle (>90%), it is well suited for GRB surveying and can be operated in searches for high energy GRBs following alarms set by satelliteborne observations at lower energies. In this paper, the sensitivity of the ARGO-YBJ detector for GRB detection is estimated. Upper limits to ﬂuence with 99% conﬁdence level for 26 GRBs inside the ﬁeld of view from June 2006 to January 2009 are set in the two energy ranges 10–100 GeV and 10 GeV–1 TeV.

AIELLI, G., BACCI, C., BARTOLI, B., BERNARDINI, P., BI, X.J., BLEVE, C., et al. (2009). ARGO-YBJ constraints on very high energy emission from GRBs. ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS, 32, 47-52 [10.1016/j.astropartphys.2009.05.005].