Highlights from the ARGO-YBJ experiment

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, C; Celio, P; Chen, S; Chen, T; 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; Feng, Z; Galeazzi, F; Galeotti, P; Gargana, R; Gou, Q; Guo, Y; Hh, H; Hbi, H; Hbo, 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; Lu, 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; Cy, W; Hr, W; Xu, B; Xue, L; Yan, Y; Yang, Q; Yang, X; Yuan, A; Zha, M; Zhang, H; Zhang, J; Zhang, J; Zhang, L; Zhang, P; Zhang, X; Zhang, Y; Zhaxisangzhu,; Zhou, X; Zhu, F; Zhu, Q; Zizzi, G

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2010.08.005

The ARGO-YBJ experiment at YangBaJing in Tibet (4300 m a.s.l.) has been taking data with its full layout since October 2007. Here we present a few signiﬁcant results obtained in gamma-ray astronomy and cosmic-ray physics. Emphasis is placed on the analysis of gamma-ray emission from point-like sources (Crab Nebula, MRK 421), on the preliminary limit on the antiproton/proton ﬂux ratio, on the large-scale cosmic-ray anisotropy and on the proton–air cross-section. The performance of the detector is also discussed, and the perspectives of the experiment are outlined.

Aielli, G., Bacci, C., Bartoli, B., Bernardini, P., Bi, X.J., Bleve, C., et al. (2012). Highlights from the ARGO-YBJ experiment. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 661, 50-55 [10.1016/j.nima.2010.08.005].