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CANGAROO の現況 Status of CANGAROO project Masaki Mori ICRR, University of Tokyo 「 CANGAROO 望遠鏡によるガンマ線天文学の新展開」 Dec.11-12, 2003 京都大 学 Workshop “ New developments.

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1 CANGAROO の現況 Status of CANGAROO project Masaki Mori ICRR, University of Tokyo 「 CANGAROO 望遠鏡によるガンマ線天文学の新展開」 Dec.11-12, 2003 京都大 学 Workshop “ New developments in Gamma-ray Astronomy with the CANGAROO telescope ”, Dec.11-12, Kyoto U.

2 Brief history of CANGAROO 1987: SN1987A explosion 1990: 3.8m telescope moved 1990: ICRR-Adelaide Physics agreement 1992: Start obs. of 3.8m tel. 1995: PSR 1706-44 result published 1998: SNR1006 result published 1999: 7m telescope completed 2000: Upgrade to 10m telescope 2001: U.Tokyo-U.Adelaide agreement 2002: Second and third 10m tel. 2003: Fourth 10m tel.

3 JANZOS experiment in New Zealand Japan Australia New Zealand Observation of Supernova 1987A Air shower detector array + 3 Fixed 2m  Cherenkov telescopes 1987-1989, Black Birch, South Island

4 Why Woomera? New Zealand is wet and not many clear nights … New Zealand is wet and not many clear nights … Woomera: Woomera: Outskirt of desert Outskirt of desert Former rocket launch site, prohibited area: existing infrastructure and support center Former rocket launch site, prohibited area: existing infrastructure and support center BIGRAT telescope was operated by Adelaide group BIGRAT telescope was operated by Adelaide group ELDO rocket Launch site in ’ 60s BIGRAT (BIcentinnial Gamma RAy Telescope)

5 3.8m telescope (ex. Lunar-ranging telescope) Tadashi Kifune & John Patterson 224ch imaging camera at prime focus

6 CANGAROO 7m telescope Completed in March 1999 Completed in March 1999 60 x 80cm CFRP-based spherical mirror segments (first plastic-base mirror in the world!) 60 x 80cm CFRP-based spherical mirror segments (first plastic-base mirror in the world!) Focal length 8m Focal length 8m Alt-azimuth mount Alt-azimuth mount 552ch imaging camera 552ch imaging camera Timing and time-over- threshold measurement Timing and time-over- threshold measurement (March 1999)

7 CANGAROO 10m telescope Upgraded in March 2000 Upgraded in March 2000 114 x 80cm CFRP-based spherical mirror segments 114 x 80cm CFRP-based spherical mirror segments 552ch imaging camera 552ch imaging camera Charge measurement (ADC) added Charge measurement (ADC) added  ” CANGAROO-III T1 ” (March 2000)

8 CANGAROO-III T1 target list SNR/Pulsar Crab  SNR/Pulsar Crab  SNR RX J1713.7-3946   (Nature2002) SNR RX J1713.7-3946   (Nature2002) AGN Mrk421   (ApJL2002) AGN Mrk421   (ApJL2002) Starburst galaxy NGC253   (AAL02,AA03) Starburst galaxy NGC253   (AAL02,AA03) SN1987A   (ApJL2003) SN1987A   (ApJL2003) Pulsar PSR 1706-44   (PhD 2003) Pulsar PSR 1706-44   (PhD 2003) SNR SN1006   (PhD 2002) SNR SN1006   (PhD 2002) PSR 1259-63/SS2833   ( 投稿中 ) PSR 1259-63/SS2833   ( 投稿中 ) AGN PKS2155-304, PKS2005-489   AGN PKS2155-304, PKS2005-489   SNR RX J0852-4622   SNR RX J0852-4622   SNR RCW86  SNR RCW86  Galactic Center/Sgr A*   Galactic Center/Sgr A*   Galactic jet object SS433  Galactic jet object SS433  EGRET unID 3EG J1234-1318  EGRET unID 3EG J1234-1318  Galaxy Small Magellanic Cloud  Galaxy Small Magellanic Cloud  Vela pulsar  Vela pulsar  Signal Publish   Signal:  detected,  upper limit,  under analysis   Publish:  published,  in preparation

9 Crab nebula “ Standard candle ” is observed as it should be – Our telescope is working properly! C. Itoh, Ph.D. thesis 2003

10 SNR RX J1713.7-3946 SNR detected by X-ray satellite SNR detected by X-ray satellite Non-thermal emission Non-thermal emission Energy spectrum Enomoto et al. Nature 2002 Significance map Gamma-ray signal = (ON) – (OFF)

11 SNR RX J1713.7-3946: emission from protons? Hard to explain by emission from electrons (Brems, IC) Emission from protons ( 0 )?  Cosmic ray origin? Enomoto et al. Nature 2002

12 SNR RX J1713.7-3946: counter arguments Reimer & Pohl, A&A 390 (2002) L43 Butt et al., Nature 418 (2002) 489 0.8

13 Markarian 421 The first TeV blazar in the northern sky The first TeV blazar in the northern sky z=0.031 (~130Mpc) z=0.031 (~130Mpc) Flare in 2001 Flare in 2001 Large zenith angle observation from Woomera: higher energy Large zenith angle observation from Woomera: higher energy Intergalactic absorption by IR: No 10TeV photons? Intergalactic absorption by IR: No 10TeV photons? Optical image Okumura et al. ApJL 2002 Gamma-ray signal = (ON) – (OFF)

14 Mrk 421: hint for cosmology? Emission above 10 TeV detected  Fewer IR photons? Okumura et al. ApJL 2002

15 Starburst galaxy NGC253 Nearby spiral galaxy (2.4Mpc) Nearby spiral galaxy (2.4Mpc) Starburst activity  frequent SNe Starburst activity  frequent SNe Optical image Gamma-ray signal = (ON) – (OFF) Itoh et al. A&AL 2002

16 CANGAROO-I sources revisited PSR 1706-44 PSR 1706-44 SN1006 NE rim SN1006 NE rim S. Hara, Ph.D. thesis 2002 J. Kushida, Ph.D. thesis 2003

17 SN1987A Enomoto, Ksenofontov, Katagiri, Tsuchiya et al., ApJ, 591(2003)L25-28 Order improved ULs In 2003-6, the shock front will Collides with these rings! Interesting to continue observations CII-10h CIII

18 PSR1259-63/SS2883  48ms pulsar/Be star binary  Eccentricity 0.87, T orb =1236.72days  X-ray emission around periastron  Synchrotron emission from nonthermal electrons  TeV inverse Compton emission? Dec’00 Mar’01 Upper limits from obs. By 10m telescope Limits on a model parameter Kawachi et al., submitted

19 Galactic Center CANGAROO 10m result CANGAROO 10m result Gamma-ray signal (ON-OFF) ( 7.5σ ) Sgr A* and Sgr A East VLA radio continuum image (6cm) Radio image (90cm) CANGAROO-II Alpha Tsuchiya, Ph.D. thesis in prep.

20 RX J0852.0-4622 ROSAT X-ray image 8o8o Vela SNR Maximum X-ray emission 2o2o Gamma-ray signal (ON-OFF) 8.0  Katagiri, Ph.D. thesis in prep.

21 CANGAROO sensitivity H. Kubo, 2003

22 CANGAROO-III project An array of four 10m telescopes An array of four 10m telescopes T1 T4 (2003) T3 (2002) T2 (2002) T2 (2002)

23 Second 10m telescope Completed in 2002, operaring since Dec. 2002 Completed in 2002, operaring since Dec. 2002 Refined FRP-based mirror segments Refined FRP-based mirror segments 427ch imaging camera 427ch imaging camera Fast ADCs and TDCs Fast ADCs and TDCs  “ CANGAROO-III T2 ”

24 T2 imaging camera Light guide R3479+Preamp

25 T2 electronics All VME-based All VME-based 16bit q-ADC 16bit q-ADC VME frontend VME frontend TDC TDC Pattern trigger Pattern trigger Linux OS Linux OS Kubo et al., ICRC2001

26 Event samples of T2 TDC ADC Scaler Star

27 T1 TDC T2 TDC T1 ADC T2 ADC Samples of stereo events

28 Stereo reconstruction T1 T2 overlay Gamma-ray direction (This is just an illustrative example.)

29 Present status T3 T2 T1 T4 Dec. 2002 startedJul. 2003 startedSince 2000 Jul. 2003 completed 427ch Imaging camera for T2, T3, T4

30 Systematic survey of SNRs Crab nebula ( ”Standard candle” ) Vela ( CANGAROO ) RX J1713.7-3946 ( CANGAROO ) Cas A ( HEGRA ) RCW86 ( CANGAROO under analysis ) RX J0852-46 ( CANGAROO under analysis ) Chandra ・ optical Chandra ASCA Chandra ROSAT SN1006 ( CANGAROO ) ASCA

31 Galactic plane survey

32 International coordination Continuous observation of time variable objects (ex. Blazars) Continuous observation of time variable objects (ex. Blazars) Multiwavelength campaign Multiwavelength campaign

33 “ Evolution ” of the TeV gamma-ray sky

34 “ Evolution ” in number of objects “Kifune plot” ©Rene Ong 2002 Log scale


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