We have searched for possible sites in Argentina for the installation of large air Cherenkov telescope arrays and water Cherenkov systems. At present seven candidates are identified at altitudes from 2500 to 4500 m. The highest sites are located at the NW of the country, in La Puna. Sites at 2500 and 3100 m are located in the West at El Leoncito Observatory, with excellent infrastructure. A description of these candidate sites is presented with emphasis on infrastructure and climatology. © 2009 American Institute of Physics.
Documento: | Conferencia |
Título: | Sites for gamma-ray astronomy in Argentina |
Autor: | Rovero, A.C.; Romero, G.E.; Allekotte, I.; Bertou, X.; Colombo, E.; Etchegoyen, A.; Garcia, B.; Garcia-Lambas, D.; Levato, H.; Medina, M.C.; Muriel, H.; Recabarren, P. |
Ciudad: | Heidelberg |
Filiación: | Institute de Astronomíay Física del Espacio, CONICET-UBA, CC 67, 1428, Cdad. de Buenos Aires, Argentina Institute Argentino de Radioastronomía, CCT-LP, CONICET, CC 5, 1894, Villa Elisa, Buenos Aires, Argentina Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro, CNEA, UNCuyo, 8400, Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina Laboratorio Tandar (CNEA), Av. Gral. Pazy Constituyentes, Buenos Aires, Argentina Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional Mendoza, Rodríguez 273, 5500, Mendoza, Argentina Institute de Astronomía Teórica y Experimental, CONICET, UNC, Laprida 854, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina Complejo Astronómico El Leoncito, CC 467, 5400, San Juan, Argentina Laboratoire de l'Univers et ses Théories, Obs. de Paris, 5 Place Jules Janssen, 92195, Meudon Cedex, France |
Palabras clave: | Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy; Site search; Site testing |
Año: | 2009 |
Volumen: | 1085 |
Página de inicio: | 870 |
Página de fin: | 873 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3076814 |
Título revista: | 4th International Meeting on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy |
Título revista abreviado: | AIP Conf. Proc. |
ISSN: | 0094243X |
Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_0094243X_v1085_n_p870_Rovero |