A stereoscopic water Cherenkov detector for Gamma-ray astronomy in 100 GeV-10TeV energy range at Tibet: detector design and simulation
We have built a 100 $\mathrm{m}^{2}$ prototype stereoscopic water Cherenkov detector array (SWCDA) in the \asg in 2024, which will be used for gamma-ray astronomy observations in the 100 GeV-10 TeV energy range. In this paper, we describe the design of the Tibet stereoscopic water Cherenkov detector and detailed Monte Carlo simulations to demonstrate the performance and sensitivity of the high-altitude stereoscopic water Cherenkov detector. The scientific objectives of SWCDA include wide FOV monitoring of the high-energy gamma-ray sky from 100 GeV to 100 TeV for blazars, active galactic nuclei (AGNs), gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), and Galactic microquasars, etc.
Authors
- J. Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8680-8323)
- Yiyang Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8708-2153)
- L. M. Zhai
- Yanfeng Meng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4992-1631)
- Yanlei Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4623-3331)
- Yiming Zou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1865-2579)
- K.Y. Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2251-2544)
- Ying Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3946-8041)
- D. Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7196-0795)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-09-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.22323/1.501.0731
- Primary Topic
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics
- Institute of High Energy Physics
- High Energy Physics