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Search for GeV Gamma Ray Bursts with the ARGO-YBJ Detector: Summary of Eight Years of Observations

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arxiv 1502.05622 v1 pith:EM2XKME4 submitted 2015-02-19 astro-ph.HE

Search for GeV Gamma Ray Bursts with the ARGO-YBJ Detector: Summary of Eight Years of Observations

B. Bartoli , P. Bernardini , X.J. Bi , P. Branchini , A. Budano , P. Camarri , Z. Cao , R. Cardarelli
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S. Catalanotti S.Z. Chen T.L. Chen P. Creti S.W. Cui B.Z. Dai A. D'Amone Danzengluobu I. De Mitri B. D'Ettorre Piazzoli T. Di Girolamo G. Di Sciascio C.F. Feng Zhaoyang Feng Zhenyong Feng Q.B. Gou Y.Q. Guo H.H. He Haibing Hu Hongbo Hu M. Iacovacci R. Iuppa H.Y. Jia Labaciren H.J. Li G. Liguori C. Liu J. Liu M.Y. Liu H. Lu L.L. Ma X.H. Ma G. Mancarella S.M. Mari G. Marsella D. Martello S. Mastroianni P. Montini C.C. Ning M. Panareo L. Perrone P. Pistilli F. Ruggieri P. Salvini R. Santonico P.R. Shen X.D. Sheng F. Shi A. Surdo Y.H. Tan P. Vallania S. Vernetto C. Vigorito H. Wang C.Y. Wu H.R. Wu L. Xue Q.Y. Yang X.C. Yang Z.G. Yao A.F. Yuan M. Zha H.M. Zhang L. Zhang X.Y. Zhang Y. Zhang J. Zhao Zhaxiciren Zhaxisangzhu X.X. Zhou F.R. Zhu Q.Q. Zhu G. Zizzi
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The search for Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) emission in the energy range 1-100 GeV in coincidence with the satellite detection has been carried out using the Astrophysical Radiation with Ground-based Observatory at YangBaJing (ARGO-YBJ) experiment. The high altitude location (4300 m a.s.l.), the large active surface ($\sim$ 6700 m$^2$ of Resistive Plate Chambers), the wide field of view ($\sim 2~$sr, limited only by the atmospheric absorption) and the high duty cycle ($>$ 86 %) make the ARGO-YBJ experiment particularly suitable to detect short and unexpected events like GRBs. With the scaler mode technique, i.e., counting all the particles hitting the detector with no measurement of the primary energy and arrival direction, the minimum threshold of $\sim$ 1 GeV can be reached, overlapping the direct measurements carried out by satellites. During the experiment lifetime, from December 17, 2004 to February 7, 2013, a total of 206 GRBs occurring within the ARGO-YBJ field of view (zenith angle $\theta$ $\le$ 45$^{\circ}$) have been analyzed. This is the largest sample of GRBs investigated with a ground-based detector. Two lightcurve models have been assumed and since in both cases no significant excess has been found, the corresponding fluence upper limits in the 1-100 GeV energy region have been derived, with values as low as 10$^{-5}~$erg cm$^{-2}$. The analysis of a subset of 24 GRBs with known redshift has been used to constrain the fluence extrapolation to the GeV region together with possible cutoffs under different assumptions on the spectrum.

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