Intrinsic differences in the processes involved in the electromagnetic and hadronic shower development in the atmosphere have been evidenced by means of a careful analysis of the event image given by the ARGO-YBJ detector. The images have been analyzed at different length scales and their multifractal nature has been studied. The use of the multiscale approach together with a properly designed and trained Artificial Neural Network, allowed us to obtain a good discrimination power. If confirmed by further studies on different event categories, this result would allow to nearly double the detector sensitivity to gamma-ray sources.
Titolo: | Multiscale image analysis applied to gamma/hadron discrimination for VHE gamma-ray astronomy with ARGO-YBJ | |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2004 | |
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Abstract: | Intrinsic differences in the processes involved in the electromagnetic and hadronic shower development in the atmosphere have been evidenced by means of a careful analysis of the event image given by the ARGO-YBJ detector. The images have been analyzed at different length scales and their multifractal nature has been studied. The use of the multiscale approach together with a properly designed and trained Artificial Neural Network, allowed us to obtain a good discrimination power. If confirmed by further studies on different event categories, this result would allow to nearly double the detector sensitivity to gamma-ray sources. | |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12571/3030 | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |