Precision Measurements of High-Energy Cosmic Gamma-Ray Emission with the GAMMA-400 Gamma-Ray Telescope


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Abstract

The GAMMA-400 γ-ray telescope installed at the Russian space observatory is intended for precision measurements in the energy range of 20 MeV–1000 GeV of γ-ray emission (with the angular and energy resolutions several times better than that of current γ-ray telescopes) from discrete sources; measurement of the energy spectra of Galactic and extragalactic diffuse γ-ray emission; studies of γ-ray emission from the active Sun; and measurements of fluxes of γ-ray emission and electron–positron cosmicray component, which are probably associated with the annihilation or decay of dark-matter particles.

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A. M. Galper

Lebedev Physical Institute; National Research Nuclear University MEPhI

Email: soutch@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 119991; Kashirskoe sh. 31, Moscow, 115409

S. I. Suchkov

Lebedev Physical Institute

Author for correspondence.
Email: soutch@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 119991

N. P. Topchiev

Lebedev Physical Institute

Email: soutch@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 119991

I. V. Arkhangelskaja

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI

Email: soutch@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Kashirskoe sh. 31, Moscow, 115409

A. I. Arkhangelskiy

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI

Email: soutch@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Kashirskoe sh. 31, Moscow, 115409

A. V. Bakaldin

Scientific Research Institute for System Analysis

Email: soutch@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117218

Yu. V. Gusakov

Lebedev Physical Institute

Email: soutch@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 119991

O. D. Dalkarov

Lebedev Physical Institute

Email: soutch@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 119991

A. E. Egorov

Lebedev Physical Institute

Email: soutch@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 119991

V. G. Zverev

Lebedev Physical Institute

Email: soutch@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 119991

V. V. Kadilin

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI

Email: soutch@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Kashirskoe sh. 31, Moscow, 115409

A. A. Leonov

Lebedev Physical Institute; National Research Nuclear University MEPhI

Email: soutch@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 119991; Kashirskoe sh. 31, Moscow, 115409

P. Yu. Naumov

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI

Email: soutch@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Kashirskoe sh. 31, Moscow, 115409

M. F. Runtso

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI

Email: soutch@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Kashirskoe sh. 31, Moscow, 115409

M. D. Kheymits

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI

Email: soutch@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Kashirskoe sh. 31, Moscow, 115409

Yu. T. Yurkin

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI

Email: soutch@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Kashirskoe sh. 31, Moscow, 115409

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