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. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Multiscale image analysis applied to γ/h discrimination for VHE gamma-ray astronomy with ARGO-YBJ
Salamida, F.
2004-01-01
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. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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