The CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) cosmic ray detector on the International Space Station (ISS) has been in operation since its launch in 2015. The main instrument, the CALorimeter (CAL), is optimized to observe high-energy electrons up to TeV energies, but its three-storied, composite and thick detector enable us to discriminate gamma rays from overwhelming background of charged cosmic rays. Thus, it is monitoring the gamma ray sky from 1 GeV up to 10 TeV with a field of view of about 2 sr, but the exposure is somewhat non-uniform because of the limitation imposed by the inclination angle (51.6 degree) of the ISS orbit. In this paper we report results from gamma ray observations obtained during its mission for more than seven years with increased statistics compared with previous reports. They include properties of the Galactic diffuse gamma rays, spectra of bright Galactic point sources, and light curves of extragalactic active galactic nuclei, which show good consistencies with Fermi-LAT observations of which energy range overlaps with CALET.

Results from CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) Observations of Gamma-rays on the International Space Station / Mori, Masaki; Adriani, Oscar; Akaike, Yosui; Asano, Katsuaki; Asaoka, Yoichi; Berti, Eugenio; Bigongiari, Gabriele; Binns, Walter Robert; Bongi, Massimo; Brogi, Paolo; Bruno, Alessandro; Cannady, Nicholas W; Castellini, Guido; Checchia, Caterina; Cherry, Walter Robert; Collazuol, Gianmaria; de Nolfo, Georgia A.; Ebisawa, Ken; Ficklin, Anthony W.; Fuke, Hideyuki; Gonzi, Sandro; Guzik, T. Gregory; Hams, Thomas; Hibino, Kinya; Ichimura, Masakatsu; Ioka, Kunihito; Ishizaki, Wataru; Israel, Martin H.; Kasahara, Katsumasa; Kataoka, Jun; Kataoka, Ryuho; Katayose, Yusaku; Kato, Chihiro; Kawanaka, Norita; Kawakubo, Yuta; Kobayashi, Kenko; Kohri, Kazunori; Krawczynski, Henric S.; Krizmanic, John F.; Maestro, Paolo; Marrocchesi, Pier Simone; Messineo, Alberto Maria; Mitchell, Jason W.; Miyake, Shoko; Moiseev, Alexander; Mori, Nicola; Motz, Holger Martin; Munakata, Kazuoki; Nakahira, Satoshi; Nishimura, Jun; Okuno, Shoji; Ormes, Jonathan; Ozawa, Shunsuke; Pacini, Lorenzo; Papini, Paolo; Rauch, Brian Flint; Ricciarini, Sergio Bruno; Sakai, Kazuhiro; Sakamoto, Takanori; Sasaki, Makoto; Shimizu, Yuki; Shiomi, Atsushi; Spillantini, Piero; Stolzi, Francesco; Sugita, Satoshi; Sulaj, Arta; Takita, Masato; Tamura, Tadahisa; Terasawa, Toshio; Torii, Shoji; Tsunesada, Yoshiki; Uchihori, Yukio; Vannuccini, Elena; Wefel, John P.; Yamaoka, Kazutaka; Yanagita, Shohei; Yoshida, Atsumasa; Yoshida, Kenji; Zober, Wolfgang V;. - In: POS PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENCE. - ISSN 1824-8039. - ELETTRONICO. - 444 - 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2023):(2024), pp. 708.0-708.0. [10.22323/1.444.0708]

Results from CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) Observations of Gamma-rays on the International Space Station

Adriani, Oscar;Berti, Eugenio;Bongi, Massimo;Gonzi, Sandro;Spillantini, Piero;
2024

Abstract

The CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) cosmic ray detector on the International Space Station (ISS) has been in operation since its launch in 2015. The main instrument, the CALorimeter (CAL), is optimized to observe high-energy electrons up to TeV energies, but its three-storied, composite and thick detector enable us to discriminate gamma rays from overwhelming background of charged cosmic rays. Thus, it is monitoring the gamma ray sky from 1 GeV up to 10 TeV with a field of view of about 2 sr, but the exposure is somewhat non-uniform because of the limitation imposed by the inclination angle (51.6 degree) of the ISS orbit. In this paper we report results from gamma ray observations obtained during its mission for more than seven years with increased statistics compared with previous reports. They include properties of the Galactic diffuse gamma rays, spectra of bright Galactic point sources, and light curves of extragalactic active galactic nuclei, which show good consistencies with Fermi-LAT observations of which energy range overlaps with CALET.
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