H.E.G.R.A.

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H.E.G.R.A.

• High Energy Gamma Ray Astronomy
• By Lisa Busing

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Purpose

• Gaining more accurate data on Gamma Rays to
  answer questions about where they come from.

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Universities and Institutes

• Hamburg University
• Kiel University
• Wuppertal University
• Madrid University

• Max Planck Institutes for Nuclear Physics
• Yerevan Physics Institute

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Where is it Located?
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Detectors

• Scintillators- detects electromagnetic
• particles
• Geiger Towers- detects muons and
• calorimetric
  measurement
• of electromagnetic
  particles
• Cherenkov Telescopes- detects Cherenkov
  
• light

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Main Goals Points

• H.E.G.R.A.
• Gamma Rays
• Germany, Spain, and Armenia

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The End