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The CONDOR Observatory layout is being optimized
 

 

 

It will consist of an array of detectors that will measure the particles being produced in the interaction of cosmic rays and the upper atmosphere.
 

 

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When gamma rays hit the upper atmosphere, they produce a "shower" of secondary particles that can be measured at ground level. Below are shown some examples of showers obtained with a simulation program (CORSIKA) for different energies:
 

50 GeV gamma ray

Photon shower 50 GeV from https://www.zeuthen.desy.de/~jknapp/fs/photon-showers.html

100 GeV gamma ray

100 GeV shower from https://www.zeuthen.desy.de/~jknapp/fs/photon-showers.html

1000 GeV gamma ray

1000 GeV gamma ray shower from https://www.zeuthen.desy.de/~jknapp/fs/photon-showers.html


  By virtue of its extreme location at ~5300-5600 meters above sea level,
  CONDOR will have unprecedented sensitivity to faint signals that do not reach lower altitudes.
 

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