Prospects for the detection of gamma rays using Cherenkov telescopes enhanced by a ground array observatory

Abstract

We study through detailed simulated data and their optimized analysis the expected performance of the Single-Mirror Small-Size imaging atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (SST-1M) potentially located inside a high-altitude array of Water-Cherenkov Detectors (WCDs) inspired by the current foreseen design of the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO). For such a hybrid setup, we show an improvement in the flux sensitivity above 10 TeV by about 60% for monocular and 30% for stereoscopic SST-1M observation, due to the improved gamma/hadron separation when additional parameters from the WCD array are used. We also discuss further benefits of the hybrid gamma observatory concept and its technical challenges.

9 pages, 10 figures. Published in Astroparticle Physics

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