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most citedThe all-particle spectrum of primary cosmic rays in the wide energy range from 10^14 eV to 10^17 eV observed with the Tibet-III air-shower array

217 citations · 1.4k across the 28 of their papers we have counts for

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29 papers

astro-ph.EP2017★ 27 cited

Observation of the thunderstorm-related ground cosmic ray flux variations by ARGO-YBJ

B. Bartoli, P. Bernardini, X. J. Bi +70

A correlation between the secondary cosmic ray flux and the near-earth electric field intensity, measured during thunderstorms, has been found by analyzing the data of the ARGO-YBJ…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 40 cited

Detection of thermal neutrons with the PRISMA-YBJ array in Extensive Air Showers selected by the ARGO-YBJ experiment

B. Bartoli, P. Bernardini, X. J. Bi +79

We report on a measurement of thermal neutrons, generated by the hadronic component of extensive air showers (EAS), by means of a small array of EN-detectors developed for the PRIS…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 63 cited

4.5 years multi-wavelength observations of Mrk 421 during the ARGO-YBJ and Fermi common operation time

B. Bartoli, P. Bernardini, X. J. Bi +68

We report on the extensive multi-wavelength observations of the blazar Markarian 421 (Mrk 421) covering radio to gamma-rays, during the 4.5 year period of ARGO-YBJ and Fermi common…

hep-ex2015★ 41 cited

The cosmic ray proton plus helium energy spectrum measured by the ARGO-YBJ experiment in the energy range 3-300 TeV

YBJ Collaboration, B. Bartoli, P. Bernardini +70

The ARGO-YBJ experiment is a full-coverage air shower detector located at the Yangbajing Cosmic Ray Observatory (Tibet, People's Republic of China, 4300 m a.s.l.). The high altitud…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 127 cited

The Knee of the Cosmic Hydrogen and Helium Spectrum below 1 PeV Measured by ARGO-YBJ and a Cherenkov Telescope of LHAASO

B. Bartoli, P. Bernardini, X. J. Bi +93

The measurement of cosmic ray energy spectra, in particular for individual species, is an essential approach in finding their origin. Locating the "knees" of the spectra is an impo…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 99 cited

Identification of the TeV Gamma-ray Source ARGO J2031+4157 with the Cygnus Cocoon

YBJ Collaboration, B. Bartoli, P. Bernardini +80

The extended TeV gamma-ray source ARGO J2031+4157 (or MGRO J2031+41) is positionally consistent with the Cygnus Cocoon discovered by -LAT at GeV energies in the Cygnus super…

astro-ph.SR2014★ 64 cited

A three dimensional extinction map of the Galactic Anticentre from multi-band photometry

B. -Q Chen, X. -W. Liu, H. -B. Yuan +8

We present a three dimensional extinction map in band. The map has a spatial angular resolution, depending on latitude, between 3 -- 9\,arcmin and covers the entire XSTPS-GAC s…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 31 cited

Energy Spectrum of Cosmic Protons and Helium Nuclei by a Hybrid Measurement at 4300 m a.s.l

B. Bartoli, P. Bernardini, X. J. Bi +97

The energy spectrum of cosmic Hydrogen and Helium nuclei has been measured, below the so-called "knee", by using a hybrid experiment with a wide field-of-view Cherenkov telescope a…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 84 cited

TeV gamma-ray survey of the Northern sky using the ARGO-YBJ detector

YBJ Collaboration, B. Bartoli, P. Bernardini +94

The ARGO-YBJ detector is an extensive air shower array that has been used to monitor the northern -ray sky at energies above 0.3 TeV from 2007 November to 2013 January. In this…

astro-ph.HE2013

Medium scale anisotropy in the TeV cosmic ray flux observed by ARGO-YBJ

YBJ Collaboration

Measuring the anisotropy of the arrival direction distribution of cosmic rays provides important information on the propagation mechanisms and the identification of their sources.…

astro-ph.SR2013★ 51 cited

Probe of the Solar Magnetic Field Using the "Cosmic-Ray Shadow" of the Sun

M. Amenomori, X. J. Bi, D. Chen +77

We report on a clear solar-cycle variation of the Sun's shadow in the 10 TeV cosmic-ray flux observed by the Tibet air shower array during a full solar cycle from 1996 to 2009. In…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 30 cited

Measurement of the cosmic ray antiproton/proton flux ratio at TeV energies with the ARGO-YBJ detector

YBJ Collaboration

Cosmic ray antiprotons provide an important probe to study the cosmic ray propagation in the interstellar space and to investigate the existence of dark matter. Acting the Earth-Mo…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 57 cited

Observation of TeV gamma rays from the Cygnus region with the ARGO-YBJ experiment

B. Bartoli, P. Bernardini, X. J. Bi +100

We report the observation of TeV gamma-rays from the Cygnus region using the ARGO-YBJ data collected from 2007 November to 2011 August. Several TeV sources are located in this regi…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 75 cited

Long-term monitoring of the TeV emission from Mrk 421 with the ARGO-YBJ experiment

YBJ Collaboration, B. Bartoli, P. Bernardini +105

ARGO-YBJ is an air shower detector array with a fully covered layer of resistive plate chambers. It is operated with a high duty cycle and a large field of view. It continuously mo…

astro-ph.SR2011★ 26 cited

Mean Interplanetary Magnetic Field Measurement Using the ARGO-YBJ Experiment

G. Aielli, C. Bacci, B. Bartoli +109

The sun blocks cosmic ray particles from outside the solar system, forming a detectable shadow in the sky map of cosmic rays detected by the ARGO-YBJ experiment in Tibet. Because t…

astro-ph.HE2010

Highlights from the ARGO-YBJ experiment

G. Di Sciascio

The ARGO-YBJ experiment is a multipurpose detector exploiting the full coverage approach at very high altitude. The apparatus, in stable data taking since November 2007 with an ene…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 20 cited

Observation of TeV Gamma Rays from the Fermi Bright Galactic Sources with the Tibet Air Shower Array

M. Amenomori, X. J. Bi, D. Chen +81

Using the Tibet-III air shower array, we search for TeV gamma-rays from 27 potential Galactic sources in the early list of bright sources obtained by the Fermi Large Area Telescope…

hep-ex2009★ 69 cited

Proton-air cross section measurement with the ARGO-YBJ cosmic ray experiment

YBJ Collaboration

The proton-air cross section in the energy range 1-100 TeV has been measured by the ARGO-YBJ cosmic ray experiment. The analysis is based on the flux attenuation for different atmo…

astro-ph.HE2009★ 19 cited

ARGO-YBJ constraints on very high energy emission from GRBs

YBJ Collaboration, G. Aielli

The ARGO-YBJ (Astrophysical Radiation Ground-based Observatory at YangBaJing) experiment is designed for very high energy -astronomy and cosmic ray researches. Due to the full c…

astro-ph2008★ 38 cited

Scaler Mode Technique for the ARGO-YBJ Detector

G. Aielli et al.

The ARGO-YBJ experiment has been designed to study the Extensive Air Showers with an energy threshold lower than that of the existing arrays by exploiting the high altitude locatio…

hep-ex2008★ 217 cited

The all-particle spectrum of primary cosmic rays in the wide energy range from 10^14 eV to 10^17 eV observed with the Tibet-III air-shower array

M. Amenomori

We present an updated all-particle energy spectrum of primary cosmic rays in a wide range from 10^14 eV to 10^17 eV using 5.5 times 10^7 events collected in the period from 2000 No…

astro-ph2007★ 5 cited

New estimation of the spectral index of high-energy cosmic rays as determined by the Compton-Getting anisotropy

M. Amenomori, X. J. Bi, D. Chen +82

The amplitude of the Compton-Getting (CG) anisotropy contains the power-law index of the cosmic-ray energy spectrum. Based on this relation and using the Tibet air-shower array dat…

astro-ph2006★ 11 cited

Underground Water Cherenkov Muon Detector Array with the Tibet Air Shower Array for Gamma-Ray Astronomy in the 100 TeV Region

The Tibet AS Gamma Collaboration, M. Amenomori

We propose to build a large water-Cherenkov-type muon-detector array (Tibet MD array) around the 37,000 m Tibet air shower array (Tibet AS array) already constructed at 4,300…

astro-ph2005★ 6 cited

Observation of PeV Gamma Rays from the Monogem Ring with the Tibet Air Shower Array

The Tibet AS Gamma Collaboration, M. Amenomori

We searched for steady PeV gamma-ray emission from the Monogem ring region with the Tibet air shower array from 1997 February to 2004 October. No evidence for statistically signifi…