2006 TeV Particle Astrophysics II - TeV Presenter Detailed Abstract

First Name:Juande
Last Name:Zornoza
Working Group Presenter
Title:High energy gammas from the giant flare of SGR1806-20 of Dec. 2004 in AMANDA
Presentation Type:Poster
Presentation Work Group:Gamma Astronomy
Abstract:On Dec. 27th 2004, a giant flare was observed by several satellites, coming from the Soft Gamma-ray Repeater 1806-20. This event was so powerful that all the detectors saturated. The energy released was estimated to be one hundred times larger than the other two giant flares observed up to now. The high-energy (~TeV) gammas rays produced in the burst would produce muon which can be observed in under-ground detectors. We discuss here the limits that the AMANDA detector, in the South Pole, can set to the flux of high-energy gammas produced in this burst.