Prospects for joint reconstruction of imaging air Cherenkov telescope array and extensive air shower array

Abstract

In this paper, we proposed a joint reconstruction of γ-ray events using both extensive air array (EAS) and Imaging air Cherenkov Telescope array (IACT). We considered eight Cherenkov telescopes to be built on the LHAASO (Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory) site and investigate the improvement in differential sensitivity when combining the information from both IACT and Moun detectors of LHAASO-KM2A. We found that due to the higher cosmic ray background rejection power and higher gamma ray retention ratio provided by muon detectors of LHAASO, such a joint reconstruction can significantly improve the sensitivity of IACTs, especially for extended sources and long exposure time. The sensitivity of the eight-telescopes array can be improved by 25%−60% in different energy ranges using joint reconstructions with muon detectors.