Gamma Ray Astronomy with LHAASO

Journal
Date Issued
2016
Author(s)
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LHAASO Collaboration
DOI
Abstract
The aim of LHAASO is the development of an air shower experiment able to monitor with unprecedented sensitivity the gamma ray sky at energies from ~200 GeV to 1 PeV, and at the same time be an instrument able to measure the cosmic ray spectrum, composition and anisotropy in a wide energy range (~1 TeV to 1 EeV). LHAASO, thanks to the large area and the high capability of background rejection, can reach sensitivities to gamma ray fluxes above 30 TeV that are about 100 times higher than that of current instruments, offering the possibility to monitor for the first time the gamma ray sky up to PeV energies and to discover the long sought “Pevatrons”.
Coverage
XIV International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP 2015)
Volume
718
Issue
5
Start page
052043
Conferenece
XIV International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP 2015)
Conferenece place
Torino
Conferenece date
7–11 September, 2015
Uri
Url
Issn Identifier
1742-6588
Ads BibCode
2016JPhCS.718e2043V
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open.access
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