Gamma Ray Astronomy with LHAASO

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作者
Vernetto, S. [1 ]
机构
[1] Osserv Astron Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 1, Turin, Italy
来源
XIV INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TOPICS IN ASTROPARTICLE AND UNDERGROUND PHYSICS (TAUP 2015), PTS 1-7 | 2016年 / 718卷
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EMISSION; RADIATION;
D O I
10.1088/1742-6596/718/5/052043
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
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 similar to 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 (similar to 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".
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