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LHAASO and Its First Few Discoveries——Onset of the UHE gamma-ray astronomy
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主講人: Zhen CAO (Institute of High Energy Physics)
地點: KIAA-auditorium
時間: 2021年9月23日(星期四)15:30-16:30
主持 聯系人: Renxin XU
主講人簡介: 1982年,畢業于雲南大學物理系 1994年,在高能物理研究所獲宇宙線高能物理哲學博士 1994年,任美國俄勒岡大學研究助理 1998年,任美國猶他大學研究助理 2003‐2009年,任美國猶他大學副教授 2004年,中國科學院“引進國外傑出人才”,2008年獲“優秀獎” 2004年至今,任高能所粒子天體物理中心研究員,博士生導師 2019年至今,任高能物理研究所天府宇宙線研究中心主任 2015年至今,中國科學院大學崗位教授 2019年起享受國務院政府特殊津貼

The  Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) as the largest  ground based Gamma Ray detector array is built up. The 3/4 array has  been operated for months. Many VHE gamma ray sources has been observed  including well known sources such as the Crab and Mkr421. With many  sources found having strong emission of gamma rays in UHE(> 0.1 PeV)  band, LHAASO starts the era of the UHE gamma ray astronomy. With its  unprecedented sensitivity at energies above 10 TeV and extremely high  background rejection capability, super-PeV gamma-like events, including  the record high energy of 1.4 PeV, are detected first time in history.  With also measured SEDs of several galactic gamma sources above 0.1 PeV,  LHAASO reveals that our galaxy is full of PeVatrons. The extreme  features of the electron PeVatron inside the Crab pose strong challenges  to models and even more fundamental theories. Those exciting  discoveries enable an exploring for hadronic PeVatrons which are origins  of cosmic rays. With the operation of the full scale LHAASO array  starting now, more exciting observational results will be highly  anticipated.