Publications (28)
Constraints on Ultra Heavy Dark Matter Properties from Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies with LHAASO Observations
Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Q. An +276
In this work we try to search for signals generated by ultra-heavy dark matter at the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) data. We look for possible gamma-ray by da…
LHAASO-KM2A detector simulation using Geant4
Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Q. An +275
KM2A is one of the main sub-arrays of LHAASO, working on gamma ray astronomy and cosmic ray physics at energies above 10 TeV. Detector simulation is the important foundation for es…
SYMBA: An end-to-end VLBI synthetic data generation pipeline
F. Roelofs, M. Janssen, I. Natarajan +203
Realistic synthetic observations of theoretical source models are essential for our understanding of real observational data. In using synthetic data, one can verify the extent to…
Discovery of Very-high-energy Gamma-ray Emissions from the Low Luminosity AGN NGC 4278 by LHAASO
Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Q. An +276
The first source catalog of Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory reported the detection of a very-high-energy gamma ray source, 1LHAASO J1219+2915. In this paper a further de…
Construction and On-site Performance of the LHAASO WFCTA Camera
F. Aharonian, Q. An, Axikegu +246
The focal plane camera is the core component of the Wide Field-of-view Cherenkov/fluorescence Telescope Array (WFCTA) of the Large High-Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO). Be…
Improving SUSY Spectrum Determinations at the LHC with Wedgebox Technique
M. Bisset, N. Kersting, R. Lu
The LHC has the potential not only to discover supersymmetry (SUSY), but also to permit fairly precise measurements of at least a portion of the sparticle spectrum. Proposed mass r…
LHAASO detection of very-high-energy gamma-ray emission surrounding PSR J0248+6021
Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Q. An +276
We report the detection of an extended very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray source coincident with the location of middle-aged (62.4~\rm kyr) pulsar PSR J0248+6021, by using the LHAASO…
Detection of two TeV gamma-ray outbursts from NGC 1275 by LHAASO
Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Axikegu +275
The Water Cherenkov Detector Array (WCDA) is one of the components of Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) and can monitor any sources over two-thirds of the sky for…
Flux Variations of Cosmic Ray Air Showers Detected by LHAASO-KM2A During a Thunderstorm on 10 June 2021
LHAASO Collaboration, F. Aharonian, Q. An +268
The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) has three sub-arrays, KM2A, WCDA and WFCTA. The flux variations of cosmic ray air showers were studied by analyzing the KM2A…
Phase modulation parallel optical delay detector for microwave angle-of-arrival measurement with accuracy monitored
Z. Cao, Q. Wang, R. Lu +3
A novel phase modulation parallel optical delay detector is proposed for microwave angle-of-arrival (AOA) measurement with accuracy monitored by using only one dual-electrode Mach-…
Very high energy gamma-ray emission beyond 10 TeV from GRB 221009A
Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Q. An +276
The highest energy gamma-rays from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have important implications for their radiation mechanism. Here we report for the first time the detection of gamma-rays…
Using graph neural networks to reconstruct charged pion showers in the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter
M. Aamir, G. Adamov, T. Adams +568
A novel method to reconstruct the energy of hadronic showers in the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter (HGCAL) is presented. The HGCAL is a sampling calorimeter with very fine transv…
Does or did the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A operate as a PeVatron?
Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Q. An +276
For decades, supernova remnants (SNRs) have been considered the prime sources of Galactic Cosmic rays (CRs). But whether SNRs can accelerate CR protons to PeV energies and thus dom…
Photonic Angle-of-arrival Measurement of a Microwave Signal with Range Selectivity and SNR Enhancement
Z. Cao, R. Lu, Q. Wang +4
A novel parallel optical delay detector (PODD) is proposed for angle-of-arrival (AOA) measurement of a microwave signal with selective measurement range and signal-to-noise (SNR) e…
Exploring Lorentz Invariance Violation from Ultra-high-energy Gamma Rays Observed by LHAASO
Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Q. An +268
Recently the LHAASO Collaboration published the detection of 12 ultra-high-energy gamma-ray sources above 100 TeV, with the highest energy photon reaching 1.4 PeV. The first detect…
The observation of the Crab Nebula with LHAASO-KM2A for the performance study
F. Aharonian, Q. An, Axikegu +246
As a sub-array of the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO), KM2A is mainly designed to cover a large fraction of the northern sky to hunt for gamma-ray sources at en…
Measurements of All-Particle Energy Spectrum and Mean Logarithmic Mass of Cosmic Rays from 0.3 to 30 PeV with LHAASO-KM2A
The LHAASO Collaboration, Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian +277
We present the measurements of all-particle energy spectrum and mean logarithmic mass of cosmic rays in the energy range of 0.3-30 PeV using data collected from LHAASO-KM2A between…
Peta-electron volt gamma-ray emission from the Crab Nebula
The LHAASO Collaboration, Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian +269
The Crab pulsar and the surrounding nebula powered by the pulsar's rotational energy through the formation and termination of a relativistic electron-positron wind is a bright sour…
An Ultrahigh-energy -ray Bubble Powered by a Super PeVatron
The LHAASO Collaboration, Z. Cao, F. Aharonian +277
We report the detection of a -ray bubble spanning at least 100 in ultra high energy (UHE) up to a few PeV in the direction of the star-forming region Cygnus X, imply…
Discovery of a new -ray source LHAASO J0341+5258 with emission up to 200TeV
The LHAASO Collaboration, Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian +267
We report the discovery of a new unidentified extended -ray source in the Galactic plane named LHAASO J0341+5258 with a pre-trial significance of 8.2 standard deviations above…
Constraints on heavy decaying dark matter from 570 days of LHAASO observations
The LHAASO Collaboration, Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian +276
The Kilometer Square Array~(KM2A) of the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) aims at surveying the northern gamma-ray sky at energies above 10 TeV with unprecedente…
The First LHAASO Catalog of Gamma-Ray Sources
Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Q. An +276
We present the first catalog of very-high energy and ultra-high energy gamma-ray sources detected by the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO). The catalog was compil…
Calibration of the Air Shower Energy Scale of the Water and Air Cherenkov Techniques in the LHAASO experiment
F. Aharonian, Q. An, Axikegu +246
The Wide Field-of-View Cherenkov Telescope Array (WFCTA) and the Water Cherenkov Detector Arrays (WCDA) of LHAASO are designed to work in combination for measuring the energy spect…
Neutrino Lighthouse at Sagittarius A*
Y. Bai, A. J. Barger, V. Barger +3
We investigate whether a subset of high-energy events observed by IceCube may be due to neutrinos from Sagittarius A*. We check both spatial and temporal coincidences of IceCube ev…
Swapping entangled Kondo resonances in parallel-coupled double quantum dots
G. -M. Zhang, R. Lu, Z. -R. Liu +1
Strong electron and spin correlations are studied in parallel-coupled double quantum dots with interdot spin superexchange . In the Kondo regime with {\it}{degenerate} dot energ…
Measurement of ultra-high-energy diffuse gamma-ray emission of the Galactic plane from 10 TeV to 1 PeV with LHAASO-KM2A
Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Q. An +276
The diffuse Galactic -ray emission, mainly produced via interactions between cosmic rays and the interstellar medium and/or radiation field, is a very important probe of the di…
Discovery of the Ultra-high energy gamma-ray source LHAASO J2108+5157
The LHAASO collaboration, Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian +267
We report the discovery of a UHE gamma-ray source, LHAASO J2108+5157, by analyzing the LHAASO-KM2A data of 308.33 live days. Significant excess of gamma-ray induced showers is obse…
Quantum key distribution with 1.25 Gbps clock synchronization
J. C. Bienfang, A. J. Gross, A. Mink +9
We have demonstrated the exchange of sifted quantum cryptographic key over a 730 meter free-space link at rates of up to 1.0 Mbps, two orders of magnitude faster than previously re…