The impact of astrophysical particle acceleration on searches for beyond-the-Standard-Model physics
arXiv:1305.0082
Abstract
A brief white paper is provided, discussing how the particle acceleration mechanisms taking place within astrophysical sources may mimic or mask signatures of new physics and the role that will be played by next-generation gamma-ray observatories, such as the Cherenkov Telescope Array, in improving our understanding of these phenomena.
Input for Snowmass 2013. Minor additions and corrections including corrected references to other whitepapers
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