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most citedDarkSide-20k: A 20 Tonne Two-Phase LAr TPC for Direct Dark Matter Detection at LNGS

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56 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

Anisotropic Particle Transport from a Pulsar Wind Nebula Revealed by Einstein Probe and LHAASO

Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Y. X. Bai +339

Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) are major cosmic ray accelerators, yet the mechanisms transporting high-energy particles into the interstellar medium remain elusive. Building on the LHA…

astro-ph.HE2026

The Extended Ultrahigh-energy Gamma-Ray Emission in the Vicinity of PSR J2238+5903

Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Y. X. Bai +324

We present a comprehensive analysis of the recently discovered TeV gamma-ray source, LHAASO J2238+5900. Based on data collected from the LHAASO, our fitting results suggest that th…

hep-ex2026

Constraints on Sub-MeV Dark Matter from Solar Reflection with DAMIC-M

K. Aggarwal, I. Arnquist, N. Avalos +41

The Sun acts as a natural dark matter accelerator. Galactic halo particles scattering in the solar plasma emerge with velocities well beyond the Galactic escape speed, providing a…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 3 cited

An extreme particle accelerator powered by pulsar PSR J1849-0001

The LHAASO Collaboration

Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) are bubbles of relativistic particles, powered by the rotational energy loss of the central pulsars. The Crab Nebula, powered by the Milky Way's most ene…

astro-ph.HE2026★ 1 cited

Transient Large-Scale Anisotropy in TeV Cosmic Rays due to an Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection

Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Y. X. Bai +309

Large- or medium-scale cosmic ray anisotropy at TeV energies has not previously been confirmed to vary with time. Transient anisotropy changes have been observed below 150 GeV, esp…

astro-ph.HE2025

Energy-Dependent Shifts of Medium-Scale Anisotropies in Very-High-Energy Cosmic Rays Observed by LHAASO-KM2A

The LHAASO collabration, Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian +310

Small deviations from isotropy in the arrival directions of Galactic cosmic rays serve as a unique probe of the local magnetic environment. In this Letter, we report observations o…

nucl-ex2025

Identified charged hadron production in Au+Au collisions at = 54.4 GeV with the STAR detector

STAR Collaboration, B. E. Aboona, J. Adam +360

We present results on the production of , , , and in Au+Au collisions at = 54.4~GeV using the STAR detector at RHIC, at midrap…

nucl-ex2025

Evidence of Spin-Interference Effects in Exclusive Photoproduction in Ultraperipheral Heavy-Ion Collisions

The STAR Collaboration

We report the first evidence of spin interference in exclusive photoproduction in ultraperipheral heavy-ion collisions at STAR at ~GeV. In Au+A…

hep-ex2025

Study of Central Exclusive Production of , and Pairs in Proton-Proton Collisions at GeV with the STAR Detector at RHIC

STAR Collaboration, B. E. Aboona, J. Adam +378

We report on the first measurement of the Central Exclusive Production process in proton-proton collisions: (where ) at the center-of-…

hep-ex2025

Measurement of transverse polarization of and hyperons inside jets in collisions at GeV

STAR Collaboration, B. E. Aboona, J. Adam +363

A surprisingly large transverse polarization of hyperons in unpolarized hadron-nucleon/nucleus collisions has been observed for 50 years, and the origin of this polarization re…

nucl-ex2025

Measurement of inclusive production in Au+Au collisions at GeV at STAR

The STAR Collaboration

This article presents measurements of inclusive production at midrapidity ( 1.0) in Au+Au collisions at GeV with the STAR dete…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 14 cited

Precise measurements of the cosmic ray proton energy spectrum in the "knee'' region

The LHAASO Collaboration, Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian +310

We report the high-purity identification of cosmic-ray (CR) protons and a precise measurement of their energy spectrum from 0.15 to 12 PeV using the Large High Altitude Air Shower…

nucl-ex2025★ 2 cited

Measurement of Kaon Directed Flow in Au+Au Collisions in the High Baryon Density Region

STAR Collaboration, B. E. Aboona, J. Adam +360

Rapidity-odd directed flow measurements are presented for and in AuAu collisions at = 3.0, 3.2, 3.5, and 3.9 GeV with the STAR exp…

nucl-ex2024

Beam-energy dependence of correlations between mean transverse momentum and anisotropic flow of charged particles in Au+Au collisions at RHIC

The STAR Collaboration

The correlation between the mean transverse momentum, , and the squared anisotropic flow, , on an event-by-event basis has been suggested to be influen…

nucl-ex2024★ 3 cited

Tracking the baryon number with nuclear collisions

STAR Collaboration

Baryon quantum number is believed to be conserved since baryogenesis in the early Universe. While fractionally charged valence quarks are understood conventionally to each carry a…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 15 cited

Observation of the -ray Emission from W43 with LHAASO

Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Y. X. Bai +322

In this paper, we report the detection of the very-high-energy (VHE, ) and ultra-high-energy (UHE, ) -ray emissions from th…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 1 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 21 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 52 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2023

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…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 220 cited

A tera-electronvolt afterglow from a narrow jet in an extremely bright gamma-ray burst 221009A

LHAASO Collaboration

Some gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have an afterglow in the tera-electronvolt (TeV) band, but the early onset of this afterglow has not been observed. We report observations with the Lar…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 247 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 129 cited

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 dis…

quant-ph2022★ 11 cited

Fluctuation Spectroscopy of Two-Level Systems in Superconducting Resonators

J. H. Béjanin, Y. Ayadi, X. Xu +3

Superconducting quantum computing is experiencing a tremendous growth. Although major milestones have already been achieved, useful quantum-computing applications are hindered by a…