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All-sky search for individual Primordial Black Hole bursts with LHAASO
Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Y. X. Bai +311
Primordial Black Holes~(PBHs) are hypothetical black holes with a wide range of masses that formed in the early universe. As a result, they may play an important cosmological role…
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…
Ultra-high-energy -ray emission associated with the tail of a bow-shock pulsar wind nebula
Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Y. X. Bai +292
In this study, we present a comprehensive analysis of an unidentified point-like ultra-high-energy (UHE) -ray source, designated as 1LHAASO J1740+0948u, situated in the vicinity…
Broadband -ray spectrum of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A
Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Y. X. Bai +311
The core-collapse supernova remnant (SNR) Cassiopeia A (Cas A) is one of the brightest galactic radio sources with an angular radius of 2.5 $\arcmin$. Although no extension…
Constraining the Cosmic-ray Energy Based on Observations of Nearby Galaxy Clusters by LHAASO
The LHAASO Collaboration, Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian +323
Galaxy clusters act as reservoirs of high-energy cosmic rays (CRs). As CRs propagate through the intracluster medium, they generate diffuse -rays detectable by arrays such as LH…
An Enigmatic PeVatron in an Area around HII Region G35.60.5
The LHAASO Collaboration, Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian +294
Identifying Galactic PeVatrons (PeV particle accelerators) from the ultra-high-energy (UHE, >100 TeV) -ray sources plays a crucial role in revealing the origin of Galactic cosmi…
Measurement of Very-high-energy Diffuse Gamma-ray Emissions from the Galactic Plane with LHAASO-WCDA
The LHAASO Collaboration, Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian +312
The diffuse Galactic gamma-ray emission is a very important tool used to study the propagation and interaction of cosmic rays in the Milky Way. In this work, we report the measurem…
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…
Detection of very high-energy gamma-ray emission from the radio galaxy M87 with LHAASO
Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Axikegu +292
The nearby radio galaxy M87 is a very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emitter established by observations with ground-based gamma-ray detectors. Here we report the long-term monitoring…
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…
Deep view of Composite SNR CTA1 with LHAASO in -rays up to 300 TeV
Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Y. X. Bai +323
The ultra-high-energy (UHE) gamma-ray source 1LHAASO J0007+7303u is positionally associated with the composite SNR CTA1 that is located at high Galactic Latitude $b\approx 10.5^\ci…
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…
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…
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…
Stringent Tests of Lorentz Invariance Violation from LHAASO Observations of GRB 221009A
The LHAASO Collaboration, Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian +283
On October 9, 2022, the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) reported the observation of the very early TeV afterglow of the brightest-of-all-time GRB 221009A, recor…
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…
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…
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, implyi…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…