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most citedThe First LHAASO Catalog of Gamma-Ray Sources

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20 papers

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…

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…

astro-ph.HE2025

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…

astro-ph.HE2025

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…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 27 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2024

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…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 12 cited

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…

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…

physics.acc-ph2024★ 1 cited

High Performance Operation of a Direct-Current and Superconducting Radio-Frequency Combined Photocathode Gun

H. Jia, T. Li, T. Wang +14

Superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) guns are promising candidates to deliver high brightness continuous-wave (CW) electron beams for new generations of coherent linac light sourc…

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.HE2023★ 112 cited

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…

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★ 11 cited

Observation of gamma rays up to 320 TeV from the middle-aged TeV pulsar wind nebula HESS J1849000

M. Amenomori, S. Asano, Y. W. Bao +115

Gamma rays from HESS J1849000, a middle-aged TeV pulsar wind nebula (PWN), are observed by the Tibet air shower array and the muon detector array. The detection significance of…

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…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 89 cited

Potential PeVatron supernova remnant G106.3+2.7 seen in the highest-energy gamma rays

M. Amenomori, Y. W. Bao, X. J. Bi +92

Cosmic rays (protons and other atomic nuclei) are believed to gain energies of petaelectronvolts (PeV) and beyond at astrophysical particle accelerators called 'PeVatrons' inside o…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 27 cited

Gamma-ray Observation of the Cygnus Region in the 100 TeV Energy Region

M. Amenomori, Y. W. Bao, X. J. Bi +110

We report observations of gamma-ray emissions with energies in the 100 TeV energy region from the Cygnus region in our Galaxy. Two sources are significantly detected in the directi…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 234 cited

First Detection of sub-PeV Diffuse Gamma Rays from the Galactic Disk: Evidence for Ubiquitous Galactic Cosmic Rays beyond PeV Energies

M. Amenomori, Y. W. Bao, X. J. Bi +92

We report, for the first time, the long-awaited detection of diffuse gamma rays with energies between 100 TeV and 1 PeV in the Galactic disk. Particularly, all gamma rays above 398…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 144 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 35 cited

Galactic Cosmic-Ray Anisotropy in the Northern hemisphere from the ARGO-YBJ Experiment during 2008-2012

B. Bartoli, P. Bernardini, X. J. Bi +69

This paper reports on the observation of the sidereal large-scale anisotropy of cosmic rays using data collected by the ARGO-YBJ experiment over 5 years (20082012). This analysi…