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20202026
most citedThe First LHAASO Catalog of Gamma-Ray Sources

247 citations · 1.2k across the 32 of their papers we have counts for

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33 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.HE2026

LHAASO observation of Mrk 421 during 2021 March - 2024 March: a comprehensive VHE catalog of multi-timescale outbursts and its time average behavior

The LHAASO Collaboration, Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian +321

The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) monitors sources within its field of view for up to 7 hours daily, achieving a duty cycle exceeding 98% and an annual point-…

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…

astro-ph.HE2025

Cygnus X-3: A variable petaelectronvolt gamma-ray source

The LHAASO Collaboration, Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian +324

We report the discovery of variable -rays up to petaelectronvolt from Cygnus X-3, an iconic X-ray binary. The -ray signal was detected with a statistical significance of appr…

astro-ph.HE2025

LHAASO Detection of Ultra-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emission toward the Giant Molecular Clouds

Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Y. X. Bai +310

The -ray from Giant molecular clouds (GMCs) is regarded as the most ideal tool to perform in-situ measurement of cosmic ray (CR) density and spectra in our Galaxy. We report the…

astro-ph.HE2025

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…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 2 cited

Study of Ultra-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Source 1LHAASO J0056+6346u and Its Possible Origins

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

We report a dedicated study of the newly discovered extended UHE -ray source 1LHAASO J0056+6346u. Analyzing 979 days of LHAASO-WCDA data and 1389 days of LHAASO-KM2A data, we ob…

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

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…

hep-ex2024★ 2 cited

Measurement of attenuation length of the muon content in extensive air showers from 0.3 to 30 PeV with LHAASO

The LHAASO Collaboration, Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian +323

The attenuation length of the muon content in extensive air showers provides important information regarding the generation and development of air showers. This information can be…

physics.space-ph2024★ 5 cited

Monitoring the daily variation of Sun-Earth magnetic fields using galactic cosmic rays

The LHAASO Collaboration, C. W. Jiang, Y. Yang

The interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) between the Sun and Earth is an extension of the solar magnetic field carried by the solar wind into interplanetary space. Monitoring variat…

astro-ph.HE2024

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…

astro-ph.HE2024

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…

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★ 8 cited

Evidence for particle acceleration approaching PeV energies in the W51 complex

The LHAASO Collaboration, Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian +284

The -ray emission from the W51 complex is widely acknowledged to be attributed to the interaction between the cosmic rays (CRs) accelerated by the shock of supernova remnant (SN…

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.IM2024★ 13 cited

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…

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.HE2024★ 39 cited

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…

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★ 85 cited

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…