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astro-ph.HE2026

Search for Ultra-Relativistic Magnetic Monopoles with LHAASO-KM2A

Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian, Y. X. Bai +335

Ultra-relativistic magnetic monopoles traversing the atmosphere are expected to initiate extensive air showers characterized by a muon deficit and a compact lateral profile. Using…

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.HE2024

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…

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★ 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

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★ 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★ 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★ 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…

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…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 40 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 191 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 34 cited

Discovery of a new -ray source LHAASO J0341+5258 with emission up to 200TeV

The LHAASO Collaboration, Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian +267

We report the discovery of a new unidentified extended -ray source in the Galactic plane named LHAASO J0341+5258 with a pre-trial significance of 8.2 standard deviations above 2…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 51 cited

Discovery of the Ultra-high energy gamma-ray source LHAASO J2108+5157

The LHAASO collaboration, Zhen Cao, F. Aharonian +267

We report the discovery of a UHE gamma-ray source, LHAASO J2108+5157, by analyzing the LHAASO-KM2A data of 308.33 live days. Significant excess of gamma-ray induced showers is obse…