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Piron, Sylvain

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“…II, MAGIC and VERITAS telescopes, not only improves the overlap with HE space instruments such as Fermi-LAT, but also open new possibilities. High energy emission of pulsars or gamma-ray bursts [49] can for the first time be investigated with ground-based instruments.…”

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Ground-based detectors in very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy

Naurois

Mazin

2015

Comptes Rendus. Physique

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Following the discovery of the cosmic rays by Victor Hess in 1912, more than 70 years and numerous technological developments were needed before an unambiguous detection of the first very-high-energy gamma-ray source in 1989 was made. Since this discovery the field on very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy experienced a true revolution: A second, then a third generation of instruments were built, observing the atmospheric cascades from the ground, either through the atmospheric Cherenkov light they comprise, or via the direct detection of the charged particles they carry. Present arrays, 100 times more sensitive than the pioneering experiments, have detected a large number of astrophysical sources of various types, thus opening a new window on the non-thermal Universe. New, even more sensitive instruments are currently being built; these will allow us to explore further this fascinating domain. In this article we describe the detection techniques, the history of the field and the prospects for the future of ground-based very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy.Comment: 21 pages, 13 figure

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