1. High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy. Results on Fundamental Questions after 30 Years of Ground-Based Observations.
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de Almeida, Ulisses Barres, Doro, Michele, and de Almeida, Ulisses Barres
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Mathematics & science ,Research & information: general ,Cherenkov telescopes ,Crab Nebula ,Galactic cosmic rays ,Gamma-ray bursts ,IACT ,IACT technology ,IACTs ,INTEGRAL legacy data base ,ISM: individual objects-Crab Nebula ,ISM: supernova remnants ,Lorentz invariance violation ,MHD ,Milky Way ,PeVatron ,Quantum Gravity ,TeV gamma-rays ,acceleration of particles ,alerts ,angular resolution ,astroparticle physics ,astrophysical plasmas ,atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes ,axion-like particles ,background radiation ,bayes ,cosmic rays ,data format ,electromagnetic cascades ,energy spectral distribution ,galaxies ,gamma ray astronomy ,gamma rays ,gamma rays: general ,gamma-ray astronomy ,gamma-rays ,ground-based gamma-ray astrophysics ,high energy astrophysics ,high-energy ,high-energy gamma rays ,high-energy gamma-ray astrophysics ,imaging atmospheric Cherenkov technique ,imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope ,imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes ,intergalactic magnetic fields ,interstellar medium ,keV-TeV cosmic sources ,likelihood ,modified photon interactions ,multi-messenger ,n/a ,non-thermal emission ,non-thermal radiation ,open science ,pair production ,pevatrons ,photon-photon interaction ,pulsars: general ,radiation mechanisms: non-thermal ,radiation mechanisms: nonthermal ,radiative processes ,real-time ,relativistic astrophysics ,source catalogues ,statistical analysis ,time of flight ,very high energy gamma-ray telescope ,very-high energy Gamma-rays ,very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy ,very-high-energy gamma-ray astrophysics ,very-high-energy γ-ray astronomy ,γ-ray astronomy - Abstract
Summary: This volume celebrates the 30th anniversary of the first very-high energy (VHE) gamma-ray Source detection: the Crab Nebula, observed by the pioneering ground-based Cherenkov telescope Whipple, at teraelectronvolts (TeV) energies, in 1989. As we entered a new era in TeV astronomy, with the imminent start of operations of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) and new facilities such as LHAASO and the proposed Southern Wide-Field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO), we conceived of this volume as a broad reflection on how far we have evolved in the astrophysics topics that dominated the field of TeV astronomy for much of recent history.In the past two decades, H.E.S.S., MAGIC and VERITAS pushed the field of TeV astronomy, consolidating the field of TeV astrophysics, from few to hundreds of TeV emitters. Today, this is a mature field, covering almost every topic of modern astrophysics. TeV astrophysics is also at the center of the multi-messenger astrophysics revolution, as the extreme photon energies involved provide an effective probe in cosmic-ray acceleration, propagation and interaction, in dark matter and exotic physics searches. The improvement that CTA will carry forward and the fact that CTA will operate as the first open observatory in the field, mean that gamma-ray astronomy is about to enter a new precision and productive era.This book aims to serve as an introduction to the field and its state of the art, presenting a series of authoritative reviews on a broad range of topics in which TeV astronomy provided essential contributions, and where some of the most relevant questions for future research lie.