The ALPACA experiment: The project of the first sub-PeV gamma-ray observation in the southern sky

The ALPACA experiment is a project aiming to observe sub-PeV gamma rays for the first time in the southern hemisphere. The main goal of ALPACA is to identify PeVatrons, the accelerators of Galactic PeV cosmic rays, by observing sub-PeV pion-decay gamma rays generated in interactions between PeV cosm...

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Main Author: Teruyoshi Kawashima for the ALPACA Collaboration
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SciPost 2023-09-01
Series:SciPost Physics Proceedings
Online Access:https://scipost.org/SciPostPhysProc.13.008