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Gamma-Ray Burst Science in the Era of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

We outline the science prospects for gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) with the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory operating at energies above few tens of GeV. With its low energy threshold, large…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Susumu Inoue , Jonathan Granot , Paul T. O'Brien , Katsuaki Asano , Aurelien Bouvier , Alessandro Carosi , Valerie Connaughton , Markus Garczarczyk , Rudy Gilmore , Jim Hinton , Yoshiyuki Inoue , Kunihito Ioka , Jun Kakuwa , Sera Markoff , Kohta Murase , Julian P. Osborne , A. Nepomuk Otte , Rhaana Starling , Hiroyasu Tajima , Masahiro Teshima , Kenji Toma , Stefan Wagner , Ralph A. M. J. Wijers , David A. Williams , Tokonatsu Yamamoto , Ryo Yamazaki

AMS-02 in space: physics results, overview, and challenges

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) is a state of the art particle detector measuring cosmic rays (CRs) on the International Space Station (ISS) since May 19th 2011. AMS-02 identifies CR leptons and nuclei in the energy range from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-11-03 Nicola Tomassetti

Low-Energy Physics in Neutrino LArTPCs

In this white paper, we outline some of the scientific opportunities and challenges related to detection and reconstruction of low-energy (less than 100 MeV) signatures in liquid argon time-projection chamber (LArTPC) detectors. Key…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-03-07 D. Caratelli , W. Foreman , A. Friedland , S. Gardiner , I. Gil-Botella , G. Karagiorgi , M. Kirby , G. Lehmann Miotto , B. R. Littlejohn , M. Mooney , J. Reichenbacher , A. Sousa , K. Scholberg , J. Yu , T. Yang , S. Andringa , J. Asaadi , T. J. C. Bezerra , F. Capozzi , F. Cavanna , E. Church , A. Himmel , T. Junk , J. Klein , I. Lepetic , S. Li , P. Sala , H. Schellman , M. Sorel , J. Wang , M. H. L. S. Wang , W. Wu , J. Zennamo , M. A. Acero , M. R. Adames , H. Amar , D. A. Andrade , C. Andreopoulos , A. M. Ankowski , M. A. Arroyave , V. Aushev , M. A. Ayala-Torres , P. Baldi , C. Backhouse , A. B. Balantekin , W. A. Barkhouse , P. Barham Alzas , J. L. Barrow , J. B. R. Battat , M. C. Q. Bazetto , J. F. Beacom , B. Behera , G. Bellettini , J. Berger , A. T. Bezerra , J. Bian , B. Bilki , B. Bles , T. Bolton , L. Bomben , M. Bonesini , C. Bonilla-Diaz , F. Boran , A. N. Borkum , N. Bostan , D. Brailsford , A. Branca , G. Brunetti , T. Cai , A. Chappell , N. Charitonidis , P. H. P. Cintra , E. Conley , T. E. Coan , P. Cova , L. M. Cremaldi , J. I. Crespo-Anadon , C. Cuesta , R. Dallavalle , G. S. Davies , S. De , P. Dedin Neto , M. Delgado , N. Delmonte , P. B. Denton , A. De Roeck , R. Dharmapalan , Z. Djurcic , F. Dolek , S. Doran , R. Dorrill , K. E. Duffy , B. Dutta , O. Dvornikov , S. Edayath , J. J. Evans , A. C. Ezeribe , A. Falcone , M. Fani , J. Felix , Y. Feng , L. Fields , P. Filip , G. Fiorillo , D. Franco , D. Garcia-Gamez , A. Giri , O. Gogota , S. Gollapinni , M. Goodman , E. Gramellini , R. Gran , P. Granger , C. Grant , S. E. Greenberg , M. Groh , R. Guenette , D. Guffanti , D. A. Harris , A. Hatzikoutelis , K. M. Heeger , M. Hernandez Morquecho , K. Herner , J. Ho , P C. Holanda , N. Ilic , C. M. Jackson , W. Jang , H. -Th. Janka , J. H. Jo , F. R. Joaquim , R. S. Jones , N. Jovancevic , Y. -J. Jwa , D. Kalra , D. M. Kaplan , I. Katsioulas , E. Kearns , K. J. Kelly , E. Kemp , W. Ketchum , A. Kish , L. W. Koerner , T. Kosc , K. Kothekar , I. Kreslo , S. Kubota , V. A. Kudryavtsev , P. Kumar , T. Kutter , J. Kvasnicka , I. Lazanu , T. LeCompte , Y. Li , Y. Liu , M. Lokajicek , W. C. Louis , K. B. Luk , X. Luo , P. A. N. Machado , I. M. Machulin , K. Mahn , M. Man , R. C. Mandujano , J. Maneira , A. Marchionni , D. Marfatia , F. Marinho , C. Mariani , C. M. Marshall , F. Martinez Lopez , D. A. Martinez Caicedo , A. Mastbaum , M. Matheny , N. McConkey , P. Mehta , O. E. B. Messer , A. Minotti , O. G. Miranda , P. Mishra , I. Mocioiu , A. Mogan , R. Mohanta , T. Mohayai , C. Montanari , L. M. Montano Zetina , A. F. Moor , D. Moretti , C. A. Moura , L. M. Mualem , J. Nachtman , S. Narita , A. Navrer-Agasson , M. Nebot-Guinot , J. Nikolov , J. A. Nowak , J. P. Ochoa-Ricoux , E. O'Connor , Y. Onel , Y. Onishchuk , G. D. Orebi Gann , V. Pandey , E. G. Parozzi , S. Parveen , M. Parvu , R. B. Patterson , L. Paulucci , V. Pec , S. J. M. Peeters , F. Pompa , N. Poonthottathil , S. S. Poudel , F. Psihas , A. Rafique , B. J. Ramson , J. S. Real , A. Rikalo , M. Ross-Lonergan , B. Russell , S. Sacerdoti , N. Sahu , D. A. Sanders , D. Santoro , M. V. Santos , C. R. Senise , P. N. Shanahan , H. R Sharma , R. K. Sharma , W. Shi , S. Shin , J. Singh , J. Singh , L. Singh , P. Singh , V. Singh , M. Soderberg , S. Soldner-Rembold , J. Soto-Oton , K. Spurgeon , A. F. Steklain , F. Stocker , T. Stokes , J. Strait , M. Strait , T. Strauss , L. Suter , R. Svoboda , A. M. Szelc , M. Szydagis , E. Tarpara , E. Tatar , F. Terranova , G. Testera , N. Chithirasree , N. Todorovic , A. Tonazzo , M. Torti , F. Tortorici , M. Toups , D. Q. Tran , M. Travar , Y. -D. Tsai , Y. -T. Tsai , S. Z. Tu , J. Urheim , H. Utaegbulam , S. Valder , G. A. Valdiviesso , R. Valentim , S. Vergani , B. Viren , A. Vranicar , B. Wang , D. Waters , P. Weatherly , M. Weber , H. Wei , S. Westerdale , L. H. Whitehead , D. Whittington , A. Wilkinson , R. J. Wilson , M. Worcester , K. Wresilo , B. Yaeggy , G. Yang , J. Zalesak , B. Zamorano , J. Zuklin

Gamma Ray Pulsars: Observations

High-energy gamma rays are a valuable tool for studying particle acceleration and radiation in the magnetospheres of energetic pulsars. The six or more pulsars seen by CGRO/EGRET show that: the light curves usually have double-peak…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 David J. Thompson

An Electron-Tracking Compton Telescope for a Survey of the Deep Universe by MeV gamma-rays

Photon imaging for MeV gammas has serious difficulties due to huge backgrounds and unclearness in images, which are originated from incompleteness in determining the physical parameters of Compton scattering in detection, e.g., lack of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-31 T. Tanimori , H. Kubo , A. Takada , S. Iwaki , S. Komura , S. Kurosawa , Y. Matsuoka , K. Miuchi , S. Miyamoto , T. Mizumoto , Y. Mizumura , K. Nakamura , S. Nakamura , M. Oda , J. D. Parker , T. Sawano , S. Sonoda , T. Takemura , D. Tomono , K. Ueno

Search for TeV Counterparts of Gamma-Ray Bursts with the HEGRA Experiment

The HEGRA experiment is an air shower detector system for the study of neutral and charged cosmic rays in the energy range between 500 GeV to 10 PeV. Here we give an overview of how the HEGRA detector is used to search for TeV…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Krawczynski , B. Funk , the HEGRA collaboration , S. Barthelmy , P. Butterworth , T. Cline , N. Gehrels , C. Kouveliotou , J. Fishman , C. Meegan

COSI: From Calibrations and Observations to All-sky Images

The soft MeV gamma-ray sky, from a few hundred keV up to several MeV, is one of the least explored regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The most promising technology to access this energy range is a telescope that uses Compton…

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The MERger-event Gamma-Ray (MERGR) Telescope

We describe the MERger-event Gamma-Ray (MERGR) Telescope intended for deployment by ~2021. MERGR will cover from 20 keV to 2 MeV with a wide field of view (6 sr) using nineteen gamma-ray detectors arranged on a section of a sphere. The…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-13 L. J. Mitchell , J. E. Grove , B. F. Phlips , C. C. Cheung , M. Kerr , R. S. Woolf , M. S. Briggs , J. S. Perkins

The Capabilities of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer as GeV Gamma-rays Detector

The modeled performance of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) as a high-energy (0.3 to 100 GeV) gamma-ray detector is described, and its gamma-ray astrophysics objectives are discussed.

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 R. Battiston

The GAMMA-400 space observatory: status and perspectives

The present design of the new space observatory GAMMA-400 is presented in this paper. The instrument has been designed for the optimal detection of gamma rays in a broad energy range (from ~100 MeV up to 3 TeV), with excellent angular and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-12-16 A. M. Galper , V. Bonvicini , N. P. Topchiev , O. Adriani , R. L. Aptekar , I. V. Arkhangelskaja , A. I. Arkhangelskiy , L. Bergstrom , E. Berti , G. Bigongiari , S. G. Bobkov , M. Boezio , E. A. Bogomolov , S. Bonechi , M. Bongi , S. Bottai , K. A. Boyarchuk , G. Castellini , P. W. Cattaneo , P. Cumani , G. L. Dedenko , C. De Donato , V. A. Dogiel , M. S. Gorbunov , Yu. V. Gusakov , B. I. Hnatyk , V. V. Kadilin , V. A. Kaplin , A. A. Kaplun , M. D. Kheymits , V. E. Korepanov , J. Larsson , A. A. Leonov , V. A. Loginov , F. Longo , P. Maestro , P. S. Marrocchesi , V. V. Mikhailov , E. Mocchiutti , A. A. Moiseev , N. Mori , I. V. Moskalenko , P. Yu. Naumov , P. Papini , M. Pearce , P. Picozza , A. V. Popov , A. Rappoldi , S. Ricciarini , M. F. Runtso , F. Ryde , O. V. Serdin , R. Sparvoli , P. Spillantini , S. I. Suchkov , M. Tavani , A. A. Taraskin , A. Tiberio , E. M. Tyurin , M. V. Ulanov , A. Vacchi , E. Vannuccini , G. I. Vasilyev , Yu. T. Yurkin , N. Zampa , V. N. Zirakashvili , V. G. Zverev

Ground-based Gamma-Ray Astronomy: an Introduction

During the last two decades Gamma-Ray Astronomy has emerged as a powerful tool to study cosmic ray physics. In fact, photons are not deviated by galactic or extragalactic magnetic fields so their directions bring the information of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-24 Giuseppe Di Sciascio

Study of a small-scale gamma-ray detection system employing Compton scattering with a monolithic CeBr3 crystal and segmented photodetector array

Study of high energy cosmic events in the MeV range requires detector with high efficiency and energy resolution to be constructed. The present setup consisting of scintillator crystals CeBr3 with different thickness, each coupled with 12 x…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-12-10 Veronika Asova , Galin Bistrev , Simeon Ivanov

The Chinese-French SVOM mission for Gamma-Ray Burst studies

We present the Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor mission (SVOM) decided by the Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA) and the French Space Agency (CNES). The mission which is designed to detect about 80 Gamma-Ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 S. Basa , J. Wei , J. Paul , S. N. Zhang

Solar gamma ray probe of local cosmic ray electrons

TeV-range cosmic ray electrons and positrons (CREs) have been directly measured in the search for new physics or unknown astrophysical sources. CREs can inverse-Compton scatter solar photons and boost their energies into gamma ray bands.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-26 Hong-Gang Yang , Yu Gao , Yin-Zhe Ma , Roland M. Crocker

Exploring Large-Volume GAGG Scintillators for use in MeV Gamma-Ray Astrophysics

Gamma-ray astrophysics in the MeV band is an exciting field in astronomy due to its potential for multi-messenger astrophysics. It has, however, remained under-explored when compared to other wavelengths. One reason for this observational…

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$\gamma$-Ray Lines -- Signatures of Nucleosynthesis, Cosmic Rays, Positron Annihilation, and Fundamental Physics

The nuclear $\gamma$-ray lines in the MeV range of the electromagnetic spectrum hold a vast variety of astrophysical, particle-physical, and fundamental physical information that is otherwise extreme difficult to access. MeV $\gamma$-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-05 Thomas Siegert , Francesca Calore , Pierre Jean , Mark Leising , Nicolas de Séréville , Gerald H. Share , Vincent Tatischeff , Wei Wang , Meng-Ru Wu

Measurement of High Energy Gamma Rays from 200 MeV to 1 TeV with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station

In this thesis a measurement of the high energy $\gamma$-ray flux between 200 MeV and 1 TeV with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer is presented. The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) is a multi-purpose particle detector mounted externally…

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Potential for Precision Measurement of Low-Energy Antiprotons with GAPS for Dark Matter and Primordial Black Hole Physics

The general antiparticle spectrometer (GAPS) experiment is a proposed indirect dark matter search focusing on antiparticles produced by WIMP (weakly interacting massive particle) annihilation and decay in the Galactic halo. In addition to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-06-09 T. Aramaki , S. E. Boggs , P. von Doetinchem , H. Fuke , C. J. Hailey , S. A. I. Mognet , R. A. Ong , K. M. Perez , J. Zweerink

Large-scale Galactic diffuse gamma rays observed with the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope

The LAT instrument on the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope is performing an all-sky survey from 20 MeV to 300 GeV with unprecedented statistics and angular resolution. This is providing a wealth of new information on the non-thermal emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 A. W. Strong

Gamma-ray lines in modern astrophysics

Gamma-ray astronomy provides a direct window into the most violent, dynamic processes in the Universe. MeV gamma-ray astronomy in particular allows us to directly observe the process of chemical enrichment of the interstellar medium (ISM)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-07 Fiona H. Panther