{
  "id": "1602.08224",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2016-02-26T07:40:05.000Z",
  "updated": "2016-02-26T07:40:05.000Z",
  "title": "Gamma-Ray Astronomy from the Ground",
  "authors": [
    "D. Horns"
  ],
  "comment": "8 pages, 7 figures, to appear in Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics: TAUP2015, Torino, Italy, edited by N. Fornengo, M. Regis, and H. Zechlin. To be published in Journal of Physics, Conference Series",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.HE"
  ],
  "abstract": "The observation of cosmic gamma-rays from the ground is based upon the detection of gamma-ray initiated air showers. At energies between approximately $10^{11}$ eV and $10^{13}$ eV, the imaging air Cherenkov technique is a particularly successful approach to observe gamma-ray sources with energy fluxes as low as $\\approx 10^{-13}$ erg\\,cm$^{-2}\\,$s$^{-1}$. The observations of gamma-rays in this energy band probe particle acceleration in astrophysical plasma conditions and are sensitive to high energy phenomena beyond the standard model of particle physics (e.g., self-annihilating or decaying dark matter, violation of Lorentz invariance, mixing of photons with light pseudo-scalars). The current standing of the field and its major instruments are summarised briefly by presenting selected highlights. A new generation of ground based gamma-ray instruments is currently under development. The perspectives and opportunities of these future facilities will be discussed.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2016-02-26T07:40:05.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "gamma-ray astronomy",
      "energy band probe particle acceleration",
      "high energy phenomena",
      "gamma-ray initiated air showers",
      "imaging air cherenkov technique"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "conference paper"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 8,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2016arXiv160208224H",
      "inspire": 1424507
    }
  }
}