35 Years of Ground-Based Gamma-ray Astronomy

Universe

Paula Chadwick¹ 

[1] Department of Physics, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK;

关键词: gamma-ray astronomy;    astroparticle physics;    Cherenkov telescopes;   

DOI  :  10.3390/universe7110432

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This paper provides a brief, personal account of the development of ground-based gamma-ray astronomy, primarily over the last 35 years, with some digressions into the earlier history of the field. Ideas related to the imaging of Cherenkov events and the potential for the use of arrays were in existence for some time before the technical expertise required for their exploitation emerged. There has been occasional controversy, great creativity and some heroic determination—all of it part of establishing a new window into the universe.

【 授权许可】

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