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TeV gamma-ray astronomy is a mature and highly successful discipline with more than 200 established TeV point sources, many of which have been individually probed and studied in great detail. Much of the observational work is done using the now well-established imaging atmospheric Cherenkov technique.
Quite how TeV gamma-ray astronomy has evolved to a 4th-generation of sophistication is a very interesting story, one that is neither well documented, nor appreciated across the broader astronomical community. This book documents how TeV gamma-ray astronomy painstakingly emerged from 20th century traditional cosmic-ray physics to become, in time, a keystone feature of contemporary high-energy astrophysics that is central to our understanding of high-energy processes and interactions in the cosmos, linking traditional particle physics to a multitude of astrophysical phenomena.
The book tells the story from the perspective of the Whipple Observatory collaboration, the pioneers of the imaging technique. At the same time, the parallel developments in the broader community are constantly referred to, discussed and evaluated, at both TeV and PeV energies. The narrative traces all the contributions of the most important participants active in the field since the mid-1950s and critically evaluates and provides commentary on the progress of research until the first sources were discovered in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The final chapter presents a short summary of the contemporary status of TeV gamma-ray astronomy.
The author takes the reader through many decades of exploration and investigation with the use of no more than a few equations. This book is suitable for astronomers, astrophysicists, experimentalists working across a variety of cognate disciplines including astronomy in different wavebands, particle physics, and high energy physics.
Key Features:
○The first comprehensive review of the development of high-energy astronomy
○Uniquely puts together many aspects of the story into a coherent single source
○Timely review of the foundations and basic principles upon which CTA and other emerging facilities have been built
A Cosmic Photon Landscape Spanning Twelve Decades in Energy; Cosmic Radiation and Extraterrestrial γ-Rays?; Discovery of Atmospheric Cherenkov Radiation; The Birth of Experimental TeV γ-Ray Astronomy; Photography of Cherenkov Light from 10¹⁵ eV EAS.; Harwell-UCD Collaboration: Searching for Point Sources of Celestial γ-Ray; Improving TeV Flux-Sensitivity: 1965–1977; 1965–1977: SAO 10m Mirror & Other Developments; Separating TeV γ-Ray Signal from Background; Ooty workshop on TeV γ-Ray Astronomy, 1982; Whipple TeV Imaging Experiences (1982–1985); 19th ICRC La Jolla, August 1985; TeV-Imaging: Ongoing Trials and Tribulations; New High Resolution 109-Pixel Camera (HRC); XRBs: Persistent Failure in Response to Imaging; Crimean Workshop on TeV γ-Ray Astronomy, 1989; Arkansas Workshop on γ-Ray and Neutrinos, 1989; TeV γ-Ray Astronomy: Coming of Age, Early 1990s; Interpreting XRB Emission at TeV Energies; Image Selection Refinement Supercuts; The Broadening Participation in γ-Ray Astronomy; Night Sky Brightness Systematics & Stereoscopic Imaging with a 2nd Reflector; Targeting Potential Extragalactic TeV γ-Ray sources; Towards a Major TeV Cherenkov Detector; Whipple’s Development of the IACT Technique: Fifteen Years of Optimization in Perspective; Insensitivity of First Generation TeV Detectors; Might TeV Imaging have Developed Earlier?; γ-Rays astronomy 2018: A Success Story Far, Far Exceeding Expectations of the Pioneers; Acknowledgements
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