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An ultra-high-energy γ-ray telescope at 4,410 m

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After five years of construction, the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory is nearing completion, but already returning exciting results on the origin of cosmic rays, explains Principal Investigator Zhen Cao.

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Fig. 1: Bird’s-eye view of LHAASO.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Zhen Cao

  2. Tianfu Cosmic Ray Research Center, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

    Zhen Cao

  3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Zhen Cao

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Cao, Z. An ultra-high-energy γ-ray telescope at 4,410 m. Nat Astron 5, 849 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-021-01453-6

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