2013/05/01 by A. J. Weinstein, Amanda Weinstein, Jonathan Dumm +8
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #astro-ph.HE
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1305.0082
Input for Snowmass 2013. Minor additions and corrections including corrected references to other whitepapers
openalex publication_date 2013/05/01 · arxiv created 2013/07/28 · arxiv updated 2013/07/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A brief white paper is provided, discussing how the particle acceleration mechanisms taking place within astrophysical sources may mimic or mask signatures of new physics and the role that will be played by next-generation gamma-ray observatories, such as the Cherenkov Telescope Array, in improving our understanding of these phenomena.