1998/11/04 by R. Plaga, Plaga, R.
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Particle Detector Development and Performance #astro-ph #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9811081
19 pages, Latex, uses picpro98.sty, 10 eps figures, Invited talk at the XVIII Physics in Collision Conference, June 17-19 1998, to be published in Frascati Physics Series Vol. XI, (pp. 369 - 388)
arxiv created 1998/11/04 · openalex publication_date 1998/11/04 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The article gives a brief overview, aimed at nonspecialists, about the goals and selected recent results of the detection of very-high energy gamma-rays (energies above 100 GeV) with ground based detectors. The stress is on the physics questions, especially the origin of Galactic Cosmic Rays and the emission of TeV gamma-radiation from active galaxies. Moreover some particle-physics questions which are addressed in this area are discussed.