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LHAASO

(Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory)
(gamma ray/cosmic ray observatory in China)

LHAASO (for Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory) is a gamma-ray/cosmic-ray observatory in the Tibetan mountains in China, located at an altitude of 4,400 meters. It consists of large pools of water with sensors for Cherenkov radiation from the products of air showers.


(observatory,cosmic rays,gamma rays,China,Cherenkov)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_High_Altitude_Air_Shower_Observatory
http://english.ihep.cas.cn/lhaaso/
https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.02773
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019ICRC...36..693H/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022icrc.confE..11C/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022icrc.confE.382Z/abstract

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