Speaker
Juan Cortina
(CIEMAT)
Description
Gamma ray detectors are key for understanding the non-thermal processes in our universe, usually associated with highly energetic processes in black hole jets, neutron stars or stellar explosions. They are also a unique tool in Fundamental Physics and Cosmology, and, together with cosmic ray, neutrino and gravitational wave detectors, have inaugurated the field of multimessenger astronomy.
At energies below ~10 GeV, gamma ray detectors usually operate from space, while detectors at higher energies, up to PeV, rely on the detection of the particle shower generated by gamma rays as they enter our atmosphere. We will briefly go over the detection techniques and detectors in operation today, and then review some of the gamma ray detectors that are being built or planned.
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Primary author
Juan Cortina
(CIEMAT)
