Speaker
Prof.
Jim Hinton
(Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics)
Description
The last decade has marked a renaissance in the field of gamma-ray
astronomy. Results from space and ground-based instruments, in
particular Fermi and the big three of ground-based gamma-ray
astronomy: HESS, VERITAS and MAGIC, have transformed our view of the
gamma-ray sky. The current datasets allow the very detailed study of
archetypal particle accelerators across a very wide energy range for
the first time, and provide sufficient source counts to constrain
population/evolution models for a number of different source
classes. The recent results challenge many long-held assumptions in
high energy astrophysics and there are also hints of new particle
physics. The richness of the results from these instruments provides a
strong case for future instrumentation and with the HAWC detector
recently completed, and the plans for CTA well advanced, the prospects for
highest energy photon astronomy over the next decade are extremely good.
Primary author
Prof.
Jim Hinton
(Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics)
