The LHAASO Status and The Crab Detection - An electron PeVatron or super Pevatron of cosmic rays?

by Prof. Zhen Cao (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Wednesday 21 Sept 2022, 17:00 → 18:30 Europe/Berlin

Main/0-174 - Auditorium (Main)

The detection of 1.1 PeV photons from the Crab poses challenges to even classical electrodynamic theory and pure magnetohydrodynamics. Or, an accelerator that boosts protons to at highest energy of 30 PeV may be at the center of the nebula? LHAASO has found the most fascinating object, which was recorded as the first recognized supernova by Chinese in Song dynasty, so attractive that it may hint the origin of cosmic rays above the knee. LHAASO's observation in the near future may unveil it. The latest status of LHAASO will be updated.