Located 4,410 meters above sea level, LHAASO is one of China's key national science and technology facilities. (ECNS)
Aerial view of detectors in China's Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) project in Daocheng County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 31, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhongjun)
Aerial view of detectors in China's Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) project in Daocheng County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 31, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhongjun)
Aerial view of detectors in China's Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) project in Daocheng County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 31, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhongjun)
Aerial view of detectors in China's Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) project in Daocheng County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 31, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhongjun)
Aerial view of detectors in China's Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) project in Daocheng County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 31, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhongjun)
Aerial view of detectors in China's Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) project in Daocheng County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 31, 2024. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhongjun)
The main structure of the No.1 Pool of the Water Cherenkov Detector Array (WCDA) of the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) was completed on February 1, 2018. In the next phase, scientists and engineers will start to install cosmic ray detectors inside the pool. It is estimated that construction will be completed and operation of this detector pool started by the end of this year.
An observatory for detecting cosmic rays in southwest China's Sichuan Province will be semi-functional next year, scientists said Wednesday. The project, known as Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO), is located in the mountains of the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau at an average altitude of 4,110 meters.
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