The HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory: Design, Calibration, and Operation
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2013-10-02 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract
The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma Ray Observatory (HAWC) is under construction 4100 meters above sea level at Sierra Negra, Mexico. We describe the design and cabling of the detector, the characterization of the photomultipliers, and the timing calibration system. We also outline a next-generation detector based on the water Cherenkov technique.
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@article{arxiv.1310.0074,
title = {The HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory: Design, Calibration, and Operation},
author = {HAWC Collaboration and A. U. Abeysekara and R. Alfaro and C. Alvarez and J. D. Álvarez and R. Arceo and J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez and H. A. Ayala Solares and A. S. Barber and B. M. Baughman and N. Bautista-Elivar and E. Belmont and S. Y. BenZvi and D. Berley and M. Bonilla Rosales and J. Braun and R. A. Caballero-Lopez and K. S. Caballero-Mora and A. Carramiñana and M. Castillo and U. Cotti and J. Cotzomi and E. de la Fuente and C. De León and T. DeYoung and R. Diaz Hernandez and J. C. Díaz-Vélez and B. L. Dingus and M. A. DuVernois and R. W. Ellsworth and A. Fernandez and D. W. Fiorino and N. Fraija and A. Galindo and F. Garfias and L. X. González and M. M. González and J. A. Goodman and V. Grabski and M. Gussert and Z. Hampel-Arias and C. M. Hui and P. Hüntemeyer and A. Imran and A. Iriarte and P. Karn and D. Kieda and G. J. Kunde and A. Lara and R. J. Lauer and W. H. Lee and D. Lennarz and H. León Vargas and E. C. Linares and J. T. Linnemann and M. Longo and R. Luna-GarcIa and A. Marinelli and H. Martinez and O. Martinez and J. Martínez-Castro and J. A. J. Matthews and P. Miranda-Romagnoli and E. Moreno and M. Mostafá and J. Nava and L. Nellen and M. Newbold and R. Noriega-Papaqui and T. Oceguera-Becerra and B. Patricelli and R. Pelayo and E. G. Pérez-Pérez and J. Pretz and C. Rivière and D. Rosa-González and H. Salazar and F. Salesa and F. E. Sanchez and A. Sandoval and E. Santos and M. Schneider and S. Silich and G. Sinnis and A. J. Smith and K. Sparks and R. W. Springer and I. Taboada and P. A. Toale and K. Tollefson and I. Torres and T. N. Ukwatta and L. Villaseñor and T. Weisgarber and S. Westerhoff and I. G. Wisher and J. Wood and G. B. Yodh and P. W. Younk and D. Zaborov and A. Zepeda and H. Zhou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.0074},
year = {2013}
}
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Contributions to the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 2013