The HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory: Sensitivity to Steady and Transient Sources of Gamma Rays
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2013-10-02 v1
Abstract
The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-Ray Observatory is designed to record air showers produced by cosmic rays and gamma rays between 100 GeV and 100 TeV. Because of its large field of view and high livetime, HAWC is well-suited to measure gamma rays from extended sources, diffuse emission, and transient sources. We describe the sensitivity of HAWC to emission from the extended Cygnus region as well as other types of galactic diffuse emission; searches for flares from gamma-ray bursts and active galactic nuclei; and the first measurement of the Crab Nebula with HAWC-30.
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@article{arxiv.1310.0071,
title = {The HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory: Sensitivity to Steady and Transient Sources of Gamma Rays},
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:1310.0071},
year = {2013}
}
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Contributions to the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 2013