The PeVatrons and the HAWC Observatory in Mexico
Abstract
The discovery of ultra-high energy gamma-ray sources (detected at energies 100 TeV) thanks to highly sensitive observatories such as the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory, the Tibet AS-gamma Experiment, and the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO), marked the beginning of the sub--PeV and PeV era in gamma-ray astrophysics (energies 0.1 to 100 PeV). This new astrophysics is closely related to the emerging topic of PeVatrons, in which HAWC has played a remarkable role and will continue to contribute discoveries and relevant studies thanks to the better data provided by the installed outriggers. In this paper, we present a brief overview of the PeVatrons and the HAWC observatory.
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@article{arxiv.2306.06293,
title = {The PeVatrons and the HAWC Observatory in Mexico},
author = {E. de la Fuente and J. L. Flores and G. García-Toráles and J. C. Díaz-Vélez and I. Toledano-Juárez and the HAWC Collaboration},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.06293},
year = {2023}
}
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Accepted for publication in the book of contributions of the TMEX-2023: Theory meets experiments, January 5-11, 2023, Vietnam. DOI in formality