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The study of the universe at energies above 100 GeV is a relatively new and exciting field. The current generation of pointed instruments have detected TeV gamma rays from at least 10 sources and the next generation of detectors promises a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-09 G. Sinnis , A. Smith , J. E. McEnery

The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-Ray Observatory located on the side of the Sierra Negra volcano in Mexico, has been fully operational since 2015. The HAWC collaboration has recently significantly improved their…

Water Cherenkov Detectors (WCD) are efficient detectors for detecting GRBs in the 10 GeV - 1 TeV energy range using the single particle technique, given their sensitivity to low energy secondary photons produced by high energy photons when…

We present the first catalog of TeV gamma-ray sources realized with the recently completed High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory (HAWC). It is the most sensitive wide field-of-view TeV telescope currently in operation, with a 1-year…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-05 A. U. Abeysekara , A. Albert , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. D. Álvarez , R. Arceo , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , H. A. Ayala Solares , A. S. Barber , N. Bautista-Elivar , J. Becerra Gonzalez , A. Becerril , E. Belmont-Moreno , S. Y. BenZvi , D. Berley , A. Bernal , J. Braun , C. Brisbois , K. S. Caballero-Mora , T. Capistrán , A. Carramiñana , S. Casanova , M. Castillo , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , S. Coutiño de León , E. de la Fuente , C. De León , R. Diaz Hernandez , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , R. W. Ellsworth , K. Engel , D. W. Fiorino , N. Fraija , J. A. García-González , F. Garfias , M. Gerhardt , A. González Muñoz , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , Z. Hampel-Arias , J. P. Harding , S. Hernandez , A. Hernandez-Almada , J. Hinton , C. M. Hui , P. Hüntemeyer , A. Iriarte , A. Jardin-Blicq , V. Joshi , S. Kaufmann , D. Kieda , A. Lara , R. J. Lauer , W. H. Lee , D. Lennarz , H. León Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , A. L. Longinotti , G. Luis Raya , R. Luna-García , R. López-Coto , K. Malone , S. S. Marinelli , O. Martinez , I. Martinez-Castellanos , J. Martínez-Castro , H. Martínez-Huerta , J. A. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , M. U. Nisa , R. Noriega-Papaqui , R. Pelayo , J. Pretz , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , Z. Ren , C. D. Rho , C. Rivière , D. Rosa-González , M. Rosenberg , E. Ruiz-Velasco , H. Salazar , F. Salesa Greus , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , H. Schoorlemmer , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , R. W. Springer , P. Surajbali , I. Taboada , O. Tibolla , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , T. N. Ukwatta , G. Vianello , L. Villaseñor , T. Weisgarber , S. Westerhoff , I. G. Wisher , J. Wood , T. Yapici , P. W. Younk , A. Zepeda , H. Zhou

We present the sensitivity of HAWC to Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs). HAWC is a very high-energy gamma-ray observatory currently under construction in Mexico at an altitude of 4100 m. It will observe atmospheric air showers via the water Cherenkov…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-04-26 HAWC collaboration , A. U. Abeysekara , J. A. Aguilar , S. Aguilar , R. Alfaro , E. Almaraz , C. Álvarez , J. de D. Álvarez-Romero , M. Álvarez , R. Arceo , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , C. Badillo , A. Barber , B. M. Baughman , N. Bautista-Elivar , E. Belmont , E. Benítez , S. Y. BenZvi , D. Berley , A. Bernal , E. Bonamente , J. Braun , R. Caballero-Lopez , I. Cabrera , A. Carramiñana , L. Carrasco , M. Castillo , L. Chambers , R. Conde , P. Condreay , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , J. C. D'Olivo , E. de la Fuente , C. De León , S. Delay , D. Delepine , T. DeYoung , L. Diaz , L. Diaz-Cruz , B. L. Dingus , M. A. Duvernois , D. Edmunds , R. W. Ellsworth , B. Fick , D. W. Fiorino , A. Flandes , N. I. Fraija , A. Galindo , J. L. García-Luna , G. García-Torales , F. Garfias , L. X. González , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , V. Grabski , M. Gussert , C. Guzmán-Ceron , Z. Hampel-Arias , T. Harris , E. Hays , L. Hernandez-Cervantes , P. H. Hüntemeyer , A. Imran , A. Iriarte , J. J. Jimenez , P. Karn , N. Kelley-Hoskins , D. Kieda , R. Langarica , A. Lara , R. Lauer , W. H. Lee , E. C. Linares , J. T. Linnemann , M. Longo , R. Luna-García , H. Martínez , J. Martínez , L. A. Martínez , O. Martínez , J. Martínez-Castro , M. Martos , J. Matthews , J. E. McEnery , G. Medina-Tanco , J. E. Mendoza-Torres , P. A. Miranda-Romagnoli , T. Montaruli , E. Moreno , M. Mostafa , M. Napsuciale , J. Nava , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , R. Noriega-Papaqui , T. Oceguera-Becerra , A. Olmos Tapia , V. Orozco , V. Pérez , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , J. S. Perkins , J. Pretz , C. Ramirez , I. Ramírez , D. Rebello , A. Rentería , J. Reyes , D. Rosa-González , A. Rosado , J. M. Ryan , J. R. Sacahui , H. Salazar , F. Salesa , A. Sandoval , E. Santos , M. Schneider , A. Shoup , S. Silich , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , K. Sparks , W. Springer , F. Suárez , N. Suarez , I. Taboada , A. F. Tellez , G. Tenorio-Tagle , A. Tepe , P. A. Toale , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , T. N. Ukwatta , J. Valdes-Galicia , P. Vanegas , V. Vasileiou , O. Vázquez , X. Vázquez , L. Villaseñor , W. Wall , J. S. Walters , D. Warner , S. Westerhoff , I. G. Wisher , J. Wood , G. B. Yodh , D. Zaborov , A. Zepeda

The Milagro gamma-ray observatory employs a water Cherenkov detector to observe extensive air showers produced by high-energy particles impacting in the Earth's atmosphere. A 4800 m$^{2}$ pond instrumented with 723 8" PMTs detects Cherenkov…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 P. M. Saz Parkinson

Milagro is a gamma-ray observatory employing a water Cherenkov detector to observe extensive air showers produced by high-energy particles impacting in the Earth's atmosphere. We discuss the first detection of TeV gamma-rays from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. M. Saz Parkinson

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory monitors the gamma-ray sky at energies between 100 GeV and 100 TeV with a wide field of view of $\sim 2$ steradians. A duty cycle of $\sim 90$% allows HAWC to scan two thirds of the sky…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Robert J. Lauer

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) gamma-ray observatory detects cosmic- and gamma-ray initiated air showers in the TeV energy range using 300 water Cherenkov detectors (WCDs). To improve its sensitivity at the highest energies, HAWC…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-20 Vikas Joshi , Harm Schoorlemmer

The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory, located 4100 m above sea level near Sierra Negra (19$^\circ$ N) in Mexico, is sensitive to gamma rays and cosmic rays at TeV energies. The arrival direction distribution of cosmic rays…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 S. Y. BenZvi , D. W. Fiorino , S. Westerhoff

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-Ray Observatory is an extensive air shower array located in Puebla, Mexico. The closest radio galaxy within the HAWC field of view, M87, has been detected in very high energies. In this work we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 Daniel Avila Rojas , Rubén Alfaro , Antonio Galván , María Magdalena González , Nissim Fraija , Marc Klinger

The TeV gamma ray sky is observable by recording footprints of extensive air showers with an array of particle detectors. In the northern hemisphere there are currently two projects employing this technique: The HAWC gamma ray observatory…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-19 Harm Schoorlemmer , Rubén López-Coto , Jim Hinton

The recently completed High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) gamma-ray observatory has been taking data with a partial array for more than one year and is now operating with >95% duty cycle in its full configuration. With an instantaneous…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Robert J. Lauer , Patrick W. Younk

The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Experiment is a second-generation highsensitivity gamma-ray and cosmic-ray detector that builds on the experience and technology of the Milagro observatory. Like Milagro, HAWC utilizes the water…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-16 Petra Huentemeyer , John A. J. Matthews , Brenda Dingus

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) gamma-ray observatory is a wide field-of-view observatory sensitive to 500 GeV - 100 TeV gamma rays and cosmic rays. With its observations over 2/3 of the sky every day, the HAWC observatory is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-14 A. U. Abeysekara , A. M. Albert , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. D. Álvarez , R. Arceo , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , D. Avila Rojas , H. A. Ayala Solares , A. Becerril , E. Belmont-Moreno , S. Y. BenZvi , A. Bernal , C. Brisbois , K. S. Caballero-Mora , T. Capistrán , A. Carramiñana , S. Casanova , M. Castillo , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , C. De León , E. De la Fuente , R. Diaz Hernandez , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , K. Engel , O. Enríquez-Rivera , D. W. Fiorino , H. Fleischhack , N. Fraija , J. A. García-González , F. Garfias , A. González Muñoz , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , Z. Hampel-Arias , J. P. Harding , S. Hernandez , A. Hernandez-Almada , F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla , P. Hüntemeyer , A. Iriarte , A. Jardin-Blicq , V. Joshi , S. Kaufmann , R. J. Lauer , W. H. Lee , D. Lennarz , H. León Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , A. L. Longinotti , G. Luis-Raya , R. Luna-García , R. López-Coto , K. Malone , S. S. Marinelli , O. Martinez , I. Martinez-Castellanos , J. Martínez-Castro , J. A. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , M. U. Nisa , R. Noriega-Papaqui , R. Pelayo , J. Pretz , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , Z. Ren , C. D. Rho , N. L. Rodd , D. Rosa-González , M. Rosenberg , E. Ruiz-Velasco , B. R. Safdi , H. Salazar , F. Salesa Greus , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , R. W. Springer , P. Surajbali , I. Taboada , O. Tibolla , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , T. N. Ukwatta , G. Vianello , L. Villaseñor , T. Weisgarber , S. Westerhoff , I. G. Wisher , J. Wood , T. Yapici , G. B. Yodh , P. W. Younk , A. Zepeda , H. Zhou

The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory comprises 300 water Cherenkov detectors, each equipped with four photomultipliers, located on the Volc\'{a}n Sierra Negra in Mexico at 4,100 masl. This observatory can detect gamma rays…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-04 J. Jaimes , T. Capistrán , I. Torres

After two years of operation, the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory has analyzed the TeV cosmic-ray sky over an energy range between $2.0$ and $72.8$ TeV. The HAWC detector is a ground-based air-shower array located at high…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-24 A. U. Abeysekara , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. D. Alvarez , R. Arceo , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , D. Avila Rojas , H. A. Ayala Solares , A. Becerril , E. Belmont-Moreno , S. Y. BenZvi , A. Bernal , J. Braun , K. S. Caballero-Mora , T. Capistrán , A. Carramiñana , S. Casanova , M. Castillo , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , C. De León , E. De la Fuente , R. Diaz Hernandez , S. Dichiara , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , K. Engel , D. W. Fiorino , N. Fraija , J. A. García-González , F. Garfias , A. González Muñoz , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , Z. Hampel-Arias , J. P. Harding , S. Hernandez , B. Hona , F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla , C. M. Hui , P. Hüntemeyer , A. Iriarte , A. Jardin-Blicq , V. Joshi , S. Kaufmann , A. Lara , R. J. Lauer , W. H. Lee , H. León Vargas , A. L. Longinotti , G. Luis-Raya , R. Luna-García , D. López-Cámara , R. López-Coto , D. López-Cámara , R. López-Coto , K. Malone , S. S. Marinelli , O. Martinez , I. Martinez-Castellanos , J. Martínez-Castro , H. Martínez-Huerta , J. A. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , A. Nayerhoda , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , M. U. Nisa , R. Noriega-Papaqui , R. Pelayo , J. Pretz , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , Z. Ren , C. D. Rho , C. Rivière , D. Rosa-González , M. Rosenberg , E. Ruiz-Velasco , F. Salesa Greus , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , H. Schoorlemmer , M. Seglar Arroyo , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , R. W. Springer , P. Surajbali , I. Taboada , O. Tibolla , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , G. Vianello , L. Villaseñor , T. Weisgarber , F. Werner , S. Westerhoff , J. Wood , T. Yapici , A. Zepeda , H. Zhou

The HAWC Gamma Ray observatory consists of 300 water Cherenkov detectors (WCD) instrumented with four photo multipliers tubes (PMT) per WCD. HAWC is located between two of the highest mountains in Mexico. The high altitude (4100 m asl), the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Alejandro Lara , Graciela Binimelis de Raga , Olivia Enríquez-Rivera

The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory is sensitive to gamma rays and charged cosmic rays at TeV energies. The detector is still under construction, but data acquisition with the partially deployed detector started in 2013. An…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-14 A. U. Abeysekara , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. D. Álvarez , R. Arceo , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , H. A. Ayala Solares , A. S. Barber , B. M. Baughman , N. Bautista-Elivar , E. Belmont , S. Y. BenZvi , D. Berley , M. Bonilla Rosales , J. Braun , K. S. Caballero-Mora , A. Carramiñana , M. Castillo , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , E. de la Fuente , C. De León , T. DeYoung , R. Diaz Hernandez , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , R. W. Ellsworth , D. W. Fiorino , N. Fraija , A. Galindo , F. Garfias , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , M. Gussert , Z. Hampel-Arias , J. P. Harding , P. Hüntemeyer , C. M. Hui , A. Imran , A. Iriarte , P. Karn , D. Kieda , G. J. Kunde , A. Lara , R. J. Lauer , W. H. Lee , D. Lennarz , H. León Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , M. Longo , R. Luna-García , K. Malone , A. Marinelli , S. S. Marinelli , H. Martinez , O. Martinez , J. Martínez-Castro , J. A. J. Matthews , J. McEnery , E. Mendoza Torres , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , R. Noriega-Papaqui , T. Oceguera-Becerra , B. Patricelli , R. Pelayo , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , J. Pretz , C. Rivière , D. Rosa-González , E. Ruiz-Velasco , J. Ryan , H. Salazar , F. Salesa Greus , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , K. Sparks Woodle , R. W. Springer , I. Taboada , P. A. Toale , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , T. N. Ukwatta , L. Villaseñor , T. Weisgarber , S. Westerhoff , I. G. Wisher , J. Wood , G. B. Yodh , P. W. Younk , D. Zaborov , A. Zepeda , H. Zhou

The Milky Way contains hundreds of binary systems which are known to emit in radio and X-rays, but only a handful of binaries have been observed to produce very high-energy gamma rays. In addition, the emission mechanisms which produce the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Segev BenZvi