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The HAWC gamma ray observatory, to be constructed at Sierra Negra, Puebla in Mexico, is a large array of water Cherenkov detectors sited at an elevation of 4100 m, which has been optimized for gamma/hadron discrimination of the primary…

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…

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory is an air shower array located near the volcano Sierra Negra in Mexico. The observatory has a scaler system sensitive to low energy cosmic rays (the geomagnetic cutoff for the site is 8…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 O. Enriquez-Rivera , A. Lara , R. Caballero-Lopez

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) gamma-ray observatory is a wide field of view (1.8 Sr) and high duty cycle (>95% up-time) detector of unique capabilities for the study of TeV gamma-ray sources. Installed at an altitude of 4100m in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Alberto Carramiñana

The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory, located on the slopes of the Sierra Negra volcano in Mexico, began operations in March 2015. Over the past decade, HAWC has enabled the exploration of a broad range of topics in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-04 Anna Lia Longinotti , HAWC Collaboration

The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory in central Mexico is currently the world's only synoptic survey instrument for gamma rays above 1 TeV. Because there is significant interest in covering the full TeV sky with a survey…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Michael DuVernois

The HAWC (High Altitude Water Cherenkov) gamma ray observatory is able to observe muons with nearly horizontal trajectories. HAWC is located at an altitude of 4100 meters a.s.l. on the Sierra Negra volcano in Mexico. The HAWC detector is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-13 Ahron S. Barber , David B. Kieda , R. Wayne Springer

The HAWC collaboration has recently completed the construction of a gamma-ray observatory at an altitude of 4100 meters on the slope of the Sierra Negra volcano in the state of Puebla, Mexico. In order to achieve an optimal angular…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Hugo A. Ayala Solares , Michael Gerhardt , C. Michelle Hui , Robert J. Lauer , Zhixiang Ren , Francisco Salesa Greus , Hao Zhou

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov observatory (HAWC) is an air shower array devised for TeV gamma-ray astronomy. HAWC is located at an altitude of 4100 m a.s.l. in Sierra Negra, Mexico. HAWC consists of 300 Water Cherenkov Detectors, each…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-27 HAWC collaboration , 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 , J. Becerra Gonzalez , E. Belmont-Moreno , S. Y. BenZvi , D. Berley , M. Bonilla Rosales , J. Braun , R. A. Caballero-Lopez , K. S. Caballero-Mora , A. Carramiñana , M. Castillo , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , E. de la Fuente , C. De León , T. DeYoung , J. Diaz-Cruz , 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 , V. Grabski , M. Gussert , Z. Hampel-Arias , J. P. Harding , C. M. Hui , P. Hüntemeyer , A. Imran , A. Iriarte , P. Karn , D. Kieda , G. J. Kunde , A. Lara , R. J. Lauer , W. H. Lee , D. Lennarz , H. León Vargas , E. C. Linares , J. T. Linnemann , M. Longo Proper , R. Luna-García , K. Malone , A. Marinelli , S. S. Marinelli , O. Martinez , J. Martínez-Castro , H. Martínez-Huerta , 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 , F. E. Sanchez , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , S. Silich , G. Sinni , 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 , T. Yapici , G. B. Yodh , P. W. Younk , D. Zaborov , A. Zepeda , H. Zhou

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory is a wide field-of-view detector sensitive to gamma rays of 100 GeV to a few hundred TeV. Located in central Mexico at 19 degrees North latitude and 4100 m above sea level, HAWC will…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-12-17 A. U. Abeysekara , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. D. Alvarez , R. Arceo , J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez , H. A. Ayala Solares , A. S. Barber , B. M. Baughman , N. Bautista-Elivar , J. Becerra Gonzalez , E. Belmont , S. Y. BenZvi , D. Berley , M. Bonilla Rosales , J. Braun , R. A. Caballero-Lopez , K. S. Caballero-Mora , A. Carraminana , M. Castillo , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , E. de la Fuente , C. De Leon , T. DeYoung , R. Diaz Hernandez , L. Diaz-Cruz , J. C. Diaz-Velez , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , R. W. Ellsworth , S. F. E. , D. W. Fiorino , N. Fraija , A. Galindo , F. Garfias , M. M. Gonzalez , J. A. Goodman , V. Grabski , M. Gussert , Z. Hampel-Arias , J. P. Harding , C. M. Hui , P. Huentemeyer , A. Imran , A. Iriarte , P. Karn , D. Kieda , G. J. Kunde , A. Lara , R. J. Lauer , W. H. Lee , D. Lennarz , H. Leon Vargas , E. C. Linares , J. T. Linnemann , M. Longo , R. Luna-Garcia , A. Marinelli , H. Martinez , O. Martinez , J. Martinez-Castro , J. A. J. Matthews , J. McEnery , E. Mendoza Torres , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , E. Moreno , M. Mostafa , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , R. Noriega-Papaqui , T. Oceguera-Becerra , B. Patricelli , R. Pelayo , E. G. Perez-Perez , J. Pretz , C. Riviere , D. Rosa-Gonzalez , J. Ryan , H. Salazar , F. Salesa , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , S. Silich , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , K. Sparks Woodle , R. W. Springer , I. Taboada , P. A. Toale , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , T. N. Ukwatta , L. Villasenor , T. Weisgarber , S. Westerhoff , I. G. Wisher , J. Wood , G. B. Yodh , P. W. Younk , D. Zaborov , A. Zepeda , H. Zhou , K. N. Abazajian

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) gamma-ray observatory observes atmospheric showers produced by incident gamma rays and cosmic rays with energy from 300 GeV to more than 100 TeV. A crucial phase in analyzing gamma-ray sources using…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-25 R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. D. Álvarez , J. R. Angeles Camacho , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , D. Avila Rojas , H. A. Ayala Solares , R. Babu , E. Belmont-Moreno , C. Brisbois , K. S. Caballero-Mora , T. Capistrán , A. Carramiñana , S. Casanova , O. Chaparro-Amaro , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , S. Coutiño de León , E. De la Fuente , C. de León , R. Diaz Hernandez , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , M. Durocher , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , R. W. Ellsworth , K. Engel , C. Espinoza , K. L. Fan , M. Fernández Alonso , N. Fraija , D. Garcia , J. A. García-González , F. Garfias , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , J. P. Harding , S. Hernandez , B. Hona , D. Huang , F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla , P. Hüntemeyer , A. Iriarte , A. Jardin-Blicq , V. Joshi , S. Kaufmann , G. J. Kundem A. Lara , W. H. Lee , J. Lee , H. León Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , G. Luis-Raya , J. Lundeen , K. Malone , V. Marandon , O. Martinez , J. Martínez-Castro , J. A. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , J. A. Morales-Soto , A. Nayerhoda , L. Nellen , M. U. Nisa , R. Noriega-Papaqui , L. Olivera-Nieto , N. Omodei , A. Peisker , Y. Pérez Araujo , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , C. D. Rho , D. Rosa-González , E. Ruiz-Velasco , H. Salazar , F. Salesa Greus , A. Sandoval , P. M. Saz Parkinson , J. Serna-Franco , A. J. Smith , R. W. Springer , O. Tibolla , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , R. Torres-Escobedo , R. Turner , F. Ureña-Mena , L. Villaseñor , X. Wang , I. J. Watson , F. Werner , E. Willox , J. Wood , 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

HAWC is a ground-based observatory consisting of 300 water Cherenkov detectors, which observes the extensive air showers induced by cosmic rays from some TeV to a few PeV and, in particular, gamma rays from 300 GeV to more than 100 TeV. One…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-12 A. Alvarado , T. Capistrán , I. Torres , J. R. SacahuÍ , R. Alfaro

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 High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory (HAWC) is a large field of view ($\sim$2sr) instrument sensitive to very-high energy gamma rays ($\sim$0.5-100TeV). It is located in central Mexico (19$^\circ$N) and has a high duty cycle…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Israel Martinez-Castellanos

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory is a ground-based TeV gamma-ray observatory in the state of Puebla, Mexico at an altitude of 4100 m. Its 22,000 m$^2$ instrumented area, wide field of view ($\sim$2 sr), and >95% uptime…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Joshua Wood

The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory, or HAWC, is carrying out an unbiased survey of cosmic rays and gamma rays from the Northern Hemisphere between 100 GeV and 100 TeV. HAWC is currently the only high-uptime wide-field TeV…

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

The HAWC (High Altitude Water Cerenkov) gamma ray observatory observes muons with nearly-horizontal trajectories corresponding to zenith angles greater than $80^{0}$. HAWC is located at an altitude of 4100 meters a.s.l. (70 deg. atmospheric…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-20 Ahron S. Barber , David B. Kieda , R. Wayne Springer

The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory is a ground-based TeV gamma-ray observatory in the state of Puebla, Mexico at an altitude of 4100 m above sea level. Its $\sim$22,000 m$^2$ instrumented area, wide field of view (2 sr),…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-08 Joshua Wood