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For studying variable sources like blazars, it is crucial to achieve unbiased monitoring, either with dedicated telescopes in pointing mode or survey instruments. At TeV energies, the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory…

Milagro is a water Cherenkov extensive air shower array that continuously monitors the entire overhead sky in the TeV energy band. The results from an analysis of $\sim$3 years of data (December 2000 through November 2003) are presented.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 The Milagro Collaboration

We present a new catalog of TeV gamma-ray sources using 1523 days of data from the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory. The catalog represents the most sensitive survey of the Northern gamma-ray sky at energies above several…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-27 A. Albert , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. R. Angeles Camacho , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , K. P. Arunbabu , D. Avila Rojas , H. A. Ayala Solares , V. Baghmanyan , E. Belmont-Moreno , S. Y. BenZvi , C. Brisbois , K. S. Caballero-Mora , T. Capistrán , A. Carramiñana , S. Casanova , U. Cotti , S. Coutiño de León , E. De la Fuente , R. Diaz Hernandez , L. Diaz-Cruz , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , M. Durocher , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , R. W. Ellsworth , K. Engel , C. Espinoza , K. L. Fan , K. Fang , M. Fernández Alonso , H. Fleischhack , N. Fraija , A. Galván-Gámez , D. Garcia , J. A. García-González , F. Garfias , G. Giacinti , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , J. P. Harding , S. Hernandez , J. Hinton , B. Hona , D. Huang , F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla , P. Hüntemeyer , A. Iriarte , A. Jardin-Blicq , V. Joshi , D. Kieda , A. Lara , W. H. Lee , H. León Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , A. L. Longinotti , G. Luis-Raya , J. Lundeen , R. López-Coto , K. Malone , V. Marandon , O. Martinez , I. Martinez-Castellanos , J. Martínez-Castro , J. A. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , J. A. Morales-Soto , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , A. Nayerhoda , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , M. U. Nisa , R. Noriega-Papaqui , L. Olivera-Nieto , N. Omodei , A. Peisker , Y. Pérez Araujo , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , Z. Ren , C. D. Rho , C. Rivière , D. Rosa-González , E. Ruiz-Velasco , H. Salazar , F. Salesa Greus , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , H. Schoorlemmer , F. Serna , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , R. W. Springer , P. Surajbali , E. Tabachnick , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , R. Torres-Escobedo , T. N. Ukwatta , F. Ureña-Mena , T. Weisgarber , F. Werner , E. Willox , A. Zepeda , H. Zhou , C. de León , J. D. Álvarez

The majority of Galactic TeV gamma-ray sources are pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) and supernova remnants (SNRs), and the most common association for unidentified sources is PWN. Many of these sources were discovered in TeV by imaging air…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 C. M. Hui , H. Zhou

Simulations of dark matter show a discrepancy between the expected number of Galactic dark matter sub-halos and how many have been optically observed. Some of these unseen satellites may exist as dark dwarf galaxies: sub-halos like dwarf…

The Hight Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-Ray Observatory monitors the gamma-ray sky in the energy range from 100 GeV to 100 TeV and has detected two very high energy (VHE) blazars: Markarian 421 (Mrk 421) and Markarian 501 (Mrk 501)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 S. Coutiño de León , A. Carramiñana , D. Rosa-González

The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov experiment (HAWC) observatory is located 4100 meters above sea level. HAWC is able to detect secondary particles from extensive air showers (EAS) initiated in the interaction of a primary particle (either a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 E. Bourbeau , T. Capistrán , I. Torres , E. Moreno

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

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…

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 Water Cherenkov Detector Array (WCDA) is a major component of the Large High Altitude Air Shower Array Observatory (LHAASO), a new generation cosmic-ray experiment with unprecedented sensitivity, currently under construction. The WCDA…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-24 Yingying Guo , Xiaochuan Chang , Hongbo Hu , Zhiguo Yao

The high-energy Diffuse Gamma-Ray Background (DGRB) is expected to be produced by unresolved isotropically distributed astrophysical objects, potentially including dark matter annihilation or decay emissions in galactic or extragalactic…

The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory records the air showers produced by cosmic rays and gamma rays at a rate of about 20 kHz. While the events observed by HAWC are 99.9% hadronic cosmic rays, this background can be strongly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Segev BenZvi , Daniel Fiorino , Zigfried Hampel-Arias , Mehr Un Nisa

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

Compact binary systems can provide us with unique information on astrophysical particle acceleration and cosmic ray production. However, only five binary systems have ever been observed in TeV $\gamma$ rays. The High Altitude Water…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-15 Chang Dong Rho

The very-high-energy gamma-ray sky can be surveyed on a daily basis by particle-detector arrays at high (mountain) elevation. In the northern hemisphere the survey recently conducted by the HAWC gamma-ray observatory significantly enriched…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-26 Harm Schoorlemmer

The Large Aperture GRB Observatory (LAGO) is aiming at the detection of the high energy (around 100 GeV) component of Gamma Ray Bursts, using the single particle technique in arrays of Water Cherenkov Detectors (WCD) in high mountain sites…

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory continuously observes gamma-rays between 100 GeV to 100 TeV in an instantaneous field of view of about 2 steradians above the array. The large amount of raw data, the importance of small…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Patrick W. Younk , Robert J. Lauer , Giacomo Vianello , J. Patrick Harding , Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares , Hao Zhou , Michelle Hui

The observation of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) with very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays can provide understanding of the particle acceleration mechanisms in GRBs, and can also be used to probe the extra-galactic background light and place…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Ignacio Taboada , Rudy C. Gilmore

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
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