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The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory is a large field of view, continuously operated, TeV gamma-ray experiment under construction at 4,100 m a.s.l. in Mexico. The HAWC observatory will have an order of magnitude better…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-21 Miguel Mostafa

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) is a wide field-of-view gamma-ray observatory sensitive to gamma-rays in the 300 GeV - 100 TeV energy range, located in Mexico at an altitude of 4,100 m above sea level. The detector consists of 300…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-15 Cederik de León , Humberto Salazar , Luis Villaseñor

The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory (HAWC) is a large field of view (~2 sr) continuously operating experiment sensitive to very-high energy (VHE) gamma rays (~0.3-100 TeV). These characteristics make it well suited for observing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-20 Israel Martinez-Castellanos

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 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 an array of large water Cherenkov detectors sensitive to gamma rays and hadronic cosmic rays in the energy band between 100 GeV and 100 TeV. The observatory will be used to measure…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-11 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 , R. A. Caballero-Lopez , A. Carramiñana , M. Castillo , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , E. de la Fuente , C. De León , T. DeYoung , R. Diaz Hernandez , J. C. Diaz-Velez , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , R. W. Ellsworth , A. Fernandez , D. W. Fiorino , N. Fraija , A. Galindo , J. L. Garcia-Luna , G. Garcia-Torales , F. Garfias , L. X. González , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , V. Grabski , M. Gussert , Z. Hampel-Arias , 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 , R. Luna-García , A. Marinelli , O. Martinez , J. Martínez-Castro , J. A. J. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , J. Nava , 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 , H. Salazar , F. Salesa , A. Sandoval , E. Santos , M. Schneider , S. Silich , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , K. Sparks , 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

Improving gamma-hadron separation is one of the most effective ways to enhance the performance of ground-based gamma-ray observatories. With over a decade of continuous operation, the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory has…

The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma Ray Observatory (HAWC) is designed to perform a synoptic survey of the TeV sky. The high energy coverage of the experiment will enable studies of fundamental physics beyond the Standard Model, and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-10-02 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 , E. Belmont , 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 , R. Diaz Hernandez , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , R. W. Ellsworth , A. Fernandez , D. W. Fiorino , N. Fraija , A. Galindo , F. Garfias , L. X. González , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , V. Grabski , M. Gussert , Z. Hampel-Arias , 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 , R. Luna-GarcIa , A. Marinelli , H. Martinez , O. Martinez , J. Martínez-Castro , J. A. J. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , J. Nava , 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 , H. Salazar , F. Salesa , F. E. Sanchez , A. Sandoval , E. Santos , M. Schneider , S. Silich , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , K. Sparks , 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 High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) is an array of five imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) to study gamma-ray emission from astrophysical objects in the Southern hemisphere. It is the only hybrid array of IACTs,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-19 S. Ohm , S. Wagner

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 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

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

We present the development of a real-time flare monitor for the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory. The flare monitor has been fully operational since 2017 January and is designed to detect very high energy (VHE; $E\gtrsim100$…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-26 A. U. Abeysekara , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. D. Álvarez , R. Arceo , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , D. Avila Rojas , H. A. Ayala Solares , A. S. Barber , N. Bautista-Elivar , J. Becerra Gonzalez , A. Becerril , E. Belmont-Moreno , S. Y. BenZvi , 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 , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , R. W. Ellsworth , K. Engel , D. W. Fiorino , N. Fraija , J. A. García-González , F. Garfias , M. Gerhardt , M. M. González , A. González Muñoz , J. A. Goodman , Z. Hampel-Arias , J. P. Harding , S. Hernandez , A. Hernandez-Almada , B. Hona , C. M. Hui , P. Hüntemeyer , A. Iriarte , A. Jardin-Blicq , V. Joshi , S. Kaufmann , D. Kieda , R. J. Lauer , W. H. Lee , D. Lennarz , H. León Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , A. L. Longinotti , D. López-Cámara , R. López-Coto , G. Luis Raya , R. Luna-García , 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 , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , J. Pretz , 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 , T. Weisgarber , S. Westerhoff , I. G. Wisher , J. Wood , T. Yapici , P. W. Younk , A. Zepeda , H. Zhou

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory recently began full-scale operations, surveying 2/3 of the entire sky at very high energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV). This new view of the sky offers the opportunity to detect flares from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Thomas Weisgarber

The VERITAS Cherenkov telescope array has been fully operational since Fall 2007 and has fulfilled or outperformed its design specifications. We are preparing an upgrade program with the goal to lower the energy threshold and improve the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 A. Nepomuk Otte

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) Observatory is a TeV gamma-ray detector, completed in early 2015. HAWC started science operations in August 2013 with a third of the detector taking data. Several known gamma-ray sources have already…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Francisco Salesa Greus

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 High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory is a TeV gamma-ray and cosmic-ray detector currently under construction at an altitude of 4100 m close to volcano Sierra Negra in the state of Puebla, Mexico. The HAWC observatory is an…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Antonio Marinelli , Kathryne Sparks , Ruben Alfaro , María Magdalena González , Barbara Patricelli , Nissim Fraija

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