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The Southern Wide-Field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO)

The scientific potential of a wide field-of-view, and very-high duty cycle, ground-based gamma-ray detector has been demonstrated by the current generation of instruments, such as HAWC and ARGO, and will be further extended in the Northern…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-31 Ulisses Barres de Almeida

The Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory

The Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) is an R&D project to plan and design the next observatory to detect gamma rays in the Southern hemisphere. The experiment, planned to be placed at an altitude greater than 4400 m, is…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-09-12 Ruben Conceição

The Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory: Status and Prospects

The Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) Collaboration is currently engaged in design and prototyping work towards the realisation of this future gamma-ray facility. SWGO will complement CTA and the existing ground-particle…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-29 Jim Hinton

Science Case for a Wide Field-of-View Very-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Observatory in the Southern Hemisphere

We outline the science motivation for SGSO, the Southern Gamma-Ray Survey Observatory. SGSO will be a next-generation wide field-of-view gamma-ray survey instrument, sensitive to gamma-rays in the energy range from 100 GeV to hundreds of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-25 A. Albert , R. Alfaro , H. Ashkar , C. Alvarez , J. Álvarez , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , H. A. Ayala Solares , R. Arceo , J. A. Bellido , S. BenZvi , T. Bretz , C. A. Brisbois , A. M. Brown , F. Brun , K. S. Caballero-Mora , A. Carosi , A. Carramiñana , S. Casanova , P. M. Chadwick , G. Cotter , S. Coutiño De León , P. Cristofari , S. Dasso , E. de la Fuente , B. L. Dingus , P. Desiati , F. de O. Salles , V. de Souza , D. Dorner , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , J. A. García-González , M. A. DuVernois , G. Di Sciascio , K. Engel , H. Fleischhack , N. Fraija , S. Funk , J-F. Glicenstein , J. Gonzalez , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , J. P. Harding , A. Haungs , J. Hinton , B. Hona , D. Hoyos , P. Huentemeyer , A. Iriarte , A. Jardin-Blicq , V. Joshi , S. Kaufmann , K. Kawata , S. Kunwar , J. Lefaucheur , J. -P. Lenain , K. Link , R. López-Coto , V. Marandon , M. Mariotti , J. Martínez-Castro , H. Martínez-Huerta , M. Mostafá , A. Nayerhoda , L. Nellen , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , R. D. Parsons , B. Patricelli , A. Pichel , Q. Piel , E. Prandini , E. Pueschel , S. Procureur , A. Reisenegger , C. Rivière , J. Rodriguez , A. C. Rovero , G. Rowell , E. L. Ruiz-Velasco , A. Sandoval , M. Santander , T. Sako , T. K. Sako , K. Satalecka , H. Schoorlemmer , F. Schüssler , M. Seglar-Arroyo , A. J. Smith , S. Spencer , P. Surajbali , E. Tabachnick , A. M. Taylor , O. Tibolla , I. Torres , B. Vallage , A. Viana , J. J. Watson , T. Weisgarber , F. Werner , R. White , R. Wischnewski , R. Yang , A. Zepeda , H. Zhou

A next-generation ground-based wide field-of-view gamma-ray observatory in the southern hemisphere

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

Science Prospects for the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory: SWGO

Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy is now well established as a key observational approach to address critical topics at the frontiers of astroparticle physics and high-energy astrophysics. Whilst the field of TeV astronomy was once dominated…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-26 SWGO Collaboration , P. Abreu , R. Alfaro , A. Alfonso , M. Andrade , E. O. Angüner , E. A. Anita-Rangel , O. Aquines-Gutiérrez , C. Arcaro , R. Arceo , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , P. Assis , H. A. Ayala Solares , A. Bakalova , E. M. Bandeira , P. Bangale , U. Barres de Almeida , P. Batista , I. Batković , J. Bazo , E. Belmont , J. Bennemann , S. Y. BenZvi , A. Bernal , W. Bian , C. Bigongiari , E. Bottacini , R. Branada , P. Brogueira , A. M. Brown , T. Bulik , K. S. Caballero-Mora , P. Camarri , W. Cao , Z. Cao , Z. Cao , T. Capistrán , M. Cardillo , C. Casentini , C. Castromonte , P. M. Chadwick , J. Chanamé , J. Chang , S. Chen , A. Chiavassa , L. Chytka , R. Colalillo , R. Conceição , G. Consolati , R. Cordero , P. J. Costa , R. Covarelli , X. Cui , X. Cui , A. De Angelis , E. de Gouveia Dal Pino , R. de Menezes , P. Desiati , N. Di Lalla , F. Di Pierro , G. Di Sciascio , J. C. Díaz Vélez , C. Dib , B. Dingus , J. Djuvsland , C. Dobrigkeit , L. M. Domingues Mendes , T. Dorigo , M. Doro , A. C. dos Reis , M. Du Vernois , D. Elsaesser , K. Engel , T. Ergin , M. Errando , K. Fang , A. Fazzi , C. Feng , M. Feroci , C. N. Ferreira , N. Fraija , S. Fraija , A. Franceschini , G. F. Franco , S. Funk , R. Galleguillos , B. Gao , C. Gao , A. M. Garcia Reyes , S. Garcia , F. Garfias , G. Giacinti , L. Gibilisco , B. Giovanni , J. Glombitza , H. Goksu , G. Gong , B. S. González , M. M. González , J. Goodman , V. M. Grieco , M. Gu , F. Guarino , G. P. Guedes , J. Gyeong , F. Haist , G. Han , P. Hansen , J. P. Harding , S. Hernandez Cadena , I. Herzog , J. Hinton , W. Hofmann , C. Hou , Hou C. , K. Hu , D. Huang , P. Huentemeyer , A. Iriarte , J. Isaković , A. Jardin-Blicq , L. I. Junoy , J. Juryšek , S. Kaci , B. Khelifi , D. Kieda , F. La Monaca , G. La Mura , R. G. Lang , J. S. Lapington , R. Laspiur , L. Lavitola , J. Lee , F. Leitl , M. Lemoine-Goumard , L. Lessio , T. Lewis , C. Li , J. Li , K. Li , T. Li , B. Liberti , S. Lin , R. A. Lineros , D. Liu , J. Liu , R. Liu , F. Longo , Y. Luo , J. Lv , E. Macerata , G. Magugliani , K. Malone , A. Mancilla , D. Mandat , M. Manganaro , M. Mariani , A. Mariazzi , M. Mariotti , T. Marrodan , H. Martínez-Huerta , I. Martins , S. Medina , D. Melo , L. F. Mendes , E. Meza , R. Micali , D. Miceli , S. Miozzi , L. S. Miranda , P. E. Mirón Enriquez , A. Mitchell , A. Molinario , A. Montero , O. G. Morales-Olivares , A. Morselli , E. Mossini , M. Mostafá , F. Muleri , F. Nardi , A. P. Nayak , A. Negro , L. Nellen , M. Nisa , V. Novotny , L. Olivera-Nieto , N. Omodei , E. Orlando , S. Ortolani , M. Osorio-Archila , T. Ota , L. Otiniano , Z. Ou , A. Paoloni , I. M. Pepe , R. Perca , M. Peresano , Y. Pérez Araujo , T. Petrosillo-Lago , G. Piano , D. Piccolo , A. Pichel , M. Pimenta , M. Pirke , A. Porcelli , T. Porter , E. Prandini , A. Pratts , R. Pretsch , A. Qi , J. Qin , S. Rainò , L. Recabarren , M. Regeard , A. Reisenegger , Q. Remy , H. X. Ren , F. Rescic , B. Reville , M. Reyes , C. D. Rho , M. Riquelme , J. I. Rivadeneira , G. Rodriguez Fernandez , B. Rossi , A. C. Rovero , A. Ruina , E. Ruiz-Velasco , G. Salazar , C. Salotto , F. Sanchez , A. Sandoval , F. Sansone , M. Santander , R. Santonico , G. L. P. Santos , A. Santos-Guevara , D. Sartirana , M. Schneider , M. Schneider , H. Schoorlemmer , F. G. Schröder , F. Schussler , H. Schutte , J. Serna-Franco , M. Shoaib , A. Smith , A. J. Smith , Y. Son , O. Soto , S. T. Spencer , R. W. Springer , J. Stewart , L. A. Stuani , H. Sun , M. Tambone , R. Tang , Z. Tang , S. Tapia , M. Tavani , R. Terrier , T. Terzić , K. Tollefson , B. Tomé , I. Torres , R. Torres-Escobedo , G. C. Trinchero , R. Turner , P. Ulloa , L. Valore , C. van Eldik , J. Vega , I. D. Vergara Quispe , A. Viana , J. Vícha , C. F. Vigorito , V. Vittorini , B. Wang , L. Wang , X. Wang , X. Wang , X. Wang , Z. Wang , Z. Wang , M. Waqas , I. J. Watson , F. Werner , R. White , C. Wiebusch , F. Wohlleben , S. Xi , G. Xiao , H. Xiao , H. Xiao , L. Yang , R. Yang , Z. Yang , Z. Yang , R. Yanyachi , Z. Yao , D. Zavrtanik , H. Zhang , H. Zhang , J. Zhang , J. Zhang , S. Zhang , S. Zhang , X. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. Zhang , J. Zhao , L. Zhao , H. Zhou , C. Zhu , H. Zhu , H. Zhu , P. Zhu , X. Zuo , P. Zyla

The Southern Wide-Field Gamma-Ray Observatory (SWGO): A Next-Generation Ground-Based Survey Instrument for VHE Gamma-Ray Astronomy

We describe plans for the development of the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO), a next-generation instrument with sensitivity to the very-high-energy (VHE) band to be constructed in the Southern Hemisphere. SWGO will provide…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-22 P. Abreu , A. Albert , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , R. Arceo , P. Assis , F. Barao , J. Bazo , J. F. Beacom , J. Bellido , S. BenZvi , T. Bretz , C. Brisbois , A. M. Brown , F. Brun , M. Buscemi , K. S. Caballero Mora , P. Camarri , A. Carramiñana , S. Casanova , A. Chiavassa , R. Conceição , G. Cotter , P. Cristofari , S. Dasso , A. De Angelis , M. De Maria , P. Desiati , G. Di Sciascio , J. C. Díaz Vélez , C. Dib , B. Dingus , D. Dorner , M. Doro , C. Duffy , M. DuVernois , R. Engel , M. Fernandez Alonso , H. Fleischhack , P. Fonte , N. Fraija , S. Funk , J. A. García-González , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , T. Greenshaw , J. P. Harding , A. Haungs , B. Hona , P. Huentemeyer , A. Insolia , A. Jardin-Blicq , V. Joshi , K. Kawata , S. Kunwar , G. La Mura , J. Lapington , J. P. Lenain , R. López-Coto , K. Malone , J. Martinez-Castro , H. Martínez-Huerta , L. Mendes , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , K. C. Y. Ng , M. U. Nisa , F. Peron , A. Pichel , M. Pimenta , E. Prandini , S. Rainò , A. Reisenegger , J. Rodriguez , M. Roth , A. Rovero , E. Ruiz-Velasco , T. Sako , A. Sandoval , M. Santander , K. Satalecka , M. Schneider , H. Schoorlemmer , F. Schüssler , R. C. Shellard , A. Smith , S. Spencer , W. Springer , P. Surajbali , K. Tollefson , B. Tomé , I. Torres , A. Viana , T. Weisgarber , R. Wischnewski , A. Zepeda , B. Zhou , H. Zhou

An update on site search activities for SWGO

The Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) is a project by scientists and engineers from 14 countries and 78 institutions to design and build the first wide-field, ground-based gamma-ray observatory in the Southern Hemisphere,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-07 M. Santander , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Bellido , T. Bulik , C. Dib , B. Dingus , S. Garcia , F. Guarino , P. Huentemeyer , D. Mandat , E. Meza , L. Mendes , L. Nellen , C. Ocampo , L. Otiniano , E. Quispe , A. Reisenegger , A. C. Rovero , F. Sanchez , A. Sandoval , R. Yanyachi , H. Zhou

Prospects for the detection of Dark Matter with Long-lived Mediators in the Sun using the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory

The operation of the next generation of gamma-ray observatories will lead to a great advance in dark matter searches. In this paper, we use the hidden sectors hypothesis within the so-called secluded models to calculate the capabilities of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-20 Micael Andrade , Juan Fagiani , Clarissa Siqueira , Vitor de Souza , Aion Viana

A prototype tank for the SWGO detector

The Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) is an international collaboration working on realizing a next-generation observatory located in the Southern hemisphere, which offers a privileged view of our galactic center. We are…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-09 Sofia Grusovin , Giovanni Consolati , Alessandro de Angelis , Cornelia Arcaro , Francesca Bisconti , Andrea Chiavassa , Michele Doro , Fausto Guarino , Mos\e' Mariotti , Elisa Prandini

The expected potential of hadronic PeVatron searches with spectral $\gamma$-ray data from the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory

The presence of a spectral softening, occurring at 3 PeV energies, seen in the local cosmic-ray energy spectrum provides an evidence that our Galaxy hosts astrophysical objects, known as hadronic PeVatrons, that are capable of accelerating…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-07 Ekrem Oğuzhan Angüner , Tülün Ergin

Detectability of Supernova Remnants with the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are likely sources of hadronic particle acceleration within our galaxy, contributing to the galactic cosmic ray flux. Next-generation instruments, such as the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO), will…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-24 Nick Scharrer , Samuel T. Spencer , Vikas Joshi , Alison M. W. Mitchell

Ground-Based Gamma-Ray Detection of High Energy Galactic Sources: An Update

I review the present status of ground-based gamma-ray astronomy, concentrating on the population of galactic TeV sources. A number of new telescope systems are now being completed, and promise to yield exciting new discoveries, expanding…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. P. Rowell

The GAMMA-400 space observatory: status and perspectives

The present design of the new space observatory GAMMA-400 is presented in this paper. The instrument has been designed for the optimal detection of gamma rays in a broad energy range (from ~100 MeV up to 3 TeV), with excellent angular and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-12-16 A. M. Galper , V. Bonvicini , N. P. Topchiev , O. Adriani , R. L. Aptekar , I. V. Arkhangelskaja , A. I. Arkhangelskiy , L. Bergstrom , E. Berti , G. Bigongiari , S. G. Bobkov , M. Boezio , E. A. Bogomolov , S. Bonechi , M. Bongi , S. Bottai , K. A. Boyarchuk , G. Castellini , P. W. Cattaneo , P. Cumani , G. L. Dedenko , C. De Donato , V. A. Dogiel , M. S. Gorbunov , Yu. V. Gusakov , B. I. Hnatyk , V. V. Kadilin , V. A. Kaplin , A. A. Kaplun , M. D. Kheymits , V. E. Korepanov , J. Larsson , A. A. Leonov , V. A. Loginov , F. Longo , P. Maestro , P. S. Marrocchesi , V. V. Mikhailov , E. Mocchiutti , A. A. Moiseev , N. Mori , I. V. Moskalenko , P. Yu. Naumov , P. Papini , M. Pearce , P. Picozza , A. V. Popov , A. Rappoldi , S. Ricciarini , M. F. Runtso , F. Ryde , O. V. Serdin , R. Sparvoli , P. Spillantini , S. I. Suchkov , M. Tavani , A. A. Taraskin , A. Tiberio , E. M. Tyurin , M. V. Ulanov , A. Vacchi , E. Vannuccini , G. I. Vasilyev , Yu. T. Yurkin , N. Zampa , V. N. Zirakashvili , V. G. Zverev

TeV Gamma Ray Emission from Southern Sky Objects and CANGAROO Project

We report recent results of the CANGAROO Collaboration on very high energy gamma ray emission from pulsars, their nebulae, SNR and AGN in the southern sky. Observations are made in South Australia using the imaging technique of detecting…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 T. Kifune , S. A. Dazeley , P. G. Edwards , T. Hara , Y. Hayami , S. Kamei , R. Kita , T. Konishi , A. Masaike , Y. Matsubara , Y. Matsuoka , Y. Mizumoto , M. Mori , H. Muraishi , Y. Muraki , T. Naito , K. Nishijima , S. Ogio , J. R. Patterson , M. D. Roberts , G. P. Rowell , T. Sako , K. Sakurazawa , R. Susukita , A. Suzuki , R. Suzuki , T. Tamura , T. Tanimori , G. J. Thornton , S. Yanagita , T. Yoshida , T. Yoshikoshi

Searching for Dark Matter in the Galactic Halo with a Wide Field of View TeV Gamma-ray Observatory in the Southern Hemisphere

Despite mounting evidence that dark matter (DM) exists in the Universe, its fundamental nature remains unknown. We present sensitivity estimates to detect DM particles with a future very-high-energy ($\gtrsim$ TeV) wide field-of-view…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-12-24 Aion Viana , Harm Schoorlemmer , Andrea Albert , Vitor de Souza , J. Patrick Harding , Jim Hinton

New Results from High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy

High energy gamma-ray astronomy has recently made significant progresss through ground-based instruments like the {\it H.E.S.S.} array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. The unprecedented angular resolution and the large field of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Heinrich J. Voelk

Science with the World Space Observatory - Ultraviolet

The World Space Observatory-Ultraviolet (WSO-UV) will provide access to the UV range during the next decade. The instrumentation on board will allow to carry out high resolution imaging, high sensitivity imaging, high resolution (R~55000)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-05 Ana I. Gomez de Castro , Isabella Pagano , Mikhail Sachkov , Alain Lecavelier , Giampaolo Piotto , Rosa Gonzalez , Boris Shustov

The Status and future of ground-based TeV gamma-ray astronomy. A White Paper prepared for the Division of Astrophysics of the American Physical Society

In recent years, ground-based TeV gamma-ray observatories have made spectacular discoveries including imaging spectroscopy observations of galactic sources of different classes, and the discovery of rapid gamma-ray flares from radio…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-10-03 J. Buckley , K. Byrum , B. Dingus , A. Falcone , P. Kaaret , H. Krawzcynski , M. Pohl , V. Vassiliev , D. A. Williams

Observation of Galactic Cosmic Rays and Gamma Rays with the High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory

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