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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

Galactic Science with the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory

The Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) is a proposed ground-based gamma-ray detector that will be located in the Southern Hemisphere and is currently in its design phase. In this contribution, we will outline the prospects for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-11 R. López-Coto , A. Mitchell , E. O. Angüner , G. Giacinti

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

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)

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

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

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 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

The Large Aperture GRB Observatory

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…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-06-05 D. Allard , C. Alvarez , H. Asorey , H. Barros , X. Bertou , M. Castillo , J. M. Chirinos , A. De Castro , S. Flores , J. Gonzalez , M. Gomez Berisso , J. Grajales , C. Guada , W. R. Guevara Day , J. Ishitsuka , J. A. Lopez , O. Martinez , A. Melfo , E. Meza , P. Miranda Loza , E. Moreno Barbosa , C. Murrugarra , L. A. Nunez , L. J. Otiniano Ormachea , G. Perez , Y. Perez , E. Ponce , J. Quispe , C. Quintero , H. Rivera , M. Rosales , A. C. Rovero , O. Saavedra , H. Salazar , J. C. Tello , R. Ticona Peralda , E. Varela , A. Velarde , L. Villasenor , D. Wahl , M. A. Zamalloa

LAGO: the Latin American Giant Observatory

The Latin American Giant Observatory (LAGO) is an extended cosmic ray observatory composed of a network of water-Cherenkov detectors (WCD) spanning over different sites located at significantly different altitudes (from sea level up to more…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Iván Sidelnik , Hernán Asorey

Development of the LAGO Project in Chiapas-Mexico

The Latin American Giant Observatory (LAGO) is an extended astroparticle observatory with the goal of studying Gamma Ray Bursts (among other extreme universe phenomena), space weather and atmospheric radiation at ground level. It consists…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 Karen Salomé Caballero Mora , Hugo de León Hidalgo , Eduardo Moreno Barbosa , César Álvarez Ochoa , Roberto Arceo Reyes , Filiberto Hueyotl Zahuantitla , Sarah Kaufmann , Luis Rodolfo Pérez Sánchez1 , Elí Santos Rodríguez , Omar Tibolla , Arnulfo Zepeda Domínguez

LAGOVirtual: A Collaborative Environment for the Large Aperture GRB Observatory

We present the LAGOVirtual Project: an ongoing project to develop platform to collaborate in the Large Aperture GRB Observatory (LAGO). This continental-wide observatory is devised to detect high energy (around 100 GeV) component of Gamma…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2009-12-15 R. Camacho , R. Chacon , G. Diaz , C. Guada , V. Hamar , H. Hoeger , A. Melfo , L. A. Nunez , Y. Perez , C. Quintero , M. Rosales , R. Torrens , the LAGO Collaboration

Very-High-Energy gamma-ray astronomy with the ALTO observatory

ALTO is a concept/project in the exploratory phase since 2013 aiming to build a wide-field VHE gamma-ray observatory at very high altitude in the Southern hemisphere. The operation of such an observatory will complement the Northern…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-04 Yvonne Becherini , Satyendra Thoudam , Michael Punch , Jean-Pierre Ernenwein

Hybrid concept of detection for a wide-field gamma-ray observatory using Cherenkov telescopes

The hybrid detection approach in astroparticle physics has been successfully employed in cosmic-ray experiments and is currently being explored by gamma-ray observatories like LHAASO. We present a study on the hybrid detection concept for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-07 Alena Bakalová , Ruben Conceição , Lucio Gibilisco , Mario Pimenta , Bernardo Tomé , Patrik Čechvala , Vladimír Novotný , Jakub Vícha , Jakub Juryšek

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory

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 Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO)

The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) is a wide-field telescope project focused on detecting optical counterparts to gravitational-wave sources. Each GOTO robotic mount holds eight 40 cm telescopes, giving an overall…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-01 Martin J. Dyer , Kendall Ackley , Joe Lyman , Krzysztof Ulaczyk , Danny Steeghs , Duncan K. Galloway , Vik S Dhillon , Paul O'Brien , Gavin Ramsay , Kanthanakorn Noysena , Rubina Kotak , Rene Breton , Laura Nuttall , Enric Pallé , Don Pollacco

The Latin American Giant Observatory: Contributions to the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2015)

The Latin American Giant Observatory (LAGO) is an extended cosmic ray observatory composed by a network of water-Cherenkov detectors spanning over different sites located at significantly different altitudes (from sea level up to more than…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-10 The LAGO Collaboration , W. Alvarez , C. Alvarez , C. Araujo , O. Areso , H. Arnaldi , H. Asorey , M. Audelo , H. Barros , X. Bertou , M. Bonnett , R. Calderon , M. Calderon , A. Campos-Fauth , A. Carramiñana , E. Carrasco , E. Carrera , D. Cazar , E. Cifuentes , D. Cogollo , R. Conde , J. Cotzomi , S. Dasso , A. De Castro , J. De La Torre , R. De León , A. Estupiñan , A. Galindo , L. Garcia , M. Gómez Berisso , M. González , W. Guevara , A. M. Gulisano , H. Hernández , A. Jaimes , J. López , C. Mantilla , R. Martín , A. Martínez-Mendez , O. Martínez , E. Martins , J. J. Masías-Meza , R. Mayo-García , T. Melo , J. Mendoza , P. Miranda , E. Montes , E. Morales , I. Morales , E. Moreno , C. Murrugarra , C. Nina , L. A. Núñez , A. Núñez-Castiñeyra , L. Otiniano , J. Peña-Rodríguez , J. Perenguez , H. Pérez , Y. Perez , G. Perez , S. Pinilla-Velandia , E. Ponce , R. Quishpe , F. Quispe , M. Ramelli , K. Reyes , H. Rivera , J. Rodriguez , M. Rodríguez-Pascual , M. Romero , A. J. Rubio-Montero , H. Salazar , J. Salinas , C. Sarmiento-Cano , I. Sidelnik , M. Sofo Haro , M. Suárez-Durán , M. Subieta , J. Tello , R. Ticona , I. Torres , L. Torres-Niño , J. Truyenque , M. Valencia-Otero , S. Vargas , N. Vásquez , L. Villasenor , M. Zamalloa , L. Zavala

Operating Water Cherenkov Detectors in high altitude sites for the Large Aperture GRB Observatory

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…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-06-05 D. Allard , C. Alvarez , H. Asorey , H. Barros , X. Bertou , M. Castillo , J. M. Chirinos , A. De Castro , S. Flores , J. Gonzalez , M. Gomez Berisso , J. Grajales , C. Guada , W. R. Guevara Day , J. Ishitsuka , J. A. Lopez , O. Martinez , A. Melfo , E. Meza , P. Miranda Loza , E. Moreno Barbosa , C. Murrugarra , L. A. Nunez , L. J. Otiniano Ormachea , G. Perez , Y. Perez , E. Ponce , J. Quispe , C. Quintero , H. Rivera , M. Rosales , A. C. Rovero , O. Saavedra , H. Salazar , J. C. Tello , R. Ticona Peralda , E. Varela , A. Velarde , L. Villasenor , D. Wahl , M. A. Zamalloa

The CONDOR Observatory: A Gamma-Ray Observatory with a 100 GeV Threshold at 5300 Meters Above Sea Level

We present the design of the Compact Network of Detectors with Orbital Range (CONDOR), a proposed high-altitude gamma-ray and cosmic-ray (CR) observatory set to become the highest of its kind. Planned for installation at Cerro Toco in the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-28 Miguel Arratia , Will Brooks , Jiajun Huang , Gonzalo Muñoz J. , Luis Navarro F. , Sebouh J. Paul , Raquel Pezoa R. , Sebastian Tapia , Daniel Torres A. , Constanza Valdivieso C. , Nicolas Viaux M