First scientific contributions from the High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory

38th Symposium on Nuclear Physics

Vargas, H León^1

Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 20-364, México D.F.

01000, Mexico^1

关键词: Cherenkov;    Gamma ray observatories;    Ground based;    High sensitivity;    Large field of views;    Me-xico;    Scientific contributions;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/639/1/012011/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/639/1/012011

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory (HAWC), located at the slopes of the volcanoes Sierra Negra and Pico de Orizaba in Mexico, was inaugurated on March 20, 2015. However, data taking started in August 2013 with a partially deployed observatory and since then the instrument has collected data as it got closer to its final configuration. HAWC is a ground based TeV gamma-ray observatory with a large field of view that will be used to study the Northern sky with high sensitivity. In this contribution we present some of the results obtained with the partially built instrument and the expected capabilities to detect different phenomena with the complete observatory.