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Participant |
Casanova, Sabrina | |||||||
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Institution |
Institute of Nuclear Physics - ul. Radzikowskiego 152 - Krakow - +48 12 662 8274 - Poland | |||||||
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Session |
HE4 |
Accepted |
Yes |
Order |
3 |
Time |
14:50 | 15' + 5' |
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Talk |
Oral abstract |
Title |
HAWC Highlights | |||||
| Coauthors | Sabrina Casanova on behalf of the HAWC Collaboration | |||||||
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Abstract |
The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-Ray Observatory was completed this year at a 4100-meter site on the flank of the Sierra Negra volcano in Mexico. HAWC is a water Cherenkov ground array with the capability to distinguish 100 GeV - 100 TeV gamma rays from the hadronic cosmic-ray background. HAWC is uniquely suited to study extremely high energy cosmic-ray sources, search for regions of extended gamma-ray emission, and to identify transient phenomena. HAWC will play a key role in triggering multi-wavelength and multi-messenger studies of active galaxies, gamma-ray bursts, supernova remnants and pulsar wind nebulae. Observation of TeV photons also provide unique tests for a number of fundamental physics phenomena including dark matter annihilation and primordial black hole evaporation. Operation began mid-2013 with the partially-completed detector. Multi-TeV emission from the Galactic Plane is clearly seen in the first year of operation, confirming a number of known TeV sources, and a number of AGN have been observed. This talk will discuss the science of HAWC, summarize the status of the experiment, and highlight first results from analysis of the data. |
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Session |
HE3 |
Accepted |
No |
Order |
99 |
Time |
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Talk |
Poster abstract |
Title |
Highlights from the HAWC telescope | |||||
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Abstract |
The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-Ray Observatory is a water Cherenkov ground array with the capability to distinguish 100 GeV - 100 TeV gamma rays from the hadronic cosmic-ray background. HAWC is uniquely suited to study extremely high energy cosmic-ray sources, search for regions of extended Galactic gamma-ray emission, identify transient phenomena, such gamma-ray binaries and gamma-ray bursts, and monitor active Galactic Nuclei. Operation began mid-2013 with the partially-completed detector. Here we will outline the water Cherenkov technique to detect multi-TeV photons and highlight the first results from the analysis of the HAWC data. |
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