Surveying the TeV Sky with the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory

Details Surveying the TeV Sky with the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory Surveying the TeV Sky with the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory

May 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aps..apr.c8006d&link_type=abstract

American Physical Society, 2009 APS April Meeting, May 2-5, 2009, abstract #C8.006

Physics

Scientific paper

The highest energy gamma rays probe Nature's particle accelerators and the physical mechanisms operating in these extreme sources. The flux from these TeV accelerators decreases with gamma ray energy and in many cases is rapidly and unpredictably variable. A detector, such as the HAWC observatory with its wide field of view of ˜ 2 steradians and nearly 100% duty factor, will enable new observations of the TeV sky. The large area and good background rejection will allow spectral measurements to >100 TeV which are key to determining the sources of Galactic cosmic rays. And the HAWC sensitivity at <1 TeV is sufficient to detect flaring active galactic nuclei and search for the predicted prompt emission from gamma-ray bursts. However, the most exciting results will likely come from the unpredicted observations enabled by HAWC's unbiased survey of the entire Northern Hemisphere sky.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Surveying the TeV Sky with the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Surveying the TeV Sky with the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Surveying the TeV Sky with the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1112357