HAWC: A next generation all-sky gamma-ray telescope

Journal Article · Tue Jun 19 00:00:00 EDT 2007 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2751958· OSTI ID:21064098

Goodman, Jordan A ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-4111 (United States)

HAWC will have unprecedented sensitivity for a ground-based particle detector array. It will be capable of observing the Crab at the 5{sigma} level with each transit while simultaneously observing the entire northern sky with {approx}15 times the sensitivity of the Milagro detector. The design and performance of the HAWC water Cherenkov gamma-ray observatory is presented.

• OSTI ID: 21064098
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 917, Issue 1; Conference: 6. Latin American symposium on high energy physics; 12. Mexican school of particles and fields, Puerto Vallarta (Mexico), 1-8 Nov 2006; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2751958; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). HAWC Collaboration; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
CHERENKOV COUNTERS
COSMIC RAY DETECTION
DESIGN
GAMMA ASTRONOMY
GAMMA DETECTION
PERFORMANCE
SENSITIVITY
TELESCOPE COUNTERS
WATER