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Artículo
TÍTULO
Sensitivity of the high altitude water Cherenkov detector to sources of multi-TeV gamma rays
AUTOR
Abeysekara, A.U.. Alfaro, R.. Alvarez, C.. Alvarez, J.D.. Arceo, R.. Arteaga-Velazquez, J.C.. Ayala Solares, H.A.. Barber, A.S.. Baughman, B.M.. Bautista-Elivar, N.. Belmont, E.. Benzvi, S.Y.. Berley, D.. Bonilla Rosales, M.. Braun, J.. Caballero-Lopez, R.A.. Carraminana, A.. Castillo, M.. Cotti, U.. Cotzomi, J.. De La Fuente, E.. De Leon, C.. Deyoung, T.. Diaz Hernandez, R.. Diaz-Velez, J.C.. Dingus, B.L.. Duvernois, M.A.. Ellsworth, R.W.. Fernandez, A.. Fiorino, D.W.. Fraija, N.. Galindo, A.. Garcia-Luna, J.L.. Garcia-Torales, G.. Garfias, F..
ASESORES
Abeysekara, A.U., Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States; Alfaro, R., Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico D.F., Mexico; Alvarez, C., CEFyMAP, Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico; Álvarez, J.D., Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico; Arceo, R., CEFyMAP, Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico; Arteaga-Velázquez, J.C., Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico; Ayala Solares, H.A., Department of Physics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States; Barber, A.S., Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States; Baughman, B.M., Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States; Bautista-Elivar, N., Universidad Politecnica de Pachuca, Pachuca, Hgo, Mexico; Belmont, E., Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico D.F., Mexico; Benzvi, S.Y., Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States; Berley, D., Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States; Bonilla Rosales, M., Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Puebla, Mexico; Braun, J., Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States; Caballero-Lopez, R.A., Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico D.F., Mexico; Carramiñana, A., Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Puebla, Mexico; Castillo, M., Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico; Cotti, U., Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico; Cotzomi, J., Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico; De La Fuente, E., Dept. de Fisica, IT.Phd (CUCEA), Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; De León, C., Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico; Deyoung, T., Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States; Diaz Hernandez, R., Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Puebla, Mexico; Diaz-Velez, J.C., Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States; Dingus, B.L., Physics Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States; Duvernois, M.A., Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States; Ellsworth, R.W., Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, School of Physics, Astronomy and Computational Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States; Fernandez, A., Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico; Fiorino, D.W., Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States; Fraija, N., Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico D.F., Mexico; Galindo, A., Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Puebla, Mexico; Garcia-Luna, J.L., Dept. de Fisica, IT.Phd (CUCEA), Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; Garcia-Torales, G., Dept. de Fisica, IT.Phd (CUCEA), Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; Garfias, F., Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico D.F., Mexico; González, L.X., Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico D.F., Mexico; González, M.M., Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico D.F., Mexico; Goodman, J.A., Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States; Grabski, V., Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico D.F., Mexico; Gussert, M., Colorado State University, Physics Dept., Ft Collins, CO 80523, United States; Hampel-Arias, Z., Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States; Hui, C.M., Department of Physics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States; Hüntemeyer, P., Department of Physics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States; Imran, A., Physics Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States; Iriarte, A., Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico D.F., Mexico; Karn, P., Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States; Kieda, D., Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States; Kunde, G.J., Physics Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States; Lara, A., Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico D.F., Mexico; Lauer, R.J., Dept of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States; Lee, W.H., Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico D.F., Mexico; Lennarz, D., School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, United States; León Vargas, H., Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico D.F., Mexico; Linares, E.C., Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico; Linnemann, J.T., Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States; Longo, M., Colorado State University, Physics Dept., Ft Collins, CO 80523, United States; Luna-García, R., Centro de Investigacion en Computacion, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City, DF, Mexico; Marinelli, A., Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico D.F., Mexico; Martinez, O., Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico; Martínez-Castro, J., Centro de Investigacion en Computacion, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City, DF, Mexico; Matthews, J.A.J., Dept of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States; Miranda-Romagnoli, P., Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Puebla, Mexico, Universidad Autónoma Del Estado de Hidalgo, Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico; Moreno, E., Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico; Mostafá, M., Colorado State University, Physics Dept., Ft Collins, CO 80523, United States; Nava, J., Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Puebla, Mexico; Nellen, L., Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico D.F., Mexico; Newbold, M., Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States; Noriega-Papaqui, R., Universidad Autónoma Del Estado de Hidalgo, Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico; Oceguera-Becerra, T., Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico D.F., Mexico, Dept. de Fisica, IT.Phd (CUCEA), Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; Patricelli, B., Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico D.F., Mexico; Pelayo, R., Facultad de Ciencias Físico Matemáticas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico; Pérez-Pérez, E.G., Universidad Politecnica de Pachuca, Pachuca, Hgo, Mexico; 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INSTITUCIÓN
Universidad de Guadalajara (UDG)
FECHA
2013-01-01
PAIS
México
TEMAS
Cosmic ray; TeV gamma-ray astronomy; Water cherenkov.
DESCRIPCIÓN
The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory is an array of large water Cherenkov detectors sensitive to gamma rays and hadronic cosmic rays in the energy band between 100 GeV and 100 TeV. The observatory will be used to measure high-energy protons and cosmic rays via detection of the energetic secondary particles reaching the ground when one of these particles interacts in the atmosphere above the detector. HAWC is under construction at a site 4100 meters above sea level on the northern slope of the volcano Sierra Negra, which is located in central Mexico at 19 N latitude. It is scheduled for completion in 2014. In this paper we estimate the sensitivity of the HAWC instrument to point-like and extended sources of gamma rays. The source fluxes are modeled using both unbroken power laws and power laws with exponential cutoffs. HAWC, in one year, is sensitive to point sources with integral power-law spectra as low as 5×10-13 cm-2sec-1 above 2 TeV (approximately 50 mCrab) over 5 sr of the sky. This is a conservative estimate based on simple event parameters and is expected to improve as the data analysis techniques are refined. We discuss known TeV sources and the scientific contributions that HAWC can make to our understanding of particle acceleration in these sources. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved..
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CONSULTA
Documento : http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12104/70674
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