First results from HAWC: monitoring the TeV gamma-ray sky

被引：1
作者：
Lauer, Robert J. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ New Mexico, Dept Phys & Astron, 1919 Lomas Blvd NE,MSC07 4220, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA
来源：
EXTRAGALACTIC JETS FROM EVERY ANGLE | 2015年 / 10卷 / 313期
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词：
gamma rays; cosmic rays; galaxies: active; gamma ray bursts;
D O I：
10.1017/S1743921315001891
中图分类号：
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号：
0704 ;
摘要：
The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory is a wide-field gammaray detector sensitive to primary energies between 100 GeV and 100 TeV. The array is being built at an altitude of 4100 m a.s.l. on the Sierra Negra volcano near Puebla, Mexico. Data taking has already started while construction continues, with the completion projected for early 2015. The design is optimized to detect extended air showers induced by gamma rays that pass through the array and to reconstruct the directions and energies of the primary photons. With a duty cycle close to 100% and a daily coverage of similar to 8 sr of the sky, HAWC will perform a survey of TeV emissions from many different sources. The northern active galactic nuclei will be monitored for up to 6 hours each day, providing unprecedented light curve coverage at energies comparable to those of imaging air Cherenkov telescopes. HAWC has been in scientific operation with more than 100 detector modules since August 2013. Here we present a preliminary look at the first results and discuss the efforts to integrate HAWC in multi-wavelength studies of extragalactic jets.
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