Publications (129)
Calibration of 122 SensL MicroFJ-60035 SiPMs and the reduction of optical crosstalk due to coupled light guides
F. Rehbein, T. Bretz, R. Alfaro +8
The excellent production quality of recent generations of Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) allows for operation without individual calibration of the breakdown voltage. Measurement…
Long-term spectra of the blazars Mrk 421 and Mrk 501 at TeV energies seen by HAWC
A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +75
The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-Ray Observatory surveys the very high energy sky in the 300 GeV to TeV energy range. HAWC has detected two blazars above $11Ï…
A survey of active galaxies at TeV photon energies with the HAWC gamma-ray observatory
A. Albert, C. Alvarez, J. R. Angeles Camacho +86
The High Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma-Ray Observatory (HAWC) continuously detects TeV photons and particles within its large field-of-view, accumulating every day a deeper exposu…
Extended gamma-ray sources around pulsars constrain the origin of the positron flux at Earth
A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro +113
The unexpectedly high flux of cosmic ray positrons detected at Earth may originate from nearby astrophysical sources, dark matter, or unknown processes of cosmic-ray secondary prod…
VAMOS: a Pathfinder for the HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory
A. U. Abeysekara, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +133
VAMOS was a prototype detector built in 2011 at an altitude of 4100m a.s.l. in the state of Puebla, Mexico. The aim of VAMOS was to finalize the design, construction techniques and…
-ray Emission from Classical Nova V392 Per: Measurements from Fermi and HAWC
A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +84
This paper reports on the -ray properties of the 2018 Galactic nova V392 Per, spanning photon energies 0.1 GeV to 100 TeV by combining observations from the Fermi Gamma-r…
Studies of Cosmic Ray Composition and Air Shower Structure with the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, J. Abraham, P. Abreu +470
Studies of the composition of the highest energy cosmic rays with the Pierre Auger Observatory, including examination of hadronic physics effects on the structure of extensive air…
HAWC J2227+610 and its association with G106.3+2.7, a new potential Galactic PeVatron
A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +97
We present the detection of VHE gamma-ray emission above 100 TeV from HAWC J2227+610 with the HAWC observatory. Combining our observations with previously published results by VERI…
The HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory: Observations of Cosmic Rays
HAWC Collaboration, A. U. Abeysekara, R. Alfaro +99
We describe measurements of GeV and TeV cosmic rays with the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma-Ray Observatory, or HAWC. The measurements include the observation of the shadow of…
Two RICH Detectors as Velocity Spectrometers in the CKM Experiment
J. Engelfried, P. S. Cooper, A. Morelos +1
We present the design of two velocity spectrometers, to be used in the recently approved CKM experiment. CKM's main goal is the measurement of the branching ratio of K+ -> pi+ nu n…
Observation of the Galactic Center PeVatron Beyond 100 TeV with HAWC
A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +99
We report an observation of ultra-high energy (UHE) gamma rays from the Galactic Center region, using seven years of data collected by the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Obse…
Calibration and Monitoring of the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, J. Abraham, P. Abreu +470
Reports on the atmospheric monitoring, calibration, and other operating systems of the Pierre Auger Observatory. Contributions to the 31st International Cosmic Ray Conference, Lodz…
Data Acquisition Architecture and Online Processing System for the HAWC gamma-ray observatory
HAWC collaboration, A. U. Abeysekara, R. Alfaro +105
The High Altitude Water Cherenkov observatory (HAWC) is an air shower array devised for TeV gamma-ray astronomy. HAWC is located at an altitude of 4100 m a.s.l. in Sierra Negra, Me…
Improved Heavy Dark Matter Annihilation Search from Dwarf Galaxies with HAWC
A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +103
Understanding dark matter's elusive nature is crucial for the framework of particle physics and expanding the Standard Model. This analysis utilizes the High Altitude Water Cherenk…
Trigger and Aperture of the Surface Detector Array of the Pierre Auger Observatory
J. Abraham, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +469
The surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory consists of 1600 water-Cherenkov detectors, for the study of extensive air showers (EAS) generated by ultra-high-energy c…
Operations of and Future Plans for the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, J. Abraham, P. Abreu +469
Technical reports on operations and features of the Pierre Auger Observatory, including ongoing and planned enhancements and the status of the future northern hemisphere portion of…
Constraining the Photon Intensity of Extragalactic Background Light with the HAWC Observatory for the Blazar Mrk 421
R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, A. Andrés +79
The blazar Mrk 421 exhibits rapid variability over a wide range of timescales. Spectral differences have been observed during the different emission states of Mrk 421. During the h…
Constraints on Spin-Dependent Dark Matter Scattering with Long-Lived Mediators from TeV Observations of the Sun with HAWC
A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +91
We analyze the Sun as a source for the indirect detection of dark matter through a search for gamma rays from the solar disk. Capture of dark matter by elastic interactions with th…
HAWC Study on the Ultra-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emissions from the Pulsar Wind Nebula G32.64+0.53
R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, E. Anita-Rangel +90
Multi-TeV gamma-ray emission around eHWC J1850+001 (a source from the first HAWC catalog of gamma-ray sources emitting above 56 TeV) is spatially coincident with the pulsar wind ne…
Science Case for a Wide Field-of-View Very-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Observatory in the Southern Hemisphere
A. Albert, R. Alfaro, H. Ashkar +100
We outline the science motivation for SGSO, the Southern Gamma-Ray Survey Observatory. SGSO will be a next-generation wide field-of-view gamma-ray survey instrument, sensitive to g…
Galactic Gamma-Ray Diffuse Emission at TeV energies with HAWC Data
R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez +77
The Galactic gamma-ray diffuse emission (GDE) is emitted by cosmic rays (CRs), ultra-relativistic protons and electrons, interacting with gas and electromagnetic radiation fields i…
Spectrum and Morphology of the Very-High-Energy Source HAWC J2019+368
HAWC Collaboration, A. Albert, R. Alfaro +80
The MGRO J2019+37 region is one of the brightest sources in the sky at TeV energies. It was detected in the 2 year HAWC catalog as 2HWC J2019+367 and here we present a detailed stu…
Limits on the Diffuse Gamma-Ray Background above 10 TeV with HAWC
HAWC Collaboration, A. Albert, R. Alfaro +87
The high-energy Diffuse Gamma-Ray Background (DGRB) is expected to be produced by unresolved isotropically distributed astrophysical objects, potentially including dark matter anni…
Search for Decaying Dark Matter in the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies with HAWC
A. Albert, R. Alfaro, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez +55
The decay or annihilation of dark matter particles may produce a steady flux of very-high-energy gamma rays detectable above the diffuse background. Nearby clusters of galaxies pro…
TeV Analysis of a Source Rich Region with HAWC Observatory: Is HESS J1809-193 a Potential Hadronic PeVatron?
A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +79
HESS J1809-193 is an unidentified TeV source, first detected by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) Collaboration. The emission originates in a source-rich region that i…
Performance of the HAWC Observatory and TeV Gamma-Ray Measurements of the Crab Nebula with Improved Extensive Air Shower Reconstruction Algorithms
A . Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +90
The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-Ray Observatory located on the side of the Sierra Negra volcano in Mexico, has been fully operational since 2015. The HAWC collaborat…
The Fluorescence Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, J. Abraham, P. Abreu +515
The Pierre Auger Observatory is a hybrid detector for ultra-high energy cosmic rays. It combines a surface array to measure secondary particles at ground level together with a fluo…
Observation of Anisotropy of TeV Cosmic Rays with Two Years of HAWC
A. U. Abeysekara, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +98
After two years of operation, the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory has analyzed the TeV cosmic-ray sky over an energy range between and TeV. The HAWC d…
Search for Dark Matter Gamma-ray Emission from the Andromeda Galaxy with the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory
A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +97
The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is a nearby (780 kpc) galaxy similar to our own Milky Way. Observational evidence suggests that it resides in a large halo of dark matter (DM), mak…
HAWC and Fermi-LAT Detection of Extended Emission from the Unidentified Source 2HWC J2006+341
A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +71
The discovery of the TeV point source 2HWC J2006+341 was reported in the second HAWC gamma-ray catalog. We present a follow-up study of this source here. The TeV emission is best d…
Milagro Limits and HAWC Sensitivity for the Rate-Density of Evaporating Primordial Black Holes
A. A. Abdo, A. U. Abeysekara, R. Alfaro +118
Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) are gravitationally collapsed objects that may have been created by density fluctuations in the early universe and could have arbitrarily small masses…
Observation of Small-scale Anisotropy in the Arrival Direction Distribution of TeV Cosmic Rays with HAWC
A. U. Abeysekara, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +96
The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory is sensitive to gamma rays and charged cosmic rays at TeV energies. The detector is still under construction, but data acquisit…
MAGIC and Fermi-LAT gamma-ray results on unassociated HAWC sources
M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +336
The HAWC Collaboration released the 2HWC catalog of TeV sources, in which 19 show no association with any known high-energy (HE; E > 10 GeV) or very-high-energy (VHE; E > 300 GeV)…
Validation of standardized data formats and tools for ground-level particle-based gamma-ray observatories
A. Albert, R. Alfaro, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez +74
Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy is still a rather young field of research, with strong historical connections to particle physics. This is why most observations are conducted by e…
Efficient and Reversible CO2 Capture by Lithium-functionalized Germanene Monolayer
S. M. Aghaei, M. M. Monshi, I. Torres +1
First-principles density functional theory (DFT) is employed to investigate the interactions of CO2 gas molecules with pristine and lithium-functionalized germanene. It is discover…
Testing the Molecular Cloud Paradigm for Ultra-High-Energy Gamma Ray Emission from the Direction of SNR G106.3+2.7
R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez +87
Supernova remnants (SNRs) are believed to be capable of accelerating cosmic rays (CRs) to PeV energies. SNR G106.3+2.7 is a prime PeVatron candidate. It is formed by a head region,…
The Southern Wide-Field Gamma-Ray Observatory (SWGO): A Next-Generation Ground-Based Survey Instrument for VHE Gamma-Ray Astronomy
P. Abreu, A. Albert, R. Alfaro +95
We describe plans for the development of the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO), a next-generation instrument with sensitivity to the very-high-energy (VHE) band to b…
Daily monitoring of TeV gamma-ray emission from Mrk 421, Mrk 501, and the Crab Nebula with HAWC
A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro +104
We present results from daily monitoring of gamma rays in the energy range to TeV with the first 17 months of data from the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC)…
Evidence that Ultra-High-Energy Gamma Rays are a Universal Feature Near Powerful Pulsars
HAWC Collaboration, A. Albert, R. Alfaro +97
The highest-energy known gamma-ray sources are all located within 0.5 degrees of extremely powerful pulsars. This raises the question of whether ultra-high-energy (UHE; 56 TeV)…
Confirmation of the Double Charm Baryon Xi_cc+ via its Decay to p D+ K-
The SELEX Collaboration, A. Ocherashvili, M. A. Moinester +3
We observes a signal for the double charm baryon Xi_cc+ in the charged decay mode Xi_cc+ -> p D+ K- to complement the previously reported decay Xi_cc+ -> Lambda_c K- pi+ in data fr…
Upper limit on the cosmic-ray photon fraction at EeV energies from the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, J. Abraham, P. Abreu +458
From direct observations of the longitudinal development of ultra-high energy air showers performed with the Pierre Auger Observatory, upper limits of 3.8%, 2.4%, 3.5% and 11.7% (a…
Constraints on the very high energy gamma-ray emission from short GRBs with HAWC
A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +87
Many gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been observed from radio wavelengths, and a few at very-high energies (VHEs, > 100GeV). The HAWC gamma-ray observatory is well suited to study tra…
Orbital Modulation of Gamma-Rays Beyond 100 TeV from LS 5039
R. Alfaro, M. Araya, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez +88
Gamma-ray binaries are systems composed of a compact object orbiting a massive companion star. The interaction between these two objects can drive relativistic outflows, either jet…
Combined dark matter search towards dwarf spheroidal galaxies with Fermi-LAT, HAWC, H.E.S.S., MAGIC, and VERITAS
LAT Collaboration, S. Abdollahi, L. Baldini +586
Dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) are excellent targets for indirect dark matter (DM) searches using gamma-ray telescopes because they are thought to have high DM content and a low…
A Contribution of the HAWC Observatory to the TeV era in the High Energy Gamma-Ray Astrophysics: The case of the TeV-Halos
Ramiro Torres-Escobedo, Hao Zhou, Eduardo de la Fuente +130
We present a short overview of the TeV-Halos objects as a discovery and a relevant contribution of the High Altitude Water Äerenkov (HAWC) observatory to TeV astrophysics. We disc…
Study of the IC 443 region with the HAWC observatory
R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, M. Araya +89
Supernova remnants are one potential source class considered a PeVatron (i.e. capable of accelerating cosmic rays above PeV energies). The shock fronts produced after the explosion…
TeV emission of Galactic plane sources with HAWC and H.E.S.S
H. Abdalla, F. Aharonian, F. Ait Benkhali +318
The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory and the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) are two leading instruments in the ground-based very-high-energy gamma-ray d…
The Sensitivity of HAWC to High-Mass Dark Matter Annihilations
A. U. Abeysekara, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +101
The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory is a wide field-of-view detector sensitive to gamma rays of 100 GeV to a few hundred TeV. Located in central Mexico at 19 degre…
The Fourth HAWC Catalog of Very-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Sources
R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, E. Anita-Rangel +87
We present an updated catalog of TeV gamma-ray sources based on the fifth pass of data from the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory. This release benefits from improve…
VERITAS and Fermi-LAT observations of new HAWC sources
VERITAS Collaboration, A. U. Abeysekara, A. Archer +280
The HAWC (High Altitude Water Cherenkov) collaboration recently published their 2HWC catalog, listing 39 very high energy (VHE; >100~GeV) gamma-ray sources based on 507 days of obs…
The transverse momentum dependence of charged kaon Bose-Einstein correlations in the SELEX experiment
SELEX Collaboration, G. A. Nigmatkulov, A. K. Ponosov +101
We report on the measurement of the one-dimensional charged kaon correlation functions using 600~GeV/{\it c} , and 540~GeV/{\it c} beams from the SELEX~(E781) expe…
Constraints on the Emission of Gamma Rays from M31 with HAWC
HAWC Collaboration, A. Albert, R. Alfaro +82
Cosmic rays, along with stellar radiation and magnetic fields, are known to make up a significant fraction of the energy density of galaxies such as the Milky Way. When cosmic rays…
The Latin American Giant Observatory: Contributions to the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2015)
The LAGO Collaboration, W. Alvarez, C. Alvarez +86
The Latin American Giant Observatory (LAGO) is an extended cosmic ray observatory composed by a network of water-Cherenkov detectors spanning over different sites located at signif…
HAWC Contributions to the 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2019)
A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro +127
List of proceedings from the HAWC Collaboration presented at the 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference, 24 July - 1 August 2019, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
The Cosmic Ray Energy Spectrum and Related Measurements with the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, J. Abraham, P. Abreu +469
Studies of the cosmic ray energy spectrum at the highest energies with the Pierre Auger Observatory.
HAWC Study of the Ultra-High-Energy Spectrum of MGRO J1908+06
HAWC Collaboration, A. Albert, R. Alfaro +97
We report TeV gamma-ray observations of the ultra-high-energy source MGRO J1908+06 using data from the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory. This source is one of the h…
The HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory: Design, Calibration, and Operation
HAWC Collaboration, A. U. Abeysekara, R. Alfaro +99
The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma Ray Observatory (HAWC) is under construction 4100 meters above sea level at Sierra Negra, Mexico. We describe the design and cabling of the…
Ultra-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Bubble around Microquasar V4641 Sgr
R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez +89
Microquasars are laboratories for the study of jets of relativistic particles produced by accretion onto a spinning black hole. Microquasars are near enough to allow detailed imagi…
The 2HWC HAWC Observatory Gamma Ray Catalog
A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro +108
We present the first catalog of TeV gamma-ray sources realized with the recently completed High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory (HAWC). It is the most sensitive wide field-of-…
Searching for TeV Dark Matter in Irregular dwarf galaxies with HAWC Observatory
R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez +69
We present the results of dark matter (DM) searches in a sample of 31 dwarf irregular (dIrr) galaxies within the field of view of the HAWC Observatory. dIrr galaxies are DM dominat…
Analysis of the Emission and Morphology of the Pulsar Wind Nebula Candidate HAWC J2031+415
R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez +78
The first TeV gamma-ray source with no lower energy counterparts, TeV J2032+4130, was discovered by HEGRA. It appears in the third HAWC catalog as 3HWC J2031+415 and it is a bright…
Investigating IceCube Neutrino Alerts with the HAWC -Ray Observatory
The HAWC Collaboration, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +95
Neutrino emission from astrophysical sources has long been considered a signature of cosmic-ray acceleration. The IceCube neutrino observatory has observed a diffuse flux of TeV-Pe…
Searching for Dark Matter Sub-structure with HAWC
A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro +75
Simulations of dark matter show a discrepancy between the expected number of Galactic dark matter sub-halos and how many have been optically observed. Some of these unseen satellit…
Measurement of the Crab Nebula Spectrum Past 100 TeV with HAWC
HAWC Collaboration, A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert +102
We present TeV gamma-ray observations of the Crab Nebula, the standard reference source in ground-based gamma-ray astronomy, using data from the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC…
High Altitude characterization of the Hunga Pressure Wave with Cosmic Rays by the HAWC Observatory
R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez +64
High-energy cosmic rays that hit the Earth can be used to study large-scale atmospheric perturbations. After a first interaction in the upper parts of the atmosphere, cosmic rays p…
Astrophysical Sources of Cosmic Rays and Related Measurements with the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, J. Abraham, P. Abreu +469
Studies of the correlations of ultra-high energy cosmic ray directions with extra-Galactic objects, of general anisotropy, of photons and neutrinos, and of other astrophysical effe…
Constraining the Ratio in TeV Cosmic Rays with Observations of the Moon Shadow by HAWC
A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro +98
An indirect measurement of the antiproton flux in cosmic rays is possible as the particles undergo deflection by the geomagnetic field. This effect can be measured by studying the…
Very high energy particle acceleration powered by the jets of the microquasar SS 433
HAWC Collaboration, A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert +104
SS 433 is a binary system containing a supergiant star that is overflowing its Roche lobe with matter accreting onto a compact object (either a black hole or neutron star). Two jet…
HAWC Contributions to the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2017)
A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro +123
List of proceedings from the HAWC Collaboration presented at the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference, 12 July - 20 July 2017, Bexco, Busan, Korea.
Characterization of the background for a neutrino search with the HAWC observatory
HAWC Collaboration, A. Albert, R. Alfaro +59
The close location of the HAWC observatory to the largest volcano in Mexico allows to perform a search for neutrino-induced horizontal muon and tau charged leptons. The section of…
Probing the Sea of Cosmic Rays by Measuring Gamma-Ray Emission from Passive Giant Molecular Clouds with HAWC
A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +87
The study of high-energy gamma rays from passive Giant Molecular Clouds (GMCs) in our Galaxy is an indirect way to characterize and probe the paradigm of the "sea" of cosmic rays i…
Gamma/Hadron Separation with the HAWC Observatory
R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. D. Ãlvarez +90
The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) gamma-ray observatory observes atmospheric showers produced by incident gamma rays and cosmic rays with energy from 300 GeV to more than 10…
HAWC Detection of a TeV Halo Candidate Surrounding a Radio-quiet pulsar
A. Albert, R. Alfaro, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez +59
Extended very-high-energy (VHE; 0.1-100 TeV) -ray emission has been observed around several middle-aged pulsars and referred to as ``TeV halos". Their formation mechanism remai…
New gamma/hadron separation parameters for a neural network for HAWC
E. Bourbeau, T. Capistrán, I. Torres +1
The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov experiment (HAWC) observatory is located 4100 meters above sea level. HAWC is able to detect secondary particles from extensive air showers (EAS)…
Science Prospects for the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory: SWGO
SWGO Collaboration, P. Abreu, R. Alfaro +303
Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy is now well established as a key observational approach to address critical topics at the frontiers of astroparticle physics and high-energy astrop…
Interplanetary magnetic flux rope observed at ground level by HAWC
S. Akiyama, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +59
We report the ground-level detection of a Galactic Cosmic-Ray (GCR) flux enhancement lasting 17 hr and associated with the passage of a magnetic flux rope (MFR) over the Ear…
3HWC: The Third HAWC Catalog of Very-High-Energy Gamma-ray Sources
A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +104
We present a new catalog of TeV gamma-ray sources using 1523 days of data from the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory. The catalog represents the most sensitive surve…
A measurement of the proton plus helium spectrum of cosmic rays in the TeV region with HAWC
HAWC Collaboration, A. Albert, R. Alfaro +74
HAWC is an air-shower detector designed to study TeV gamma and cosmic rays. The observatory is composed of a array of water Cherenkov tanks ( deep x…
Constraints on Lorentz invariance violation from HAWC observations of gamma rays above 100 TeV
HAWC Collaboration, A. Albert, R. Alfaro +90
Due to the high energies and long distances to the sources, astrophysical observations provide a unique opportunity to test possible signatures of Lorentz invariance violation (LIV…
A Search for Dark Matter in the Galactic Halo with HAWC
A. U. Abeysekara, A. M. Albert, R. Alfaro +100
The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) gamma-ray observatory is a wide field-of-view observatory sensitive to 500 GeV - 100 TeV gamma rays and cosmic rays. With its observations…
Search for Very High Energy Gamma Rays from the Northern Bubble Region with HAWC
A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro +108
We present a search of very high energy gamma-ray emission from the Northern Bubble region using data collected with the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) gamma…
Multiple Galactic Sources with Emission Above 56 TeV Detected by HAWC
HAWC Collaboration, A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert +99
We present the first catalog of gamma-ray sources emitting above 56 and 100 TeV with data from the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory, a wide field-of-view observator…
Sensitivity of the High Altitude Water Cherenkov Detector to Sources of Multi-TeV Gamma Rays
A. U. Abeysekara, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +97
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…
Search for joint multimessenger signals from potential galactic cosmic-ray accelerators with HAWC and IceCube
R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez +489
The origin of high-energy galactic cosmic rays is yet to be understood, but some galactic cosmic-ray accelerators can accelerate cosmic rays up to PeV energies. The high-energy cos…
Search for Gamma-Ray and Neutrino Coincidences Using HAWC and ANTARES Data
H. A. Ayala Solares, S. Coutu, D. Cowen +228
In the quest for high-energy neutrino sources, the Astrophysical Multimessenger Observatory Network (AMON) has implemented a new search by combining data from the High Altitude Wat…
Dark Matter Limits From Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies with The HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory
A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +78
The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) gamma-ray observatory is a wide field of view observatory sensitive to 500 GeV - 100 TeV gamma rays and cosmic rays. It can also perform di…
The HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory: Dark Matter, Cosmology, and Fundamental Physics
HAWC Collaboration, A. U. Abeysekara, R. Alfaro +99
The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma Ray Observatory (HAWC) is designed to perform a synoptic survey of the TeV sky. The high energy coverage of the experiment will enable studi…
Detailed Analysis of the TeV γ-Ray Sources 3HWC J1928+178, 3HWC J1930+188, and the New Source HAWC J1932+192
A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +91
The latest High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) point-like source catalog up to 56 TeV reported the detection of two sources in the region of the Galactic plane at galactic longitu…
Machine learning reconstruction of cosmic ray parameters in EAS at HAWC
J. Jaimes, T. Capistrán, I. Torres
The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory comprises 300 water Cherenkov detectors, each equipped with four photomultipliers, located on the Volcán Sierra Negra in Mexic…
Search for gamma-rays from the unusually bright GRB 130427A with the HAWC Gamma-ray Observatory
The HAWC collaboration, A. U. Abeysekara, R. Alfaro +90
The first limits on the prompt emission from the long gamma-ray burst (GRB) 130427A in the energy band are reported. GRB 130427A was the most powerful b…
Longtime Monitoring of TeV Radio Galaxies with HAWC
R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, E. Anita-Rangel +85
We present the monitoring of the TeV-emitting radio galaxies M87, NGC~1275, 3C~264, and IC~310 with the High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory (HAWC) over a period of approximat…
On the sensitivity of the HAWC observatory to gamma-ray bursts
HAWC collaboration, A. U. Abeysekara, J. A. Aguilar +145
We present the sensitivity of HAWC to Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs). HAWC is a very high-energy gamma-ray observatory currently under construction in Mexico at an altitude of 4100 m. It…
HAWC observations of the acceleration of very-high-energy cosmic rays in the Cygnus Cocoon
A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro +98
Cosmic rays with energies up to a few PeV are known to be accelerated within the Milky Way. Traditionally, it has been presumed that supernova remnants were the main source of very…
HAWC Contributions to the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2015)
HAWC Collaboration, A. U. Abeysekara, R. Alfaro +112
List of proceedings from the HAWC Collaboration presented at the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference, 30 July - 6 August 2015, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Study of the Very High Energy emission of M87 through its broadband spectral energy distribution
HAWC Collaboration, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +63
The radio galaxy M87 is the central dominant galaxy of the Virgo Cluster. Very High Energy (VHE, TeV) emission, from M87 has been detected by Imaging Air Cherenkov Tel…
Search for TeV emission from spider millisecond pulsars with HAWC
R. Alfaro, E. Anita-Rangel, M. Araya +90
Millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are observed to emit multi-wavelength radiation, from radio to GeV. Spider MSPs, which interact with their low-mass companion in close orbit (orbital per…
Cosmic ray spectrum of protons plus helium nuclei between 6 TeV and 158 TeV from HAWC data
HAWC Collaboration, A. Albert, R. Alfaro +74
A measurement with high statistics of the differential energy spectrum of light elements in cosmic rays, in particular, of primary H plus He nuclei, is reported. The spectrum is pr…
An optimized search for dark matter in the galactic halo with HAWC
A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +63
The Galactic Halo is a key target for indirect dark matter detection. The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory is a high-energy (~300 GeV to >100 TeV) gamma-ray detecto…
Stability and behavior of the outer array of small water Cherenkov detectors, outriggers, in the HAWC observatory
T. Capistrán, I. Torres, E. Moreno
The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory is used for detecting TeV gamma rays. HAWC is operating at 4,100 meters above level sea on the slope of the Sierra Negra Volcan…
The HAWC real-time flare monitor for rapid detection of transient events
A. U. Abeysekara, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +105
We present the development of a real-time flare monitor for the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory. The flare monitor has been fully operational since 2017 January an…