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A Multi-messenger Search for Ultra-high-energy Gamma Rays in Coincidence with Neutrinos
R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, A. Andrés +101
The last five years have shown us that ultra-high-energy (UHE; 100 TeV) gamma-ray sources are ubiquitous, but the nature of these sources remain highly uncertain. UHE gamma rays…
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 +91
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…
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…
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…
Absence of TeV halos around millisecond pulsars
A. U. Abeysekara, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +82
TeV halos are extended very-high-energy (VHE; 0.1-100 TeV) gamma-ray emission around middle-aged pulsars. So far they have only been found around isolated pulsars, but it has been…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
HAWC Study of Very-High-Energy -ray Spectrum of HAWC J1844-034
HAWC Collaboration, A. Albert, C. Alvarez +74
Recently, the region surrounding eHWC J1842-035 has been studied extensively by gamma-ray observatories due to its extended emission reaching up to a few hundred TeV and potential…
The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory in México: The Primary Detector
A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro +140
The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory is a second-generation continuously operated, wide field-of-view, TeV gamma-ray observatory. The HAWC observatory and its analy…
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…
The TeV Sun Rises: Discovery of Gamma rays from the Quiescent Sun with HAWC
A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +89
We report the first detection of a TeV gamma-ray flux from the solar disk (6.3), based on 6.1 years of data from the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory. The 0.5--2…
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…
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…
Gamma/Hadron Separation with the HAWC Observatory
R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, J. D. Álvarez +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…
Probing the extragalactic mid-infrared background with HAWC
Mateo Fernandez Alonso
The extragalactic background light (EBL) contains all the radiation emitted by nuclear and accretion processes in stars and compact objects since the epoch of recombination. Measur…
-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-ra…
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…
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…
Particle Acceleration in the Cygnus Superbubble
B. Hona
The Cygnus Cocoon is the first gamma-ray superbubble powered by a massive stellar association, the OB2 association. It was postulated that the combined effects of the stellar winds…
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 …
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…
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…