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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…
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…
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.
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)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
All-particle cosmic ray energy spectrum measured by the HAWC experiment from 10 to 500 TeV
HAWC Collaboration, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +98
We report on the measurement of the all-particle cosmic ray energy spectrum with the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory in the energy range 10 to 500 TeV. HAWC is a g…
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.
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…
Search for very-high-energy emission from Gamma-ray Bursts using the first 18 months of data from the HAWC Gamma-ray Observatory
The HAWC collaboration, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +102
The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-ray Observatory is an extensive air shower detector operating in central Mexico, which has recently completed its first two years of…
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)…
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…
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-…
Multiwavelength follow-up of a rare IceCube neutrino multiplet
M. G. Aartsen, M. Ackermann, J. Adams +501
On February 17 2016, the IceCube real-time neutrino search identified, for the first time, three muon neutrino candidates arriving within 100 s of one another, consistent with comi…
Observation of the Crab Nebula with the HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory
A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro +104
The Crab Nebula is the brightest TeV gamma-ray source in the sky and has been used for the past 25 years as a reference source in TeV astronomy, for calibration and verification of…
The Third Swift Burst Alert Telescope Gamma-Ray Burst Catalog
Amy Lien, Takanori Sakamoto, Scott D. Barthelmy +12
To date, the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) onboard Swift has detected ~ 1000 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), of which ~ 360 GRBs have redshift measurements, ranging from z = 0.03 to z = 9.3…
Integrating Temporal and Spectral Features of Astronomical Data Using Wavelet Analysis for Source Classification
T. N. Ukwatta, P. R. Wozniak
Temporal and spectral information extracted from a stream of photons received from astronomical sources is the foundation on which we build understanding of various objects and pro…
Machine-z: Rapid Machine Learned Redshift Indicator for Swift Gamma-ray Bursts
T. N. Ukwatta, P. R. Wozniak, N. Gehrels
Studies of high-redshift gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) provide important information about the early Universe such as the rates of stellar collapsars and mergers, the metallicity content…
Investigation of Primordial Black Hole Bursts using Interplanetary Network Gamma-ray Bursts
T. N. Ukwatta, K. Hurley, J. H MacGibbon +22
The detection of a gamma-ray burst (GRB) in the solar neighborhood would have very important implications for GRB phenomenology. The leading theories for cosmological GRBs would no…
Primordial Black Holes: Observational Characteristics of The Final Evaporation
T. N. Ukwatta, D. R. Stump, J. T. Linnemann +4
Many early universe theories predict the creation of Primordial Black Holes (PBHs). PBHs could have masses ranging from the Planck mass to 10^5 solar masses or higher depending on…
Search for TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from Point-like Sources in the Inner Galactic Plane with a Partial Configuration of the HAWC Observatory
A. U. Abeysekara, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez +95
A survey of the inner Galaxy region of Galactic longitude l in [+15, +50] degree and latitude b in [-4,+4] degree is performed using one-third of the High Altitude Water Cherenkov…
Sensitivity of HAWC to Primordial Black Hole Bursts
T. N. Ukwatta, J. T. Linnemann, D. Stump J. H. MacGibbon +3
Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) are black holes that may have been created in the early Universe and could be as large as supermassive black holes or as small as the Planck scale. It…