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most citedSensitivity of the High Altitude Water Cherenkov Detector to Sources of Multi-TeV Gamma Rays

214 citations · 261 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.IM2014★ 16 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 16 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 6 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 4 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 5 cited

The HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory: Sensitivity to Steady and Transient Sources of Gamma Rays

HAWC Collaboration, A. U. Abeysekara, R. Alfaro +99

The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-Ray Observatory is designed to record air showers produced by cosmic rays and gamma rays between 100 GeV and 100 TeV. Because of its…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 214 cited

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…