Latest results from the HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory

par Francisco Salesa Greus (Instytut Fizyki Jądrowej PAN, Krakow)

lundi 7 déc. 2015, 14:00 → 15:00 Europe/Paris

Amphithéâtre (CPPM)

The HAWC Observatory is a TeV gamma-ray detector located at an altitude of 4100 meters on the slope of the Sierra Negra volcano in Mexico. The detector, fully operational since March 2015, consists of 300 water Cherenkov detectors (WCDs) spread on a 22000 square meter area. Each WCD is instrumented with four photo-multiplier tubes used to detect energetic secondary particles produced after the interaction of a cosmic ray or gamma-ray in the atmosphere. Thanks to its large field-of-view, excellent angular resolution and 90% duty cycle, HAWC allows us to study the Galactic sources at high energies, diffuse gamma-ray emission, and transient emission from Active Galactic Nucleus (AGNs) and Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). In this talk I will present the latest results from the detector, and the scientific prospects.

Slides Seminar_CPPM_final.pdf