Recent Results from the HAWC Gamma Ray Observatory
ORAL · Invited
Abstract
The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-ray Observatory in the high mountains of Mexico is giving us a new view of the TeV sky. HAWC operates 24hrs/day with over a 95% on-time and observes the entire overhead sky (~8sr over the course of the day). HAWC has accumulated more seven years of data and has recently completed our “Pass 5” re-analysis giving us significant improvements in our low energy response, angular resolution, background rejection and an expanded field of view. This talk will present an overview of these recent HAWC results showing our updated sky catalog, our view of the highest energy gamma-ray sky (including sources above 50 and 100 TeV), new Micro-quasar results, long-term monitoring of nearby AGN, and recent observations of galactic Pevatrons and the galactic center. We will also present preliminary results on TeV gamma rays from the Sun.
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Presenters
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Jordan A Goodman
University of Maryland, College Park
Authors
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Jordan A Goodman
University of Maryland, College Park