4–7 Sept 2018
Roma Tre University
Europe/Rome timezone

The HAWC gamma-ray observatory: results and prospects

7 Sept 2018, 11:30
30m
Roma Tre University

Roma Tre University

Speaker

Dr Harm Schoorlemmer (Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik)

Description

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov gamma-ray observatory has surveyed on a daily basis the northern sky since its completion more than three years ago. The accumulated exposure provides the deepest TeV gamma-ray observations over a large fraction of the sky. In this contribution we will highlight some of the most recent results on individual sources and the role of the observatory in the global astro-particle physics community. This year, the observatory extended its instrumented area by a factor of four with a sparse array of water-Cherenkov detectors to enhance the sensitivity above ~10 TeV. In addition, new analysis techniques have recently been developed to improve low-energy sensitivity and energy resolution. The prospects of these recent developments will be presented.

Primary author

Dr Harm Schoorlemmer (Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik)

Presentation materials