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1. Snowmass2021 cosmic frontier white paper: Ultraheavy particle dark matter

Author: Daniel Carney, Nirmal Raj, Yang Bai, Joshua Berger, Carlos Blanco, Joseph Bramante, Christopher Cappiello, Maíra Dutra, Reza Ebadi, Kristi Engel, Edward Kolb, J. Patrick Harding, Jason Kumar, Gordan Krnjaic, Rafael F. Lang, Rebecca K. Leane, Benjamin V. Lehmann, Shengchao Li, Andrew J. Long, Gopolang Mohlabeng, Ibles Olcina, Elisa Pueschel, Nicholas L. Rodd, Carsten Rott, Dipan Sengupta, Bibhushan Shakya, Ronald L. Walsworth, Shawn Westerdale
Subjects: Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: We outline the unique opportunities and challenges in the search for "ultraheavy" dark matter candidates with masses between roughly 10 TeV and the Planck scale $m_{\rm pl} ≈ 10^{16}$ TeV. This mass range presents a wide and relatively unexplored dark matter parameter space, with a rich space of possible models and cosmic histories. We emphasize that both current detectors and new, targeted search techniques, via both direct and indirect detection, are poised to contribute to searches for ultraheavy particle dark matter in the coming decade. We highlight the need for new developments in this space, including new analyses of current and imminent direct and indirect experiments targeting ultraheavy dark matter and development of new, ultra-sensitive detector technologies like next-generation liquid noble detectors, neutrino experiments, and specialized quantum sensing techniques.
Published: 2023
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2. Horizontal muon track identification with neural networks in HAWC

Author: Ian Herzog, Lukas Nellen, Hao Zhou, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Segev BenZvi, Nicola Omodei, Samridha Kunwar, Arturo Iriarte, Israel Martinez Castellanos, David Kieda, Ke Fang, Hannah Jhee, Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, Harm Schoorlemmer, Jesús Martínez-Castro, Michael Newbold, Francisco Salesa Greus, Fernando Garfias, J. A. Goodman, Joshua Wood, David Berley, Nissim Illich Fraija, Alison Peisker, Thomas Weisgarber, Andrew James Smith, Xiaojie Wang, Henrike Fleischhack, Rishi Babu, Kelly Malone, Jason Fan, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Rhiannon Turner, Chad Brisbois, Vikas Joshi, Kristi Engel, Dezhi Huang, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Vincent Marandon, Alberto Carramiñana, Brenda Dingus, Mehr Nisa, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Ian James Watson, Vardan Baghmanyan, José Roberto Angeles Camacho, Daniel Omar Avila Rojas, Hawc, Miguel Mostafa, Dirk Lennarz, Jorge Luis Flores, Cederik León de León, Ibrahim Torres, Joe Lundeen, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, Maria Magdalena González, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, Kirsten Tollefson, Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, Andrea Albert, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Eduardo de la Fuente, Gwenael Giacinti, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, Guillermo García-Torales, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, Robert Ellsworth, Meghan Tanner, Gerd J. Kunde, Colas Rivière, Hermes Leon Vargas, Oscar Chaparro-Amaro, Umberto Cotti, Arnulfo Zepeda, Sabrina Casanova, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Brian Fick, Pooja Surajbali, Andrés Sandoval, Lorenzo Diaz, Laura Olivera-Nieto, Yunior Pérez Araujo, Anna Lia Longinotti, Gus Sinnis, Fernando Ureña-Mena, Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, Jim Hinton, María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, Tomás Capistrán, Hazal Goksu, Gaurang Yodh, Sergio Hernández Cadena, Brian Humensky, Jorge Cotzomi, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, Michelle Hui, Elijah Willox, César Alvarez, Jose Luis García-Luna, Ignacio Taboada, José Serna-Franco, Ruben Alfaro, Karen S. Caballero Mora, Jason Lee, J. T. Linnemann, Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez, Michael Schneider, Luis Villaseñor, Felix Werner, Ahron S. Barber, Jose Andres Garcia-Gonzalez, John Matthews, Mora Durocher, Petra Hüntemeyer, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, Oscar Martinez, Wayne Robert Springer, Amid Nayerhoda, James Ryan, Binita Hona, Sara Coutiño de Leon, Alejandro Lara, Michael DuVernois, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, William H. Lee, Julie McEnery, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, Chang Dong Rho, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, J. Patrick Harding, Humberto Martínez Huerta, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, and HAWC Collaboration
Subjects: HAWC - Abteilung Hinton, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Muon, Artificial neural network, Computer science, business.industry, Track (disk drive), Computer Science::Neural and Evolutionary Computation, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Identification (information), Computer vision, Artificial intelligence, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, business, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract: Nowadays the implementation of artificial neural networks in high-energy physics has obtained excellent results on improving signal detection. In this work we propose to use neural networks (NNs) for event discrimination in HAWC. This observatory is a water Cherenkov gamma-ray detector that in recent years has implemented algorithms to identify horizontal muon tracks. However, these algorithms are not very efficient. In this work we describe the implementation of three NNs: two based on image classification and one based on object detection. Using these algorithms we obtain an increase in the number of identified tracks. The results of this study could be used in the future to improve the performance of the Earth-skimming technique for the indirect measurement of neutrinos with HAWC., Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures, Proceedings of the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2021)
Published: 2022

3. Combined Dark Matter searches from dwarf spheroidal galaxies observations by Fermi-LAT, HAWC, H.E.S.S., MAGIC, and VERITAS

Author: Daniel Kerszberg, Céline Armand, Eric Charles, Mattia di Mauro, Chiara Giuri, J. Patrick Harding, Tjark Miener, Emmanuel Moulin, Louise Oakes, Vincent Poireau, Elisa Pueschel, Javier Rico, Lucia Rinchiuso, Daniel Salazar-Gallegos, Kirsten Tollefson, Benjamin Zitzer, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Fermi-LAT, HAWC, H.E.S.S., MAGIC, and VERITAS
Subjects: History, WIMP, background, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, dark matter: mass, dark matter: annihilation, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, GeV, sensitivity, MAGIC, GLAST, Computer Science Applications, Education, HESS, overlap, TeV, VERITAS, galaxy, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], HAWC, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract: Dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) are ideal targets for Dark Matter (DM) indirect searches due to their high DM content and their negligible expected astrophysical background. In this presentation, we report on the combined analysis of the observations of 20 dSphs by Fermi-LAT, HAWC, H.E.S.S., MAGIC, and VERITAS collaborations in the search for DM, focusing on the Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) scenario. The combined analysis allows us to maximize the sensitivity by combining individual data sets from all five experiments for which the energy ranges of the search overlap. New constraints, spanning a range of DM masses from 5 GeV to 100 TeV, on the velocity-weighted cross section for DM self annihilation will be presented.
Published: 2021

4. Limits on Diffuse Dark Matter with HAWC

Author: Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Fernando Garfias, Thomas Weisgarber, Laura Olivera-Nieto, Nicola Omodei, Ian Herzog, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, Arturo Iriarte, Segev BenZvi, Luis Villaseñor, Jorge Luis Flores, Ibrahim Torres, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, William H. Lee, James Ryan, Samridha Kunwar, Israel Martinez Castellanos, Wayne Robert Springer, Hannah Jhee, Julie McEnery, Chang Dong Rho, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Arnulfo Zepeda, Hazal Goksu, Jorge Cotzomi, Nissim Illich Fraija, Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, Ignacio Taboada, Brian Fick, Oscar Chaparro-Amaro, Mora Durocher, J. A. Goodman, Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, Lorenzo Diaz, Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Ruben Alfaro, Yunior Pérez Araujo, Anna Lia Longinotti, Jim Hinton, Sergio Hernández Cadena, Jason Fan, Petra Hüntemeyer, Jason Lee, Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez, Elijah Willox, Rishi Babu, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Kelly Malone, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, Mehr Nisa, Ian James Watson, Gerd J. Kunde, Maria Magdalena González, Hermes Leon Vargas, David Kieda, Eduardo de la Fuente, Michael Schneider, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Amid Nayerhoda, Vincent Marandon, Alberto Carramiñana, John Matthews, Lukas Nellen, Jose Luis García-Luna, Miguel Mostafa, Karen S. Caballero Mora, Felix Werner, Hao Zhou, Cederik León de León, Robert Ellsworth, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Vardan Baghmanyan, Guillermo García-Torales, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, Binita Hona, Umberto Cotti, Sabrina Casanova, Oscar Martinez, Brian Humensky, Francisco Salesa Greus, Ke Fang, María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, Tomás Capistrán, Joshua Wood, Pooja Surajbali, Andrés Sandoval, Gus Sinnis, Alison Peisker, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, Andrew James Smith, Fernando Ureña-Mena, Gaurang Yodh, Henrike Fleischhack, Kristi Engel, Andrea Albert, Jose Andres Garcia-Gonzalez, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, Ahron S. Barber, Meghan Tanner, Colas Rivière, Jesús Martínez-Castro, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, Rhiannon Turner, Chad Brisbois, José Roberto Angeles Camacho, César Alvarez, Sara Coutiño de Leon, Vikas Joshi, Alejandro Lara, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, Michael DuVernois, Kirsten Tollefson, Harm Schoorlemmer, David Berley, Michael Newbold, Hawc, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, Xiaojie Wang, Joe Lundeen, Michelle Hui, J. Patrick Harding, Humberto Martínez Huerta, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, Dirk Lennarz, Gwenael Giacinti, José Serna-Franco, J. T. Linnemann, Brenda Dingus, Daniel Omar Avila Rojas, and Dezhi Huang
Subjects: Physics, Dark matter, Astrophysics
Published: 2021

5. Limits on the Diffuse Gamma-Ray Background with HAWC

Author: Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, Gerd J. Kunde, Jim Hinton, Sergio Hernández Cadena, Meghan Tanner, Colas Rivière, Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, Dirk Lennarz, José Serna-Franco, Elijah Willox, Harm Schoorlemmer, Samridha Kunwar, Jesús Martínez-Castro, Israel Martinez Castellanos, Segev BenZvi, J. T. Linnemann, Dezhi Huang, Vikas Joshi, Hannah Jhee, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, Hawc, Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, David Berley, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, Yunior Pérez Araujo, Anna Lia Longinotti, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, Xiaojie Wang, Guillermo García-Torales, Joe Lundeen, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Kirsten Tollefson, Rhiannon Turner, Nissim Illich Fraija, Chad Brisbois, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, Brenda Dingus, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, Ke Fang, Daniel Omar Avila Rojas, Jorge Luis Flores, Ibrahim Torres, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, Alejandro Lara, Ahron S. Barber, Fernando Garfias, José Roberto Angeles Camacho, Michael Schneider, Felix Werner, Ian Herzog, William H. Lee, Jason Fan, Julie McEnery, Miguel Mostafa, Rishi Babu, Kelly Malone, Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, Michael DuVernois, Ignacio Taboada, Cederik León de León, Gwenael Giacinti, Chang Dong Rho, Michael Newbold, Thomas Weisgarber, Laura Olivera-Nieto, Michelle Hui, Vincent Marandon, Alberto Carramiñana, J. A. Goodman, Ruben Alfaro, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Robert Ellsworth, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Vardan Baghmanyan, Alison Peisker, Andrew James Smith, César Alvarez, Mehr Nisa, Ian James Watson, Jason Lee, Arnulfo Zepeda, Hazal Goksu, Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez, Henrike Fleischhack, Umberto Cotti, Brian Fick, Lorenzo Diaz, David Kieda, Francisco Salesa Greus, Sabrina Casanova, Maria Magdalena González, Joshua Wood, Eduardo de la Fuente, Kristi Engel, Jorge Cotzomi, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Hermes Leon Vargas, María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, Tomás Capistrán, John Matthews, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, Oscar Martinez, Jose Luis García-Luna, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Oscar Chaparro-Amaro, James Ryan, Wayne Robert Springer, Amid Nayerhoda, Brian Humensky, Pooja Surajbali, Andrés Sandoval, Gus Sinnis, Fernando Ureña-Mena, Gaurang Yodh, Mora Durocher, Petra Hüntemeyer, Binita Hona, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, Karen S. Caballero Mora, Luis Villaseñor, Jose Andres Garcia-Gonzalez, Sara Coutiño de Leon, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, J. Patrick Harding, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Humberto Martínez Huerta, Nicola Omodei, Arturo Iriarte, Lukas Nellen, Hao Zhou, and Andrea Albert
Subjects: Physics, Gamma ray, Astrophysics
Published: 2021

6. CONSTRAINTS ON THE VERY HIGH ENERGY GAMMA-RAY EMISSION WITH HAWC

Author: Yunior Frainen Pérez, Maria Magdalena González, Nissim Illich Fraija, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, Andrea Albert, Ruben Alfaro, César Alvarez, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, José Roberto Angeles Camacho, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, Daniel Omar Avila Rojas, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, Rishi Babu, Vardan Baghmanyan, Ahron S. Barber, Josefa Becerra González, Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, Segev BenZvi, David Berley, Chad Brisbois, Karen S. Caballero Mora, Tomás Capistrán Rojas, Alberto Carramiñana, Sabrina Casanova, Oscar Chaparro-Amaro, Umberto Cotti, Jorge Cotzomi, Sara Coutiño de León, Eduardo de la Fuente, Cederik León de León, Lorenzo Diaz, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, Brenda Dingus, Mora Durocher, Michael DuVernois, Robert Ellsworth, Kristi Engel, María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, Jason Fan, Ke Fang, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, Brian Fick, Henrike Fleischhack, Jorge Luis Flores, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Jose Andres Garcia-Gonzalez, Jose Luis García-Luna, Guillermo García-Torales, Fernando Garfias, Gwenael Giacinti, Hazal Goksu, Jordan A. Goodman, J. Patrick Harding, Sergio Hernández Cadena, Ian Herzog, Jim Hinton, Binita Hona, Dezhi Huang, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Michelle Hui, Brian Humensky, Petra Hüntemeyer, Arturo Iriarte, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, Hannah Jhee, Vikas Joshi, David Kieda, Gerd J. Kunde, Samridha Kunwar, Alejandro Lara, Jason LEE, William H. Lee, Dirk Lennarz, Hermes Leon Vargas, Jim Linnemann, Anna Lia Longinotti, Rubén López-Coto, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, Joe Lundeen, Kelly Malone, Vincent Marandon, Oscar M Martinez, Israel Martinez Castellanos, Humberto Martínez Huerta, Jesús Martínez-Castro, John Matthews, Julie McEnery, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, Miguel Mostafa, Amid Nayerhoda, Lukas Nellen, Michael Newbold, Mehr Un Nisa, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Laura Olivera-Nieto, Nicola Omodei, Alison Peisker, Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, Chang Dong Rho, Colas Rivière, Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, James Ryan, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Francisco Salesa Greus, Andrés Sandoval, Michael Schneider, Harm Schoorlemmer, José Serna-Franco, Gus Sinnis, Andrew James Smith, Wayne Robert Springer, Pooja Surajbali, Ignacio Taboada, Meghan Tanner, Kirsten Tollefson, Ibrahim Torres, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Rhiannon M. Turner, Fernando Josue Urena Mena, Luis Villaseñor, Xiaojie Wang, Ian James Watson, Thomas Weisgarber, Felix Werner, Elijah Job Willox, Joshua Wood, Gaurang Yodh, Arnulfo Zepeda, and Hao Zhou
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, High energy, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Gamma ray, Phase (waves), FOS: Physical sciences, Context (language use), Astrophysics, Parameter space, Light curve, Synchrotron, law.invention, Afterglow, law, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are among the most luminous sources in the universe. The nature of their emission at TeV energies is one of the most relevant open issues related to these events. The temporal and spectral features inferred from the early and late emissions usually known as prompt and afterglow, respectively, can be interpreted within the context of the fireball model. The synchrotron self-Compton process is expected during the afterglow phase. We explain how the theoretical SSC light curves can be compared with hypothetical upper limit located at z=0.3. We show the allowed parameter space of the microphysical parameters and density of the circumburst medium. The most restrictive results are obtained when the SSC process lies in the fast cooling regime, Comment: Presented at the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference(ICRC2021),Berlin, Germany-online
Published: 2021

7. Monitoring the radio galaxy M87 with HAWC

Author: Tomás Capistrán, Daniel Omar Avila Rojas, Maria Magdalena González, Nissim Illich Fraija, Ruben Alfaro, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, Andrea Albert, César Alvarez, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, José Roberto Angeles Camacho, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, Rishi Babu, Vardan Baghmanyan, Ahron S. Barber, Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, Segev BenZvi, David Berley, Chad Brisbois, Karen S. Caballero Mora, Alberto Carramiñana, Sabrina Casanova, Oscar Chaparro-Amaro, Umberto Cotti, Jorge Cotzomi, Sara Coutiño de León, Eduardo de la Fuente, Cederik León de León, Lorenzo Diaz, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, Brenda Dingus, Mora Durocher, Michael DuVernois, Robert Ellsworth, Kristi Engel, María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, Jason Fan, Ke Fang, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, Brian Fick, Henrike Fleischhack, Jorge Luis Flores, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Jose Andres Garcia-Gonzalez, Jose Luis García-Luna, Guillermo García-Torales, Fernando Garfias, Gwenael Giacinti, Hazal Goksu, Jordan A. Goodman, J. Patrick Harding, Sergio Hernández Cadena, Ian Herzog, Jim Hinton, Binita Hona, Dezhi Huang, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Michelle Hui, Brian Humensky, Petra Hüntemeyer, Arturo Iriarte, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, Hannah Jhee, Vikas Joshi, David Kieda, Gerd J. Kunde, Samridha Kunwar, Alejandro Lara, Jason LEE, William H. Lee, Dirk Lennarz, Hermes Leon Vargas, Jim Linnemann, Anna Lia Longinotti, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, Joe Lundeen, Kelly Malone, Vincent Marandon, Oscar M Martinez, Israel Martinez Castellanos, Humberto Martínez Huerta, Jesús Martínez-Castro, John Matthews, Julie McEnery, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, Miguel Mostafa, Amid Nayerhoda, Lukas Nellen, Michael Newbold, Mehr Un Nisa, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Laura Olivera-Nieto, Nicola Omodei, Alison Peisker, Yunior Pérez Araujo, Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, Chang Dong Rho, Colas Rivière, Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, James Ryan, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Francisco Salesa Greus, Andrés Sandoval, Michael Schneider, Harm Schoorlemmer, José Serna-Franco, Gus Sinnis, Andrew James Smith, Wayne Robert Springer, Pooja Surajbali, Ignacio Taboada, Meghan Tanner, Kirsten Tollefson, Ibrahim Torres, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Rhiannon M. Turner, Fernando Josue Urena Mena, Luis Villaseñor, Xiaojie Wang, Ian James Watson, Thomas Weisgarber, Felix Werner, Elijah Job Willox, Joshua Wood, Gaurang Yodh, Arnulfo Zepeda, and Hao Zhou
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Radio galaxy, Low activity, Radiative transfer, Northern Hemisphere, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy, Field of view, MAGIC (telescope), Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: Studies of radio galaxies at TeV energies are fascinating because their jets are misaligned concerning our sightline. Thus, it provides us with a unique opportunity to study the structure of their jets, the radiative processes, and the acceleration mechanisms involved in them. In addition, some radio galaxies have presented variability in their emission, like the giant radio galaxy M87, which has reported several activity periods. Due to its duty cycle >95% and instantaneous field of view of 2 sr, HAWC provides daily monitoring of variable sources visible from the Northern Hemisphere. In this work, we show the results of monitoring M87 between January 2015 and December 2018. HAWC's observations are consistent with the low activity state reported by other instruments (like H.E.S.S and MAGIC). However, after September 2017 (~MJD 58000), the HAWC measurements of M87 show hints of higher activity., Presented at the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2021), Berlin, Germany - Online
Published: 2021

8. Convolutional Neural Networks for Low Energy Gamma-Ray Air Shower Identification with HAWC

Author: Gwenael Giacinti, Dezhi Huang, José Serna-Franco, J. T. Linnemann, Vikas Joshi, Hawc, Brenda Dingus, Karen S. Caballero Mora, Rishi Babu, Gerd J. Kunde, Kelly Malone, Daniel Omar Avila Rojas, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, Dirk Lennarz, Vincent Marandon, Alberto Carramiñana, Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, William H. Lee, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Vardan Baghmanyan, Joe Lundeen, Michael Schneider, Julie McEnery, Felix Werner, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Jesús Martínez-Castro, Chang Dong Rho, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, Kirsten Tollefson, Harm Schoorlemmer, Brian Humensky, Ke Fang, David Kieda, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Nicola Omodei, Arturo Iriarte, Segev BenZvi, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Ahron S. Barber, Arnulfo Zepeda, Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, David Berley, Brian Fick, Mehr Nisa, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Ian James Watson, J. A. Goodman, Robert Ellsworth, Lorenzo Diaz, Xiaojie Wang, Oscar Chaparro-Amaro, Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, Andrea Albert, Alison Peisker, Andrew James Smith, Hannah Jhee, Umberto Cotti, Binita Hona, Jim Hinton, Sergio Hernández Cadena, John Matthews, Sabrina Casanova, Miguel Mostafa, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, Laura Olivera-Nieto, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, Fernando Garfias, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, Jorge Luis Flores, Ibrahim Torres, Cederik León de León, Henrike Fleischhack, Meghan Tanner, Thomas Weisgarber, Jose Andres Garcia-Gonzalez, Oscar Martinez, César Alvarez, Jorge Cotzomi, Hermes Leon Vargas, Elijah Willox, Colas Rivière, Nissim Illich Fraija, Alejandro Lara, Luis Villaseñor, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Michael Newbold, Hazal Goksu, James Ryan, Yunior Pérez Araujo, Anna Lia Longinotti, Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, Michael DuVernois, Francisco Salesa Greus, Joshua Wood, Jose Luis García-Luna, Jason Fan, Rhiannon Turner, Chad Brisbois, Lukas Nellen, Sara Coutiño de Leon, Guillermo García-Torales, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, Kristi Engel, Pooja Surajbali, Andrés Sandoval, Hao Zhou, Gus Sinnis, Michelle Hui, Fernando Ureña-Mena, Gaurang Yodh, José Roberto Angeles Camacho, Samridha Kunwar, Mora Durocher, Petra Hüntemeyer, Israel Martinez Castellanos, Maria Magdalena González, Ignacio Taboada, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, Ruben Alfaro, Jason Lee, Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez, Eduardo de la Fuente, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, J. Patrick Harding, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, Ian Herzog, Humberto Martínez Huerta, Wayne Robert Springer, Ian Watson, María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, Tomás Capistrán, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, and Amid Nayerhoda
Subjects: Physics, Identification (information), Air shower, Low energy, business.industry, Gamma ray, Pattern recognition, Artificial intelligence, business, Convolutional neural network
Published: 2021

9. HAWC results on TeV emitting blazars

Author: Luis Villaseñor, Alejandro Lara, Brian Humensky, Tomás Capistrán Rojas, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, John Matthews, Gerd J. Kunde, Hannah Jhee, José Serna-Franco, Jose Andres Garcia-Gonzalez, Maria Magdalena González, Karen S. Caballero Mora, Michael DuVernois, Jesús Martínez-Castro, Nissim Illich Fraija, Fernando Garfias, Rishi Babu, Kelly Malone, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Vincent Marandon, Alberto Carramiñana, Thomas Weisgarber, Ke Fang, Alison Peisker, Oscar Martinez, J. T. Linnemann, Yunior Pérez Araujo, Anna Lia Longinotti, Michael Schneider, Felix Werner, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Vardan Baghmanyan, Andrew James Smith, Jason Fan, Eduardo de la Fuente, Andrea Albert, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Binita Hona, Pooja Surajbali, Andrés Sandoval, Gus Sinnis, J. Patrick Harding, Humberto Martínez Huerta, Michelle Hui, Henrike Fleischhack, Hermes Leon Vargas, Fernando Ureña-Mena, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, Miguel Mostafa, Meghan Tanner, Gaurang Yodh, Ignacio Taboada, Colas Rivière, Cederik León de León, James Ryan, Lukas Nellen, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, Sara Coutiño de Leon, Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, Mora Durocher, Ahron S. Barber, César Alvarez, Arnulfo Zepeda, Brian Fick, Ruben Alfaro, Petra Hüntemeyer, Vikas Joshi, Hao Zhou, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, Lorenzo Diaz, Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, David Kieda, Samridha Kunwar, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, Brenda Dingus, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Jason Lee, Israel Martinez Castellanos, Dirk Lennarz, Daniel Omar Avila Rojas, Jorge Cotzomi, William H. Lee, Laura Olivera-Nieto, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, Julie McEnery, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Segev BenZvi, Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, Nicola Omodei, Guillermo García-Torales, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, Chang Dong Rho, Kirsten Tollefson, Oscar Chaparro-Amaro, Arturo Iriarte, Ian Herzog, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, Francisco Salesa Greus, Joshua Wood, Hawc, Gwenael Giacinti, Michael Newbold, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Joe Lundeen, Alberto Carramiñana Alonso, Jose Luis García-Luna, Robert Ellsworth, Rhiannon Turner, Harm Schoorlemmer, Chad Brisbois, Umberto Cotti, Mehr Nisa, Sabrina Casanova, José Roberto Angeles Camacho, Ian James Watson, Kristi Engel, David Berley, Xiaojie Wang, Hazal Goksu, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Jorge Luis Flores, Ibrahim Torres, Dezhi Huang, Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, J. A. Goodman, Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, Jim Hinton, Sergio Hernández Cadena, Elijah Willox, Wayne Robert Springer, and Amid Nayerhoda
Subjects: Astrophysics, Blazar
Published: 2021

10. Studying High-Mass Microquasars with HAWC

Author: Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, Fernando Garfias, Thomas Weisgarber, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, Mora Durocher, Petra Hüntemeyer, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, Se Yeon Hwang, Brian Humensky, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, Hazal Goksu, Jesús Martínez-Castro, Dirk Lennarz, Francisco Salesa Greus, Andrea Albert, Joshua Wood, Jose Andres Garcia-Gonzalez, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, Meghan Tanner, Colas Rivière, Pooja Surajbali, Andrés Sandoval, Gus Sinnis, Fernando Ureña-Mena, Gaurang Yodh, J. Patrick Harding, Rhiannon Turner, Maria Magdalena González, Arnulfo Zepeda, Brian Fick, Sara Coutiño de Leon, Brenda Dingus, Daniel Omar Avila Rojas, Humberto Martínez Huerta, Chad Brisbois, Lorenzo Diaz, José Roberto Angeles Camacho, Kristi Engel, Karen S. Caballero Mora, Hannah Jhee, Gwenael Giacinti, Vikas Joshi, Eduardo de la Fuente, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Michael Schneider, Felix Werner, José Serna-Franco, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, Ke Fang, Wayne Robert Springer, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Nissim Illich Fraija, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, Samridha Kunwar, Guillermo García-Torales, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Israel Martinez Castellanos, J. T. Linnemann, Kirsten Tollefson, Youngwan Son, Ignacio Taboada, Ruben Alfaro, Luis Villaseñor, Jorge Luis Flores, Ibrahim Torres, Alejandro Lara, Jorge Cotzomi, Ian Herzog, Amid Nayerhoda, Oscar Chaparro-Amaro, Jason Lee, Laura Olivera-Nieto, Michael Newbold, Ahron S. Barber, Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez, Jose Luis García-Luna, Michael DuVernois, Jason Fan, Hermes Leon Vargas, Robert Ellsworth, Michelle Hui, Umberto Cotti, Harm Schoorlemmer, Sabrina Casanova, Alison Peisker, Andrew James Smith, Rishi Babu, Kelly Malone, John Matthews, Henrike Fleischhack, David Berley, Xiaojie Wang, Oscar Martinez, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Vincent Marandon, Alberto Carramiñana, David Kieda, Yunior Pérez Araujo, Anna Lia Longinotti, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Vardan Baghmanyan, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, William H. Lee, Julie McEnery, Chang Dong Rho, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Mehr Nisa, Ian James Watson, Dezhi Huang, Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, Jim Hinton, Sergio Hernández Cadena, Elijah Willox, Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, J. A. Goodman, James Ryan, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, Binita Hona, Lukas Nellen, Hao Zhou, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Nicola Omodei, Arturo Iriarte, César Alvarez, María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, Tomás Capistrán, Hawc, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, Joe Lundeen, Miguel Mostafa, Cederik León de León, Segev BenZvi, and Gerd J. Kunde
Subjects: Physics, High mass, Astrophysics
Published: 2021

11. Modeling the non-flaring VHE emission from M87 as detected by the HAWC gamma ray observatory

Author: Dirk Lennarz, Segev BenZvi, Ian Herzog, Sara Coutiño de Leon, Francisco Salesa Greus, Joshua Wood, Andrea Albert, Hazal Goksu, Fernando Garfias, Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, Samridha Kunwar, Brian Humensky, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Thomas Weisgarber, Israel Martinez Castellanos, Ke Fang, Arnulfo Zepeda, Nicola Omodei, Hannah Jhee, Tomás Capistrán Rojas, James Ryan, Kristi Engel, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Brian Fick, Lorenzo Diaz, Arturo Iriarte, Guillermo García-Torales, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, Gerd J. Kunde, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, Mehr Nisa, Laura Olivera-Nieto, Ian James Watson, Pooja Surajbali, Andrés Sandoval, Robert Ellsworth, Nissim Illich Fraija, Maria Magdalena González, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, Oscar Chaparro-Amaro, J. A. Goodman, Eduardo de la Fuente, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Gus Sinnis, J. Patrick Harding, Humberto Martínez Huerta, Umberto Cotti, Jason Fan, Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, Meghan Tanner, Jim Hinton, Alison Peisker, Andrew James Smith, Sabrina Casanova, Brenda Dingus, Fernando Ureña-Mena, Sergio Hernández Cadena, Colas Rivière, Ignacio Taboada, Henrike Fleischhack, Daniel Omar Avila Rojas, Jorge Cotzomi, Ruben Alfaro, Gaurang Yodh, Elijah Willox, David Kieda, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, William H. Lee, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, Julie McEnery, Ahron S. Barber, Karen S. Caballero Mora, Jason Lee, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Lukas Nellen, Rishi Babu, Kelly Malone, Hao Zhou, Jorge Luis Flores, Ibrahim Torres, Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez, Vincent Marandon, Alberto Carramiñana, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, Gwenael Giacinti, Jesús Martínez-Castro, Jose Luis García-Luna, Chang Dong Rho, Mora Durocher, Petra Hüntemeyer, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Vardan Baghmanyan, Binita Hona, José Serna-Franco, Hermes Leon Vargas, Luis Villaseñor, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Michael Schneider, Fernando Ureña Mena, Felix Werner, Yunior Pérez Araujo, Anna Lia Longinotti, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, John Matthews, Miguel Mostafa, Cederik León de León, Jose Andres Garcia-Gonzalez, J. T. Linnemann, Oscar Martinez, Wayne Robert Springer, Amid Nayerhoda, Rhiannon Turner, Chad Brisbois, José Roberto Angeles Camacho, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, Harm Schoorlemmer, David Berley, Xiaojie Wang, Alejandro Lara, Michael DuVernois, Hawc, Vikas Joshi, Joe Lundeen, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, Kirsten Tollefson, César Alvarez, Michael Newbold, Michelle Hui, and Dezhi Huang
Subjects: Physics, Radio galaxy, Observatory, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Broadband, Gamma ray, Spectral energy distribution, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Blazar, Virgo Cluster, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Cherenkov radiation
Abstract: M87 is a giant radio galaxy located in the Virgo Cluster, known to be a very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray source. As radio galaxies are considered the misaligned low-redshift counterparts of blazars, they are excellent laboratories for testing AGN emission models. M87 has been detected and monitored by Fermi-LAT and several atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. Recently, the HAWC Collaboration presented marginal evidence of 4.5 year TeV gamma-ray emission from this object. The HAWC data has the potential to constrain the average VHE emission of sources of complex behavior, like M87, for which the physical origin of the VHE gamma-ray emission is still uncertain. We fitted a lepto-hadronic scenario to the broadband spectral energy distribution of M87 to model its non-flaring VHE emission using HAWC data.
Published: 2021

12. Study of the eHWC J1825-134 at the Highest Energy with HWAC

Author: James Ryan, Mora Durocher, Petra Hüntemeyer, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, Hannah Jhee, Dirk Lennarz, Maria Magdalena González, María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, Michael Newbold, Tomás Capistrán, Hazal Goksu, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, Alejandro Lara, Nissim Illich Fraija, Laura Olivera-Nieto, J. Patrick Harding, Brian Humensky, Eduardo de la Fuente, Miguel Mostafa, Ahron S. Barber, Humberto Martínez Huerta, Ignacio Taboada, Hawc, Michael DuVernois, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Cederik León de León, Fernando Garfias, Hermes Leon Vargas, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, Ruben Alfaro, Andrea Albert, Jason Fan, Jose Andres Garcia-Gonzalez, Joe Lundeen, Thomas Weisgarber, Ian Herzog, Jason Lee, Vikas Joshi, Alison Peisker, Harm Schoorlemmer, Andrew James Smith, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez, Jorge Cotzomi, Henrike Fleischhack, Meghan Tanner, Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, Francisco Salesa Greus, Colas Rivière, Lukas Nellen, Pooja Surajbali, Andrés Sandoval, Segev BenZvi, Michelle Hui, Gus Sinnis, Joshua Wood, Fernando Ureña-Mena, David Berley, Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, Gaurang Yodh, J. A. Goodman, Hao Zhou, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, Dezhi Huang, Xiaojie Wang, Guillermo García-Torales, Kristi Engel, David Kieda, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, Rishi Babu, César Alvarez, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, Kelly Malone, Gwenael Giacinti, Luis Villaseñor, Binita Hona, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Michael Schneider, Kirsten Tollefson, Felix Werner, Samridha Kunwar, Vincent Marandon, Alberto Carramiñana, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Israel Martinez Castellanos, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Nicola Omodei, José Serna-Franco, Gerd J. Kunde, Sara Coutiño de Leon, Oscar Chaparro-Amaro, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, Vardan Baghmanyan, Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, Arturo Iriarte, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Jim Hinton, Wayne Robert Springer, John Matthews, Sergio Hernández Cadena, Jesús Martínez-Castro, Jorge Luis Flores, Ibrahim Torres, Jose Luis García-Luna, Arnulfo Zepeda, Oscar Martinez, Rhiannon Turner, Brian Fick, Robert Ellsworth, Lorenzo Diaz, Elijah Willox, J. T. Linnemann, Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, Chad Brisbois, Karen S. Caballero Mora, Umberto Cotti, Sabrina Casanova, José Roberto Angeles Camacho, Amid Nayerhoda, Ke Fang, Brenda Dingus, Daniel Omar Avila Rojas, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, William H. Lee, Julie McEnery, Chang Dong Rho, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Yunior Pérez Araujo, Anna Lia Longinotti, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Mehr Nisa, and Ian James Watson
Subjects: Physics, Observatory, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Molecular cloud, Hadron, Cutoff, Spectral energy distribution, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Effects of high altitude on humans, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Cherenkov radiation
Abstract: eHWC J1825-134 is one of the brightest Galactic 𝛾-ray sources above 50 TeV observed by High Altitude Water Cherenkov 𝛾-Ray Observatory (HAWC). Detailed morphological studies have revealed a new point-like source inside this region with a spectral energy distribution extending beyond 200 TeV without any cutoff. These very-high-energy 𝛾 rays emission can originate from leptonic or hadronic processes. The new point-like source is located in a region containing PWNe and a high-density giant molecular cloud [MML2017]99. If the source emission is associated with the hadronic scenario the TeV 𝛾 rays may have been produced by cosmic rays colliding with ambient gas. If this were the case, eHWC J1825-134 is an indicator of the existence of a galactic PeVatron in the region that accelerates particles up to PeV energies.
Published: 2021

13. A GeV to TeV view of shell-type SNRs

Author: Miguel Mostafa, Cederik León de León, Brian Humensky, Gerd J. Kunde, Segev BenZvi, Mora Durocher, Petra Hüntemeyer, José Serna-Franco, Vikas Joshi, Ian Herzog, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, Hazal Goksu, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Wayne Robert Springer, Binita Hona, Michelle Hui, Hawc, Jorge Cotzomi, Joshua A. Wood, Ahron S. Barber, Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, James Ryan, Jesús Martínez-Castro, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, Rishi Babu, Joe Lundeen, J. T. Linnemann, Kelly Malone, Mehr Nisa, D. Berley, Dirk Lennarz, Kirsten Tollefson, Amid Nayerhoda, Vincent Marandon, Alberto Carramiñana, Alison Peisker, Samridha Kunwar, Ian James Watson, Michael Schneider, Andrew James Smith, Felix Werner, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Vardan Baghmanyan, Oscar Chaparro-Amaro, Israel Martinez Castellanos, Gwenael Giacinti, Henrike Fleischhack, María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, David Kieda, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, Tomás Capistrán, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, Laura Olivera-Nieto, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, Jose Andres Garcia-Gonzalez, Hermes Leon Vargas, Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, Fernando Garfias, Sara Coutiño de Leon, Arnulfo Zepeda, Hannah Jhee, César Alvarez, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, Brian Fick, Thomas Weisgarber, Lorenzo Diaz, Jose Luis García-Luna, Nissim Illich Fraija, Andrea Albert, Guillermo García-Torales, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, Jim Hinton, Harm Schoorlemmer, Pooja Surajbali, Andrés Sandoval, Gus Sinnis, Michael Newbold, Sergio Hernández Cadena, Brenda Dingus, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, Fernando Ureña-Mena, Daniel Omar Avila Rojas, J. Patrick Harding, Karen S. Caballero Mora, Jason Fan, Meghan Tanner, Elijah Willox, Colas Rivière, Humberto Martínez Huerta, Ruben Lopez-Coto, G. B. Yodh, Dezhi Huang, Xiaojie Wang, Ke Fang, Yunior Pérez Araujo, Anna Lia Longinotti, Luis Villaseñor, Maria Magdalena González, Alejandro Lara, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Robert Ellsworth, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, Nicola Omodei, Eduardo de la Fuente, Umberto Cotti, Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, Sabrina Casanova, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, Rhiannon Turner, J. A. Goodman, William H. Lee, Chad Brisbois, Michael DuVernois, Arturo Iriarte, Julie McEnery, John Matthews, Chang Dong Rho, Oscar Martinez, José Roberto Angeles Camacho, Francisco Salesa Greus, Kristi Engel, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Lukas Nellen, Hao Zhou, Jorge Luis Flores, Ibrahim Torres, Ignacio Taboada, Ruben Alfaro, Jason Lee, and Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez
Subjects: Physics, Shell (structure), Astrophysics, Type (model theory)
Published: 2021

14. Follow-up Analysis to Geminga's contribution to the Local Positron Excess with HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory

Author: Alison Peisker, Andrew James Smith, Henrike Fleischhack, Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, Jorge Cotzomi, Guillermo García-Torales, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, Ian Herzog, Segev BenZvi, James Ryan, Hannah Jhee, J. Patrick Harding, Rishi Babu, Kelly Malone, Humberto Martínez Huerta, Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, Andrea Albert, Mattia Di Mauro, Vincent Marandon, Alberto Carramiñana, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Karen S. Caballero Mora, Jose Luis García-Luna, Hawc, J. A. Goodman, Nicola Omodei, Samridha Kunwar, Fernando Garfias, Brenda Dingus, Michael Newbold, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Laura Olivera-Nieto, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Vardan Baghmanyan, Israel Martinez Castellanos, Pooja Surajbali, Andrés Sandoval, Robert Ellsworth, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, Daniel Omar Avila Rojas, Michael Schneider, Gus Sinnis, Yunior Pérez Araujo, Nissim Illich Fraija, Arturo Iriarte, Joe Lundeen, Felix Werner, Anna Lia Longinotti, Meghan Tanner, Thomas Weisgarber, Colas Rivière, Fernando Ureña-Mena, Dezhi Huang, Binita Hona, Brian Humensky, Tomás Capistrán Rojas, Umberto Cotti, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, Gaurang Yodh, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, Maria Magdalena González, César Alvarez, Gwenael Giacinti, Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, William H. Lee, Sabrina Casanova, Gerd J. Kunde, Julie McEnery, Jason Fan, María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, Chang Dong Rho, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Vikas Joshi, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Eduardo de la Fuente, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, José Serna-Franco, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Mehr Nisa, Ian James Watson, Jorge Luis Flores, Ibrahim Torres, Jose Andres Garcia-Gonzalez, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, Lukas Nellen, Hazal Goksu, Hao Zhou, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, J. T. Linnemann, Arnulfo Zepeda, Wayne Robert Springer, Mora Durocher, Luis Villaseñor, Jesús Martínez-Castro, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Kirsten Tollefson, Brian Fick, Lorenzo Diaz, Petra Hüntemeyer, David Kieda, Ke Fang, Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, Jim Hinton, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, Sergio Hernández Cadena, Miguel Mostafa, Cederik León de León, Amid Nayerhoda, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, Oscar Chaparro-Amaro, Ahron S. Barber, Elijah Willox, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, Rhiannon Turner, Chad Brisbois, José Roberto Angeles Camacho, Francisco Salesa Greus, Joshua Wood, Sara Coutiño de Leon, Hermes Leon Vargas, Kristi Engel, John Matthews, Alejandro Lara, Dirk Lennarz, Oscar Martinez, Michael DuVernois, Ignacio Taboada, Ruben Alfaro, Michelle Hui, Harm Schoorlemmer, Jason Lee, Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez, David Berley, and Xiaojie Wang
Subjects: Physics, Positron, Observatory, Gamma ray, Astrophysics
Published: 2021

15. Galactic Cosmic Ray increase associated to an interplanetary magnetic cloud observed by HAWC

Author: María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, Tomás Capistrán, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, Andrea Albert, Harm Schoorlemmer, Dirk Lennarz, Francisco Salesa Greus, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, Brian Humensky, David Berley, Laura Olivera-Nieto, J. Patrick Harding, Humberto Martínez Huerta, Meghan Tanner, Hannah Jhee, Joshua Wood, Colas Rivière, Xiaojie Wang, Brenda Dingus, Daniel Omar Avila Rojas, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Mora Durocher, Rishi Babu, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Hawc, Petra Hüntemeyer, Kelly Malone, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, Nicola Omodei, Nissim Illich Fraija, James Ryan, Kristi Engel, Vincent Marandon, Alberto Carramiñana, Arturo Iriarte, Sara Coutiño de Leon, Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, Miguel Mostafa, Oscar Chaparro-Amaro, Alison Peisker, Cederik León de León, Joe Lundeen, Jorge Luis Flores, Ibrahim Torres, Jason Fan, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Vardan Baghmanyan, Michelle Hui, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, José Serna-Franco, Arnulfo Zepeda, Brian Fick, Lorenzo Diaz, Rhiannon Turner, Andrew James Smith, Fernando Garfias, Hermes Leon Vargas, Samridha Kunwar, J. A. Goodman, Israel Martinez Castellanos, Thomas Weisgarber, Chad Brisbois, Ke Fang, Henrike Fleischhack, J. T. Linnemann, David Kieda, Lukas Nellen, Hao Zhou, Alejandro Lara, Gerd J. Kunde, Luis Villaseñor, Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, César Alvarez, Gwenael Giacinti, Michael DuVernois, Jim Hinton, Jorge Cotzomi, Jose Andres Garcia-Gonzalez, Hazal Goksu, Ahron S. Barber, John Matthews, José Roberto Angeles Camacho, Jesús Martínez-Castro, Sergio Hernández Cadena, Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, Oscar Martinez, Segev BenZvi, Elijah Willox, Guillermo García-Torales, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, Karen S. Caballero Mora, Jose Luis García-Luna, Ignacio Taboada, Pooja Surajbali, Andrés Sandoval, Robert Ellsworth, Dezhi Huang, Ruben Alfaro, Gus Sinnis, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, Jason Lee, Fernando Ureña-Mena, Umberto Cotti, Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, Gaurang Yodh, Sabrina Casanova, Binita Hona, Michael Schneider, Felix Werner, Ian Herzog, Wayne Robert Springer, Maria Magdalena González, Vikas Joshi, Eduardo de la Fuente, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Amid Nayerhoda, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, Kirsten Tollefson, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Michael Newbold, Yunior Pérez Araujo, Anna Lia Longinotti, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, William H. Lee, Julie McEnery, Chang Dong Rho, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Mehr Nisa, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, and Ian James Watson
Subjects: Physics, Range (particle radiation), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Physics::Space Physics, Flux, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Magnetic cloud, Interplanetary spaceflight, Anisotropy, Magnetic flux, Magnetic field
Abstract: We present the observation of an anomalous increment of the galactic cosmic ray (GCR) flux observed by the HAWC array during October 2016. We propose that this anisotropy of the GCR flux was caused by a magnetic flux rope (MFR) i. e., by the helicoidal magnetic field of an interplanetary coronal mass ejection observed at 1 AU at the same time. We computed the trajectory of protons with energy in the range of 10 to 60 GeV, traveling inside the helicoidal magnetic field observed in situ. The direction of these particles changes towards the axis of the MFR resulting in an anisotropy of the GCR flux along this axis. This model shows that the alignment between the MFR axis and the HAWC s asymptotic direction, combined with the high sensitivity of HAWC, allowed us to observe the effect of the passage of the MFR on the GCR flux. We present the HAWC observation associated with the passage of the MFR as well as the helio- spheric circumstances around such phenomenon.
Published: 2021

16. Reconstruction of Nearly-Horizontal Muons in the HAWC Observatory

Author: Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, Jim Hinton, Sergio Hernández Cadena, María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, Tomás Capistrán, Harm Schoorlemmer, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, Dirk Lennarz, Elijah Willox, Brian Humensky, David Berley, Hazal Goksu, Hawc, Dezhi Huang, Gerd J. Kunde, Xiaojie Wang, Robert Ellsworth, J. Patrick Harding, Humberto Martínez Huerta, Jesús Martínez-Castro, Gwenael Giacinti, Joe Lundeen, Ian Herzog, Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, Umberto Cotti, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, Alejandro Lara, Wayne Robert Springer, Sabrina Casanova, César Alvarez, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Andrea Albert, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, Mora Durocher, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Michael Schneider, Felix Werner, Michael DuVernois, Nicola Omodei, Petra Hüntemeyer, Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, Meghan Tanner, Miguel Mostafa, Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, Cederik León de León, Arturo Iriarte, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, Hermes Leon Vargas, Michelle Hui, Ke Fang, Colas Rivière, J. A. Goodman, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Vikas Joshi, Amid Nayerhoda, Yunior Pérez Araujo, Ahron S. Barber, Anna Lia Longinotti, Segev BenZvi, Guillermo García-Torales, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, Samridha Kunwar, Israel Martinez Castellanos, Jorge Cotzomi, Sara Coutiño de Leon, Laura Olivera-Nieto, Maria Magdalena González, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, Arnulfo Zepeda, Brian Fick, Kirsten Tollefson, Fernando Garfias, Jose Andres Garcia Gonzalez, Lorenzo Diaz, Binita Hona, David Kieda, Thomas Weisgarber, Brenda Dingus, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Lukas Nellen, Eduardo de la Fuente, Daniel Omar Avila Rojas, Hao Zhou, José Serna-Franco, Alison Peisker, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Rishi Babu, Jose Luis García-Luna, Michael Newbold, Kelly Malone, Pooja Surajbali, Andrés Sandoval, Gus Sinnis, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Andrew James Smith, Hannah Jhee, Vincent Marandon, Alberto Carramiñana, Fernando Ureña-Mena, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Vardan Baghmanyan, Gaurang Yodh, Mehr Nisa, Nissim Illich Fraija, Henrike Fleischhack, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, Jorge Luis Flores, Ibrahim Torres, J. T. Linnemann, James Ryan, Ian James Watson, Jason Fan, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, William H. Lee, Julie McEnery, Chang Dong Rho, Rhiannon Turner, Chad Brisbois, José Roberto Angeles Camacho, Luis Villaseñor, Karen S. Caballero Mora, Francisco Salesa Greus, Joshua Wood, Kristi Engel, John Matthews, Oscar Martinez, Ignacio Taboada, Ruben Alfaro, Jason Lee, and Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez
Subjects: Muon, Observatory, Astronomy, Geology
Published: 2021

17. Spectral and Energy Morphology Analysis Study of HAWC J2031+415

Author: Ian Herzog, Wayne Robert Springer, Rhiannon Turner, Chad Brisbois, James Ryan, Amid Nayerhoda, José Roberto Angeles Camacho, Dirk Lennarz, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Luis Villaseñor, Robert Ellsworth, Segev BenZvi, Yunior Pérez Araujo, Anna Lia Longinotti, Brian Humensky, Andrea Albert, Umberto Cotti, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, Harm Schoorlemmer, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, Karen S. Caballero Mora, Sabrina Casanova, Dezhi Huang, Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, Meghan Tanner, Colas Rivière, Laura Olivera-Nieto, Samridha Kunwar, Israel Martinez Castellanos, Pooja Surajbali, Andrés Sandoval, Gus Sinnis, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, David Berley, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Miguel Mostafa, Maria Magdalena González, Guillermo García-Torales, Fernando Ureña-Mena, Cederik León de León, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, Gaurang Yodh, Brenda Dingus, Hawc, Eduardo de la Fuente, Hermes Leon Vargas, Binita Hona, Xiaojie Wang, Ke Fang, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Jesús Martínez-Castro, Daniel Omar Avila Rojas, Mora Durocher, Petra Hüntemeyer, Lukas Nellen, Michelle Hui, Hao Zhou, Oscar Chaparro-Amaro, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, Jim Hinton, Sergio Hernández Cadena, J. Patrick Harding, Humberto Martínez Huerta, Alison Peisker, Andrew James Smith, Joe Lundeen, Fernando Garfias, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Elijah Willox, Sara Coutiño de Leon, Henrike Fleischhack, Nicola Omodei, Thomas Weisgarber, Gwenael Giacinti, Arturo Iriarte, Jorge Cotzomi, Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, José Serna-Franco, J. A. Goodman, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, Gerd J. Kunde, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, Jose Luis García-Luna, Ahron S. Barber, J. T. Linnemann, Alejandro Lara, Rishi Babu, Kelly Malone, Hazal Goksu, Michael DuVernois, Vincent Marandon, Alberto Carramiñana, Jose Andres Garcia-Gonzalez, David Kieda, Michael Newbold, Hannah Jhee, Nissim Illich Fraija, Jason Fan, Vikas Joshi, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Jorge Luis Flores, Ibrahim Torres, Kirsten Tollefson, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Vardan Baghmanyan, John Matthews, Oscar Martinez, Francisco Salesa Greus, Joshua Wood, Kristi Engel, Ignacio Taboada, Ruben Alfaro, Jason Lee, Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, Tomás Capistrán, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, César Alvarez, Michael Schneider, Felix Werner, Arnulfo Zepeda, Brian Fick, Lorenzo Diaz, William H. Lee, Julie McEnery, Chang Dong Rho, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Mehr Nisa, and Ian James Watson
Subjects: Physics, Range (particle radiation), Star cluster, OB star, Observatory, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Cluster (physics), Cygnus OB2, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Pulsar wind nebula, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Cherenkov radiation
Abstract: The Cygnus Cocoon region is a complex region containing an OB star cluster that is prominent in the TeV energy range. Located in this region is 3HWC J2031+415, a significant TeV gamma-ray source whose emission is possibly associated with 2 components, the Cygnus OB2 star cluster and a pulsar wind nebula (PWN). In this work, several modelling methods are presented to best describe the emission. These models disentangle emission believed to be from the Cocoon and isolate the component emitted by the probable PWN. I will present several spectral models to describe the emission of the probable PWN using the latest data set from the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory. Furthermore, I will present an energy morphology study of the PWN component of 3HWC J2031+415 in distinct energy bands.
Published: 2021

18. A search for spectral hardening in HAWC sources above 56 TeV

Author: Mora Durocher, Petra Hüntemeyer, Dirk Lennarz, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, Wayne Robert Springer, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Pooja Surajbali, Andrés Sandoval, Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, Gus Sinnis, Jim Hinton, Fernando Ureña-Mena, Sergio Hernández Cadena, Gaurang Yodh, Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, Laura Olivera-Nieto, Jose Andres Garcia-Gonzalez, Oscar Chaparro-Amaro, Brian Humensky, Elijah Willox, Jesús Martínez-Castro, Michael Newbold, Guillermo García-Torales, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, Amid Nayerhoda, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Hawc, James Ryan, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, Fernando Garfias, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, Andrea Albert, Thomas Weisgarber, Mehr Nisa, Joe Lundeen, Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, Ian James Watson, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Robert Ellsworth, Vikas Joshi, Harm Schoorlemmer, Michelle Hui, Miguel Mostafa, J. A. Goodman, Meghan Tanner, Jorge Luis Flores, Ibrahim Torres, Cederik León de León, Nicola Omodei, Colas Rivière, Alison Peisker, Andrew James Smith, Rhiannon Turner, David Kieda, César Alvarez, Chad Brisbois, Arturo Iriarte, Samridha Kunwar, David Berley, Umberto Cotti, Dezhi Huang, Henrike Fleischhack, Hazal Goksu, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, Kirsten Tollefson, Israel Martinez Castellanos, Xiaojie Wang, Ahron S. Barber, Rishi Babu, Kelly Malone, Vincent Marandon, Alberto Carramiñana, Sabrina Casanova, José Roberto Angeles Camacho, Gerd J. Kunde, Karen S. Caballero Mora, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, Michael Schneider, Felix Werner, Binita Hona, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Vardan Baghmanyan, William H. Lee, Hannah Jhee, Julie McEnery, Sara Coutiño de Leon, Chang Dong Rho, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, Nissim Illich Fraija, Segev BenZvi, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Luis Villaseñor, Jason Fan, Yunior Pérez Araujo, Arnulfo Zepeda, Ke Fang, Anna Lia Longinotti, Lukas Nellen, Ignacio Taboada, Brian Fick, Lorenzo Diaz, Alejandro Lara, J. Patrick Harding, Hao Zhou, Michael DuVernois, Ruben Alfaro, Humberto Martínez Huerta, Jorge Cotzomi, Jason Lee, Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez, Jose Luis García-Luna, John Matthews, Oscar Martinez, Francisco Salesa Greus, Joshua Wood, Kristi Engel, Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, Tomás Capistrán, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, Maria Magdalena González, Eduardo de la Fuente, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Ian Herzog, Hermes Leon Vargas, Brenda Dingus, Daniel Omar Avila Rojas, José Serna-Franco, J. T. Linnemann, and Gwenael Giacinti
Subjects: Physics, Spectral index, Observatory, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Hadron, Hardening (metallurgy), Gamma ray, Astrophysics, Cherenkov radiation
Abstract: The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory is a wide-field-of-view gamma-ray observatory that is optimized to detect gamma rays between ~300 GeV and several hundred TeV. The HAWC Collaboration recently released their third source catalog (3HWC), which contains 65 sources. One of these sources, the ultra-high-energy gamma-ray source 3HWC J1908+063, may exhibit a hardening of the spectral index at the highest energies (above 56 TeV). At least two populations of particles are needed to satisfactorily explain the highest energy emission. This second component could be leptonic or hadronic in origin. If it is hadronic in origin, it would imply the presence of protons with energies up to $\sim$1 PeV near the source. We have searched other 3HWC sources for the presence of this spectral hardening feature. If observed, this would imply that the sources could make good PeVatron candidates.
Published: 2021

19. Particle Acceleration in the Cygnus Superbubble

Author: Sara Coutiño de Leon, Hazal Goksu, Francisco Salesa Greus, Gwenael Giacinti, Joshua Wood, Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, Rishi Babu, Samridha Kunwar, Vikas Joshi, Kelly Malone, Israel Martinez Castellanos, Kristi Engel, Binita Hona, Michael Newbold, Vincent Marandon, Ian Herzog, Segev BenZvi, Guillermo García-Torales, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, Alberto Carramiñana, Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, Kirsten Tollefson, Rhiannon Turner, Harm Schoorlemmer, Chad Brisbois, Robert Ellsworth, Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, Jim Hinton, Michelle Hui, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Vardan Baghmanyan, Brenda Dingus, Wayne Robert Springer, James Ryan, Fernando Garfias, Daniel Omar Avila Rojas, Sergio Hernández Cadena, José Roberto Angeles Camacho, J. Patrick Harding, John Matthews, Humberto Martínez Huerta, David Berley, Arnulfo Zepeda, Umberto Cotti, Brian Fick, José Serna-Franco, Thomas Weisgarber, Oscar Martinez, Jesús Martínez-Castro, Amid Nayerhoda, Lorenzo Diaz, Xiaojie Wang, Alison Peisker, María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, Sabrina Casanova, Tomás Capistrán, Elijah Willox, Andrew James Smith, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Gerd J. Kunde, J. T. Linnemann, Andrea Albert, Henrike Fleischhack, Dezhi Huang, Jorge Luis Flores, Ibrahim Torres, Ignacio Taboada, Alejandro Lara, Dirk Lennarz, Ruben Alfaro, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, Jorge Cotzomi, Meghan Tanner, Hermes Leon Vargas, Colas Rivière, Jason Lee, Laura Olivera-Nieto, Michael DuVernois, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, Michael Schneider, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, Miguel Mostafa, Felix Werner, Cederik León de León, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Jose Luis García-Luna, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Nicola Omodei, Arturo Iriarte, Ke Fang, César Alvarez, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, Oscar Chaparro-Amaro, Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, J. A. Goodman, Lukas Nellen, Maria Magdalena González, Hao Zhou, Eduardo de la Fuente, Hawc, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Ahron S. Barber, Joe Lundeen, Jose Andres Garcia-Gonzalez, Pooja Surajbali, Andrés Sandoval, Gus Sinnis, Hannah Jhee, Fernando Ureña-Mena, Nissim Illich Fraija, Brian Humensky, Gaurang Yodh, Jason Fan, Mora Durocher, Petra Hüntemeyer, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, David Kieda, Luis Villaseñor, Karen S. Caballero Mora, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, William H. Lee, Julie McEnery, Chang Dong Rho, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Mehr Nisa, Ian James Watson, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Yunior Pérez Araujo, and Anna Lia Longinotti
Subjects: Particle acceleration, Physics, Superbubble, Astrophysics
Published: 2021

20. Study of the morphology of the region surrounding eHWC J1850+001

Author: Fernando Garfias, Thomas Weisgarber, Alison Peisker, Andrew James Smith, Alejandro Lara, Rhiannon Turner, Henrike Fleischhack, Chad Brisbois, Michael DuVernois, Wayne Robert Springer, José Roberto Angeles Camacho, Amid Nayerhoda, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, Hazal Goksu, Hannah Jhee, Samridha Kunwar, Israel Martinez Castellanos, Dirk Lennarz, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Nicola Omodei, Rishi Babu, Kelly Malone, Harm Schoorlemmer, Arturo Iriarte, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, Jorge Cotzomi, Ian Herzog, Vincent Marandon, Alberto Carramiñana, Pooja Surajbali, Andrés Sandoval, Nissim Illich Fraija, Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, Mehr Nisa, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Ian James Watson, Gus Sinnis, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Vardan Baghmanyan, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, Michael Newbold, Hawc, Gwenael Giacinti, Fernando Ureña-Mena, Gaurang Yodh, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, Andrea Albert, Guillermo García-Torales, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, John Matthews, David Berley, Oscar Chaparro-Amaro, Joe Lundeen, Jason Fan, Jose Luis García-Luna, Mora Durocher, Xiaojie Wang, Oscar Martinez, Petra Hüntemeyer, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Michelle Hui, J. Patrick Harding, Humberto Martínez Huerta, Meghan Tanner, María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, Maria Magdalena González, Colas Rivière, Ke Fang, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, Tomás Capistrán, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Jorge Luis Flores, Ibrahim Torres, Francisco Salesa Greus, Joshua Wood, Hermes Leon Vargas, Sara Coutiño de Leon, Ahron S. Barber, Yunior Pérez Araujo, Anna Lia Longinotti, César Alvarez, Lukas Nellen, Hao Zhou, Eduardo de la Fuente, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, David Kieda, Brenda Dingus, Daniel Omar Avila Rojas, José Serna-Franco, Michael Schneider, Binita Hona, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Felix Werner, Robert Ellsworth, Kristi Engel, Vikas Joshi, Umberto Cotti, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, Sabrina Casanova, Jose Andres Garcia-Gonzalez, Jesús Martínez-Castro, James Ryan, William H. Lee, Julie McEnery, Ignacio Taboada, Chang Dong Rho, J. T. Linnemann, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, Arnulfo Zepeda, Laura Olivera-Nieto, Kirsten Tollefson, Ruben Alfaro, Brian Fick, Lorenzo Diaz, Jason Lee, Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez, Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, Luis Villaseñor, Brian Humensky, Dezhi Huang, Karen S. Caballero Mora, Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, J. A. Goodman, Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, Jim Hinton, Sergio Hernández Cadena, Elijah Willox, Segev BenZvi, Miguel Mostafa, Cederik León de León, and Gerd J. Kunde
Subjects: Morphology (linguistics), Materials science, Biophysics
Published: 2021

21. Characterizing gamma-ray sources with HAL (HAWC Accelerated likelihood) and 3ML

Author: Hannah Jhee, Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, Nissim Illich Fraija, J. A. Goodman, Arnulfo Zepeda, Brian Fick, Lorenzo Diaz, José Serna-Franco, Jason Fan, Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, Jorge Luis Flores, Ibrahim Torres, J. T. Linnemann, Guillermo García-Torales, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, Wayne Robert Springer, Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, Hazal Goksu, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, Binita Hona, David Kieda, Jim Hinton, María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, Tomás Capistrán, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, Jorge Cotzomi, Harm Schoorlemmer, Sergio Hernández Cadena, Brian Humensky, Rishi Babu, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, Kelly Malone, Amid Nayerhoda, Jesús Martínez-Castro, Fernando Garfias, James Ryan, Gwenael Giacinti, Vincent Marandon, Alberto Carramiñana, Samridha Kunwar, Jose Luis García-Luna, Elijah Willox, Alison Peisker, Thomas Weisgarber, Michael Schneider, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Andrew James Smith, Israel Martinez Castellanos, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Vardan Baghmanyan, David Berley, Felix Werner, Lukas Nellen, Dezhi Huang, Robert Ellsworth, Henrike Fleischhack, Yunior Pérez Araujo, Anna Lia Longinotti, Hao Zhou, Xiaojie Wang, Hermes Leon Vargas, Michael Newbold, Umberto Cotti, Rhiannon Turner, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, Sabrina Casanova, Chad Brisbois, J. Patrick Harding, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Humberto Martínez Huerta, José Roberto Angeles Camacho, Vikas Joshi, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, Alejandro Lara, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Brenda Dingus, Jose Andres Garcia-Gonzalez, Oscar Chaparro-Amaro, Nicola Omodei, Andrea Albert, Ahron S. Barber, Ke Fang, Karen S. Caballero Mora, William H. Lee, Daniel Omar Avila Rojas, Arturo Iriarte, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, Laura Olivera-Nieto, Julie McEnery, Michael DuVernois, Chang Dong Rho, Meghan Tanner, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, Colas Rivière, Kirsten Tollefson, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Mehr Nisa, Ian James Watson, Sara Coutiño de Leon, Luis Villaseñor, Pooja Surajbali, Andrés Sandoval, Gus Sinnis, Fernando Ureña-Mena, Gaurang Yodh, Mora Durocher, Petra Hüntemeyer, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, Ignacio Taboada, Ruben Alfaro, Jason Lee, Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez, Francisco Salesa Greus, Joshua Wood, Kristi Engel, John Matthews, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, Oscar Martinez, Dirk Lennarz, Michelle Hui, Gerd J. Kunde, Maria Magdalena González, Segev BenZvi, Eduardo de la Fuente, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Ian Herzog, Miguel Mostafa, Cederik León de León, César Alvarez, Hawc, and Joe Lundeen
Subjects: Physics, Gamma ray, Astrophysics
Published: 2021

22. Search for TeV decaying dark matter from the Virgo cluster of galaxies

Author: Wayne Robert Springer, Mora Durocher, Petra Hüntemeyer, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, Jim Hinton, Amid Nayerhoda, Laura Olivera-Nieto, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, Sergio Hernández Cadena, Elijah Willox, Michelle Hui, Francisco Salesa Greus, Joshua Wood, Michael Schneider, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, Felix Werner, Brian Humensky, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Hawc, Hermes Leon Vargas, José Serna-Franco, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, Kristi Engel, Alison Peisker, Michael Newbold, Hannah Jhee, Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, Joe Lundeen, Lukas Nellen, María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, Oscar Chaparro-Amaro, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, Dirk Lennarz, Tomás Capistrán, Andrew James Smith, J. T. Linnemann, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, J. A. Goodman, Hao Zhou, Pooja Surajbali, Andrés Sandoval, Binita Hona, Sara Coutiño de Leon, Henrike Fleischhack, Nissim Illich Fraija, Vikas Joshi, William H. Lee, Dezhi Huang, Ignacio Taboada, Julie McEnery, Ian Herzog, Gus Sinnis, Chang Dong Rho, César Alvarez, Ruben Alfaro, Rhiannon Turner, Chad Brisbois, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Fernando Garfias, Fernando Ureña-Mena, Gaurang Yodh, Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Jason Fan, Gwenael Giacinti, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, Thomas Weisgarber, Nicola Omodei, James Ryan, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Jason Lee, Jorge Luis Flores, Kirsten Tollefson, José Roberto Angeles Camacho, Ibrahim Torres, Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez, Samridha Kunwar, Israel Martinez Castellanos, Arnulfo Zepeda, Arturo Iriarte, Alejandro Lara, Brian Fick, Jose Andres Garcia-Gonzalez, Lorenzo Diaz, Mehr Nisa, Karen S. Caballero Mora, Ian James Watson, Michael DuVernois, David Kieda, Guillermo García-Torales, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, J. Patrick Harding, Humberto Martínez Huerta, Maria Magdalena González, John Matthews, Gerd J. Kunde, Brenda Dingus, Harm Schoorlemmer, Daniel Omar Avila Rojas, Oscar Martinez, Eduardo de la Fuente, M. U. Nisa, Luis Villaseñor, David Berley, Hazal Goksu, Miguel Mostafa, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Xiaojie Wang, Cederik León de León, Segev BenZvi, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Yunior Pérez Araujo, Anna Lia Longinotti, Ahron S. Barber, Rishi Babu, Kelly Malone, Vincent Marandon, Alberto Carramiñana, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Vardan Baghmanyan, Andrea Albert, Ke Fang, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, Meghan Tanner, Robert Ellsworth, Colas Rivière, Umberto Cotti, Sabrina Casanova, Jorge Cotzomi, Jose Luis García-Luna, and Jesús Martínez-Castro
Subjects: Physics, Dark matter, Astrophysics, Virgo Cluster, Galaxy
Published: 2021

23. The Ultra-High-Energy Source MGRO J1908+06

Author: Ian Herzog, Laura Olivera-Nieto, César Alvarez, María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, Tomás Capistrán, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, Dezhi Huang, Robert Ellsworth, J. Patrick Harding, Humberto Martínez Huerta, James Ryan, Brian Humensky, Lukas Nellen, Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, Umberto Cotti, Hao Zhou, Sara Coutiño de Leon, Segev BenZvi, Sabrina Casanova, Jesús Martínez-Castro, Jose Andres Garcia-Gonzalez, Fernando Garfias, Michelle Hui, Hawc, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Wayne Robert Springer, Nicola Omodei, Jorge Cotzomi, Andrea Albert, Thomas Weisgarber, Joe Lundeen, Arturo Iriarte, Harm Schoorlemmer, Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, Gwenael Giacinti, Karen S. Caballero Mora, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, Meghan Tanner, Alison Peisker, David Kieda, Dirk Lennarz, Colas Rivière, Andrew James Smith, J. A. Goodman, Mora Durocher, Petra Hüntemeyer, Henrike Fleischhack, Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, Amid Nayerhoda, David Berley, Luis Villaseñor, José Serna-Franco, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, Jim Hinton, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, Sergio Hernández Cadena, Hannah Jhee, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, Jose Luis García-Luna, Maria Magdalena González, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, Elijah Willox, Miguel Mostafa, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, Binita Hona, Ahron S. Barber, Cederik León de León, Xiaojie Wang, Nissim Illich Fraija, Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, Oscar Chaparro-Amaro, Samridha Kunwar, Eduardo de la Fuente, Israel Martinez Castellanos, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, J. T. Linnemann, Jason Fan, Rhiannon Turner, Guillermo García-Torales, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, Rishi Babu, Ke Fang, Pooja Surajbali, Andrés Sandoval, Chad Brisbois, Gus Sinnis, Fernando Ureña-Mena, Gaurang Yodh, José Roberto Angeles Camacho, Brenda Dingus, Gerd J. Kunde, Daniel Omar Avila Rojas, Kelly Malone, Alejandro Lara, Vincent Marandon, Alberto Carramiñana, Michael DuVernois, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Vardan Baghmanyan, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, William H. Lee, Julie McEnery, Chang Dong Rho, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Francisco Salesa Greus, Arnulfo Zepeda, Brian Fick, Lorenzo Diaz, Joshua Wood, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Yunior Pérez Araujo, Anna Lia Longinotti, Jorge Luis Flores, Ibrahim Torres, Kristi Engel, Michael Newbold, Michael Schneider, Felix Werner, Ignacio Taboada, Vikas Joshi, Ruben Alfaro, Jason Lee, Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, Kirsten Tollefson, John Matthews, Oscar Martinez, Mehr Nisa, Ian James Watson, Hazal Goksu, and Hermes Leon Vargas
Subjects: Physics, High energy, education.field_of_study, Spectral index, Observatory, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Population, Hadron, Spectral energy distribution, Astrophysics, education, Cherenkov radiation
Abstract: The TeV gamma-ray source MGRO J1908+06 is one of the highest-energy sources known, with observed emission by the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory extending well past 100 TeV. The source exhibits both energy-dependent morphology and a spatially-dependent spectral index. The emission is likely to be dominantly leptonic, and associated with the radio-quiet PSR J1907+0602. However, one-population models do not describe the data well; a second particle population is needed to explain the shape of the spectral energy distribution at the highest energies. This component can be well-described by either leptonic or hadronic hypotheses. We discuss this feature and implications for detection by multi-wavelength and multi-messenger experiments.
Published: 2021

24. Use of Machine Learning for gamma/hadron separation with HAWC

Author: Tomás Capistrán, Kwok Lung Fan, James T. Linnemann, Ibrahim Torres, Pablo Miguel Saz Parkinson, Philip L. H. Yu, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, Andrea Albert, Ruben Alfaro, César Alvarez, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, José Roberto Angeles Camacho, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, Daniel Omar Avila Rojas, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, Rishi Babu, Vardan Baghmanyan, Ahron S. Barber, Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, Segev BenZvi, David Berley, Chad Brisbois, Karen S. Caballero Mora, Alberto Carramiñana, Sabrina Casanova, Oscar Chaparro-Amaro, Umberto Cotti, Jorge Cotzomi, Sara Coutiño de León, Eduardo de la Fuente, Cederik León de León, Lorenzo Diaz, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, Brenda Dingus, Mora Durocher, Michael DuVernois, Robert Ellsworth, Kristi Engel, María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, Ke Fang, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, Brian Fick, Henrike Fleischhack, Jorge Luis Flores, Nissim Illich Fraija, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Jose Andres Garcia-Gonzalez, Jose Luis García-Luna, Guillermo García-Torales, Fernando Garfias, Gwenael Giacinti, Hazal Goksu, Maria Magdalena González, Jordan A. Goodman, J. Patrick Harding, Sergio Hernández Cadena, Ian Herzog, Jim Hinton, Binita Hona, Dezhi Huang, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Michelle Hui, Brian Humensky, Petra Hüntemeyer, Arturo Iriarte, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, Hannah Jhee, Vikas Joshi, David Kieda, Gerd J. Kunde, Samridha Kunwar, Alejandro Lara, Jason LEE, William H. Lee, Dirk Lennarz, Hermes Leon Vargas, Anna Lia Longinotti, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, Joe Lundeen, Kelly Malone, Vincent Marandon, Oscar M Martinez, Israel Martinez Castellanos, Humberto Martínez Huerta, Jesús Martínez-Castro, John Matthews, Julie McEnery, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, Miguel Mostafa, Amid Nayerhoda, Lukas Nellen, Michael Newbold, Mehr Un Nisa, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Laura Olivera-Nieto, Nicola Omodei, Alison Peisker, Yunior Pérez Araujo, Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, Chang Dong Rho, Colas Rivière, Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, James Ryan, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Francisco Salesa Greus, Andrés Sandoval, Michael Schneider, Harm Schoorlemmer, José Serna-Franco, Gus Sinnis, Andrew James Smith, Wayne Robert Springer, Pooja Surajbali, Ignacio Taboada, Meghan Tanner, Kirsten Tollefson, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Rhiannon M. Turner, Fernando Josue Urena Mena, Luis Villaseñor, Xiaojie Wang, Ian James Watson, Thomas Weisgarber, Felix Werner, Elijah Job Willox, Joshua Wood, Gaurang Yodh, Arnulfo Zepeda, and Hao Zhou
Subjects: Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Artificial neural network, High-energy astronomy, business.industry, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Separation (aeronautics), Hadron, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Machine learning, computer.software_genre, Crab Nebula, Observatory, Alternating decision tree, Artificial intelligence, business, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, computer, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Cherenkov radiation
Abstract: Background showers triggered by hadrons represent over 99.9% of all particles arriving at ground-based gamma-ray observatories. An important stage in the data analysis of these observatories, therefore, is the removal of hadron-triggered showers. Currently, the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) gamma-ray observatory employs an algorithm based on a single cut in two variables, unlike other ground-based gamma-ray observatories (e.g. H.E.S.S., VERITAS), which employ a large number of variables to separate the primary particles. In this work, we explore machine learning techniques (Boosted Decision Trees and Neural Networks) to identify the primary particles detected by HAWC. Our new gamma/hadron separation techniques were tested on data from the Crab nebula, the standard reference in Very High Energy astronomy, showing an improvement compared to the standard HAWC background rejection method., Comment: Presented at the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2021), Berlin, Germany - Online
Published: 2021
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25. Standardized Formats for Gamma-Ray Analysis Applied to HAWC Observatory Data

Author: Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, Rishi Babu, Kelly Malone, Ahron S. Barber, Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, Vincent Marandon, Alberto Carramiñana, Ignacio Taboada, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Vardan Baghmanyan, Ruben Alfaro, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, Guillermo García-Torales, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, Sara Coutiño de Leon, Wayne Robert Springer, Miguel Mostafa, Vikas Joshi, Jason Lee, Brenda Dingus, Daniel Omar Avila Rojas, Cederik León de León, Karen S. Caballero Mora, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez, Ke Fang, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, Michael Schneider, Francisco Salesa Greus, Felix Werner, José Serna-Franco, Yunior Pérez Araujo, Anna Lia Longinotti, Joshua Wood, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Axel Donath, Jorge Cotzomi, Binita Hona, César Alvarez, Gerd J. Kunde, Samridha Kunwar, Kristi Engel, Israel Martinez Castellanos, Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, Harm Schoorlemmer, Alison Peisker, Andrew James Smith, Amid Nayerhoda, J. T. Linnemann, Luis Villaseñor, Henrike Fleischhack, James Ryan, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Jorge Luis Flores, Ibrahim Torres, Jesús Martínez-Castro, Hazal Goksu, Oscar Chaparro-Amaro, Lukas Nellen, Segev BenZvi, J. A. Goodman, Gwenael Giacinti, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, Hao Zhou, J. Patrick Harding, Jose Luis García-Luna, Andrea Albert, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, Humberto Martínez Huerta, Kirsten Tollefson, María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, Robert Ellsworth, David Berley, Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, Brian Humensky, Tomás Capistrán, John Matthews, Fernando Garfias, Jim Hinton, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, Rhiannon Turner, Sergio Hernández Cadena, Xiaojie Wang, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, Umberto Cotti, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Meghan Tanner, Chad Brisbois, Thomas Weisgarber, Arnulfo Zepeda, Nicola Omodei, Sabrina Casanova, Colas Rivière, Oscar Martinez, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, Brian Fick, José Roberto Angeles Camacho, Hermes Leon Vargas, Arturo Iriarte, Laura Olivera-Nieto, Lorenzo Diaz, Elijah Willox, Alejandro Lara, Michael Newbold, Joe Lundeen, Dezhi Huang, Michael DuVernois, Ian Herzog, David Kieda, Hannah Jhee, Nissim Illich Fraija, Maria Magdalena González, Jason Fan, Eduardo de la Fuente, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Dirk Lennarz, Michelle Hui, Pooja Surajbali, Andrés Sandoval, Gus Sinnis, Fernando Ureña-Mena, Gaurang Yodh, Mora Durocher, Petra Hüntemeyer, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, Jose Andres Garcia-Gonzalez, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, William H. Lee, Julie McEnery, Chang Dong Rho, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Mehr Nisa, and Ian James Watson
Subjects: HAWC - Abteilung Hinton, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Event (computing), Computer science, FOS: Physical sciences, Proprietary software, Cherenkov Telescope Array, Data sharing, Observatory, Systems engineering, Analysis tools, Common Data Format, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Cherenkov radiation
Abstract: A wide range of data formats and proprietary software have traditionally been used in gamma-ray astronomy, usually developed for a single specific mission or experiment. However, in recent years there has been an increasing effort towards making astronomical data open and easily accessible. Within the gamma-ray community this has translated to the creation of a common data format across different gamma-ray observatories: the "gamma-astro-data-format" (GADF). Based on a similar premise, open-source analysis packages, such as Gammapy, are being developed and aim to provide a single, robust tool which suits the needs of many experiments at once. In this contribution we show that data from the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory can be made compatible with the GADF and present the first GADF-based production of event lists and instrument response functions for a ground-based wide-field instrument. We use these data products to reproduce with excellent agreement the published HAWC Crab spectrum using Gammapy. Having a common data format and analysis tools facilitates joint analysis between different experiments and effective data sharing. This will be especially important for next-generation instruments, such as the proposed Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) and the planned Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA)., Comment: Submitted at the 37th International Cosmic Ray conference (ICRC 2021) under the reference PoS(ICRC2021)727
Published: 2021
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26. Fitting PDV spectrograms with likelihood methods

Author: J. Patrick Harding
Subjects: Physics, business.industry, Spectrogram, Pattern recognition, Artificial intelligence, business
Published: 2020

27. Searching for dark matter in the Galactic halo with a wide eld of view TeV gamma-ray observatory in the Southern Hemisphere

Author: H. Schoorlemmer, A. Viana, Jim Hinton, J. Patrick Harding, Vitor de Souza, and Andrea Albert
Subjects: Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Galactic halo, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Observatory, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Range (particle radiation), Annihilation, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, OBSERVATÓRIOS, Galactic Center, Gamma ray, Astronomy and Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, SWGO - Abteilung Hinton, Weakly interacting massive particles, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: Despite mounting evidence that dark matter (DM) exists in the Universe, its fundamental nature remains unknown. We present sensitivity estimates to detect DM particles with a future very-high-energy ($\gtrsim$ TeV) wide field-of-view gamma-ray observatory in the Southern Hemisphere. This observatory would search for gamma rays from the annihilation or decay of DM particles in the Galactic halo. With a wide field of view, both the Galactic Center and a large fraction of the Galactic halo will be detectable with unprecedented sensitivity to DM in the mass range of $\sim$500 GeV to $\sim$2 PeV. These results, combined with those from other present and future gamma-ray observatories, will likely probe the thermal relic annihilation cross section of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles for all masses from $\sim$80 TeV down to the GeV range in most annihilation channels., Comment: Accepted for publication in JCAP, 15 pages (+ references), 14 figures
Published: 2019

28. Combined Dark Matter searches towards dwarf spheroidal galaxies with Fermi-LAT, HAWC, HESS, MAGIC and VERITAS

Author: Dirk Lennarz, Luis Villaseñor, Gernot Maier, Anne Lemiere, Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez, Samuel Timothy Spencer, Wystan Benbow, Victor Barbosa Martins, Raul Prado, Arache Djannati-Ataï, Regis Terrier, Dan Parsons, Francisco Salesa Greus, Dmitriy Kostunin, Joshua Wood, Carlo Romoli, César Alvarez, Carlo van Rensburg, Massimo Capasso, Sajan Kumar, P. Reichherzer, Anton Dmytriiev, Stefan Ohm, Chiara Giuri, Brian van Soelen, G. Peron, Christian Stegmann, Emma Ona-Wilhelmi, S. J. Fegan, Alison Peisker, Hawc, Garret Cotter, Gary Gillanders, Zhiqiu Huang, Krzysztof Katarzynski, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Ian Herzog, D. A. Prokhorov, K. Kosack, Halim Ashkar, Fabian Leuschner, Manami Sasaki, Michael Schneider, Joe Lundeen, Markus Boettcher, Brian Humensky, Isak Delberth Davids, A. Fiasson, Stefan Wagner, Andreas Zech, Yasunobu Uchiyama, David Kieda, Michael DuVernois, Albert Seyffert, Gianluca Giavitto, Qi Feng, Andreas Specovius, Andrew James Smith, Catherine Boisson, L. Mohrmann, Roberta Zanin, Marek Jamrozy, Tomás Capistrán Rojas, K. Nakashima, Jamie Holder, Hao Zhou, Thomas Lohse, Mireia Nievas-Rosillo, Samuel Zouari, Ira Jung, Sebastian Panny, K. Bernloehr, Deivid Ribeiro, Andrea Santangelo, Kristi Engel, Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, Thomas Tavernier, Ke Fang, Rishi Babu, Yu Wun Wong, Gerd J. Kunde, Jean-Pierre Ernenwein, Henrike Fleischhack, P. T. O'Brien, Clemens Hoischen, A. A. Zdziarski, Kelly Malone, Helene Sol, Markus Holler, Manel Errando, Atreyee Sinha, Francois Brun, Heinrich J. Völk, Sumari Hattingh, Kirsten Tollefson, Johann van der Walt, Q. Remy, Felix Jankowsky, Samridha Kunwar, Johannes Veh, M. Fuessling, P. Vincent, Harm Schoorlemmer, Stefano Gabici, Miguel Mostafa, Tyler Williamson, Jacek Niemiec, Michal Ostrowski, J.-P. Lenain, Israel Martinez Castellanos, Felix Aharonian, Tadayuki Takahashi, Gerd Puehlhofer, Lei Sun, Jesús Martínez-Castro, Pooja Surajbali, Andrés Sandoval, Hugh Spackman, Takaaki Tanaka, Segev BenZvi, Alexandre Marcowith, Felix Werner, Olaf Reimer, Vincent Marandon, Alberto Carramiñana, S. Steinmassl, Mary Kertzman, Hannes Thiersen, Victor Doroshenko, Michael Backes, Hannah Jhee, G. Lamanna, Marcos Santander, Angel Noel, W. Jin, Gus Sinnis, B. Rudak, Alasdair E. Gent, Kathrin Egberts, Jonathan Mackey, Fernando Ureña-Mena, Paolo Marchegiani, Sonal Ramesh Patel, Laenita Lorraine Oberholzer, Tim Holch, Sami Caroff, Heiko Salzmann, E. Kasai, Alison Mitchell, Gregory Foote, Nukri Komin, Tom Armstrong, Michelle Hui, Ruo-Yu Shang, Binita Hona, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Vardan Baghmanyan, Celine Armand, Alejandro Lara, David Berley, Hector Rueda Ricarte, Nissim Illich Fraija, Naomi Tsuji, Gaurang Yodh, Stefan Funk, Alicja Wierzcholska, Conor McGrath, Gerard Fontaine, C. Moore, Vikas Joshi, Dorit Glawion, T. Chand, M. U. Nisa, M.-H. Grondin, Arnaud Mares, David Sanchez, Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, Thomas Murach, Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, Paul Reynolds, Ignacio Taboada, Xiaojie Wang, Lucy Fortson, Martin Tluczykont, Thomas Brian Humensky, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, Robert Ellsworth, Hester Schutte, Justine Devin, Constantin Steppa, Richard White, Rachel Simoni, Karen S. Caballero Mora, Elisa Pueschel, Jason Fan, Tomasz Bulik, Lukas Nellen, Malgorzata Curlo, Lente Dreyer, J. Patrick Harding, Gilles Maurin, Humberto Martínez Huerta, Riaan Steenkamp, Arnulfo Zepeda, Johannes Schaefer, Werner Hofmann, Jim Hinton, Michael Punch, S. Sailer, Dmitry Khangulyan, Sergio Hernández Cadena, Charles Thorpe-Morgan, M. Hörbe, Stephan O'Brien, Ramin Marx, John L. Quinn, J. F. Glicenstein, V. Sahakian, M. Panter, Mora Durocher, U. Katz, Jacco Vink, Umberto Cotti, Tobias Kleiner, Petra Hüntemeyer, David Huber, Ullrich Schwanke, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Vladimir Vassiliev, Oscar Martinez, J. Bolmont, Cederik León de León, Brian Fick, Laura Olivera-Nieto, A. Yusafzai, David Hanna, James Buckley, Lorenzo Diaz, Yves Gallant, Guillermo García-Torales, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, James Ryan, Kayla Farrell, Sabrina Casanova, Bruno Khelifi, María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, Matthew Lundy, Faical Ait-Benkhali, Jean Damascene Mbarubucyeye, Wlodek Kluzniak, Jorge Luis Flores, Ibrahim Torres, Jordan A. Goodman, Anita Reimer, Adam Otte, Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, M. J. Lang, Frank M. Rieger, Elijah Willox, Colin Adams, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, Louis Du Plessis, Andrea Albert, Orel Gueta, Anna Barnacka, Brenda Dingus, Gašper Kukec Mezek, Hazal Goksu, Jorge Cotzomi, William H. Lee, Ruben Alfaro, Glenn Sembroski, David A. Williams, Eduardo de la Fuente, Anu Kundu, Dezhi Huang, Brian Reville, Connor Duffy, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, Anna Luashvili, Alisha Chromey, Konstantin Pfrang, L. Giunti, Philip Kaaret, Maria Magdalena González, Olivier Hervet, Hermes Leon Vargas, Sébastien Le Stum, Amanda Weinstein, Aryeh Brill, James Davies, Ken Ragan, Santiago Pita, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, Jason Lee, Sabrina Einecke, Lukasz Stawarz, Iryna Lypova, Julie McEnery, Sara Coutiño de Leon, Dieter Horns, R. J. Tuffs, Christo Venter, Meghan Tanner, Monica Barnard, B. Bi, Yvonne Becherini, Colas Rivière, Iftach Sadeh, Lott Frans, Mischa Breuhaus, Pauline Chambery, C. Levy, Jose Luis García-Luna, Michelle Tsirou, D. Malyshev, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Hassan Abdalla, Hambeleleni Ndiyavala, Chang Dong Rho, Jhilik Majumdar, Martin Pohl, Mathieu Bony, Oguzhan Anguener, Hend Yassin, Gwenael Giacinti, Manuel Meyer, Arturo Iriarte, John Matthews, Kirsty Feijen, Ahron S. Barber, Floriane Cangemi, Fernando Garfias, R. A. Ong, Thomas Weisgarber, Thomas Bylund, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, Rowan Batzofin, Mathieu Naurois, Jacques Muller, Avery Archer, Andreas Quirrenbach, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, José Serna-Franco, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, Davit Zargaryan, Rubén López-Coto, Reshmi Mukherjee, Andreas Zmija, Guillem Marti'i-Devesa, Sameer Patel, M. Lemoine-Goumard, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Gaëtan Fichet de Clairfontaine, Axel Donath, A. W. Chen, Michael Kreter, Yunior Pérez Araujo, Anna Lia Longinotti, Michael Zacharias, Kleopas Shiningayamwe, Robert Brose, Fabian Schüssler, Emmanuel Moulin, Patrick Moriarty, Edna Ruiz Velasco, Michael Newbold, Oscar Chaparro-Amaro, J. T. Linnemann, Lenka Tomankova, Jodi Christiansen, Jaqueline Catalano, Ian James Watson, R. Konno, Andrew Taylor, C. Arcaro, Jason John Watson, Gavin Rowell, Daniel Omar Avila Rojas, Denys Malyshev, Emmet Roache, Rhiannon Turner, Chad Brisbois, Mohanraj Senniappan, José Roberto Angeles Camacho, Daniel Nieto, V. Poireau, Jimmy N.S. Shapopi, G. Vasileiadis, Hannah Dalgleish, donggeun tak, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, N. Zywucka, Abe Falcone, Nicola Omodei, Matthieu Renaud, German Hermann, Paul Morris, Maria Haupt, Stefan Klepser, Christopher van Eldik, Rafal Moderski, Alessandro Montanari, Amy Furniss, Sylvia Zhu, P. J. Meintjes, David Berge, Jose Andres Garcia-Gonzalez, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Wayne Robert Springer, Heike Prokoph, Marion Spir-Jacob, Amid Nayerhoda, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Fermi-LAT, HAWC, H.E.S.S., MAGIC, and VERITAS
Subjects: Cherenkov detector, air, Cherenkov counter: water, Physics beyond the Standard Model, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Dark matter, satellite, FOS: Physical sciences, IACT, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, GLAST, dark matter, law.invention, law, HESS, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Cherenkov radiation, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Annihilation, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, background, new physics, imaging, sensitivity, MAGIC, Galaxy, Automatic Keywords, annihilation, VERITAS, galaxy, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], statistical, HAWC, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract: 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC2019, Madison, USA, 24 Jul 2019 - 1 Aug 2019; 9 pages (2019)., The search for Dark Matter (DM) has great potential to reveal physics beyond the Standard Model. As such, searches for evidence of DM particles are being carried out using a wide range of techniques, such as direct searches for DM particles, searches for DM produced with colliders, and indirect searches for the Standard Model annihilation products of DM. Dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) are excellent targets for indirect Dark Matter searches due to their relatively high DM content and negligible expected astrophysical background. A collaboration was formed to maximise the sensitivity of DM searches towards dSphs by combining for the first time dSph data from three imaging air Cherenkov telescope (IACT) arrays: HESS, MAGIC, and VERITAS; the Fermi-LAT satellite, and the water Cherenkov detector HAWC. Due to the diverse nature of the instruments involved, each experiment will analyse their individual datasets from multiple targets and then the results will be combined at the likelihood level. For consistency of the likelihoods across the five experiments, a common approach is used to treat the astrophysical factor (J-Factor) for each target and an agreed set of annihilation channels are considered. We also agree on a common statistical approach and treatment of instrumental systematic uncertainties. The results are presented in terms of constraints on the velocity-weighted cross section for DM self-annihilation as a function of the DM particle mass.
Published: 2019
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29. Novel Gamma-Ray Signatures of PeV-Scale Dark Matter

Author: Dan Hooper, Carlos Blanco, and J. Patrick Harding
Subjects: Photon, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Galaxy cluster, Dwarf galaxy, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Range (particle radiation), Annihilation, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gamma ray, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Pair production, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: The gamma-ray annihilation and decay products of very heavy dark matter particles can undergo attenuation through pair production, leading to the development of electromagnetic cascades. This has a significant impact not only on the spectral shape of the gamma-ray signal, but also on the angular distribution of the observed photons. Such phenomena are particularly important in light of the new HAWC experiment, which provides unprecedented sensitivity to multi-TeV photons and thus to very heavy dark matter particles. In this study, we focus on dark matter in the 100 TeV-100 PeV mass range, and calculate the spectral and angular distribution of gamma-rays from dwarf galaxies and from nearby galaxy clusters in this class of models., 18 pages, 7 figures
Published: 2017

30. The Search for TeV-scale Dark Matter with the HAWC Observatory

Author: J. Patrick Harding
Subjects: Physics, Annihilation, astrophysics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, media_common.quotation_subject, Dark matter, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Gamma ray, Astronomy, Cosmic ray, anisotropy, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Physics and Astronomy(all), dark matter, Spectral line, gamma rays, cosmic rays, Observatory, Sky, Cherenkov radiation, media_common
Abstract: The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory is a wide field-of-view detector sensitive to 100GeV - 100 TeV gamma rays and cosmic rays. Located at an elevation of 4100 m on the Sierra Negra mountain in Mexico, HAWC observes extensive air showers from gamma and cosmic rays with an array of water tanks which produce Cherenkov light in the presence of air showers. With a field-of-view capable of observing 2/3 of the sky each day, and a sensitivity of 1 Crab/day, HAWC will be able to map out the sky in gamma and cosmic rays in detail. In this paper, we discuss the capabilities of HAWC to map out the directions and spectra of TeV gamma rays and cosmic rays coming from sources of dark matter annihilation. We discuss the HAWC sensitivity to multiple extended sources of dark matter annihilation and the possibility of HAWC observations of annihilations in nearby dark matter subhalos.
Published: 2015

31. Dark Matter Annihilation and Decay Searches with the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory

Author: J. Patrick Harding and Brenda Dingus
Subjects: Physics, Baryonic dark matter, Hot dark matter, DAMA/NaI, Dark matter, Mixed dark matter, Scalar field dark matter, Warm dark matter, Astronomy, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Light dark matter
Abstract: In order to observe annihilation and decay of dark matter, several types of potential sources should be considered. Some sources, such as dwarf galaxies, are expected to have very low astrophysical backgrounds but fairly small dark matter densities. Other sources, like the Galactic center, are expected to have larger densities of dark matter but also have more complicated backgrounds from other astrophysical sources. To search for signatures of dark matter, the large field-of-view of the HAWC detector, covering 2 sr at a time, especially enables searches from sources of dark matter annihilation and decay, which are extended over several degrees on the sky. With a sensitivity over 2/3 of the sky, HAWC has the ability to probe a large fraction of the sky for the signals of TeV-mass dark matter. In particular, HAWC should be the most sensitive experiment to signals coming from dark matter with masses greater than 10-100 TeV. We present the HAWC sensitivity to annihilating and decaying dark matter signals for several likely sources of these signals.
Published: 2016

32. Explaining TeV Cosmic-Ray Anisotropies with Non-Diffusive Cosmic-Ray Propagation

Author: J. Patrick Harding, Chris L. Fryer, and Susan Mendel
Subjects: Astroparticle physics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), COSMIC cancer database, Magnetic structure, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Galaxy, Magnetic field, Interstellar medium, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Anisotropy, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Abstract: Constraining the behavior of cosmic ray data observed at Earth requires a precise understanding of how the cosmic rays propagate in the interstellar medium. The interstellar medium is not homogeneous; although turbulent magnetic fields dominate over large scales, small coherent regions of magnetic field exist on scales relevant to particle propagation in the nearby Galaxy. Guided propagation through a coherent field is significantly different from random particle diffusion and could be the explanation of spatial anisotropies in the observed cosmic rays. We present a Monte Carlo code to propagate cosmic particle through realistic magnetic field structures. We discuss the details of the model as well as some preliminary studies which indicate that coherent magnetic structures are important effects in local cosmic-ray propagation, increasing the flux of cosmic rays by over two orders of magnitude at anisotropic locations on the sky. The features induced by coherent magnetic structure could be the cause of the observed TeV cosmic-ray anisotropy., Comment: 10 pages, 5 figures
Published: 2015
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33. Dark Matter Indirect Detection with Gamma Rays

Author: J. Patrick Harding
Subjects: Physics, History, Particle physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Hot dark matter, Dark matter, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Scalar field dark matter, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Computer Science Applications, Education, Baryonic dark matter, Weakly interacting massive particles, Mixed dark matter, Warm dark matter, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Light dark matter
Abstract: Searches for weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter with gamma-ray instruments are a way to get a unique observational handle on the particle nature of dark matter. I will discuss the details of how to perform these searches, both for annihilating and decaying WIMPs. I will discuss the calculation of the gamma-ray flux from possible sources of dark matter annihilation or decay and show examples of limits which have been calculated using these techniques.
Published: 2017

34. The Contribution of Blazars to the Extragalactic Diffuse Gamma-ray Background and Their Future Spatial Resolution

Author: Kevork N. Abazajian, J. Patrick Harding, and Steve Blanchet
Subjects: Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Active galactic nucleus, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Dark matter, Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Luminosity, law.invention, Telescope, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Spitzer Space Telescope, law, Spectral energy distribution, Blazar, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We examine the constraints on the luminosity-dependent density evolution model for the evolution of blazars given the observed spectrum of the diffuse gamma-ray background (DGRB), blazar source-count distribution, and the blazar spectral energy distribution sequence model, which relates the observed the blazar spectrum to its luminosity. We show that the DGRB observed by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) aboard the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope can be produced entirely by gamma-ray emission from blazars and nonblazar active galactic nuclei, and that our blazar evolution model is consistent with and constrained by the spectrum of the DGRB and flux source-count distribution function of blazars observed by Fermi-LAT. Our results are consistent with previous work that used EGRET spectral data to forecast the Fermi-LAT DGRB. The model includes only three free parameters, and forecasts that >~ 95% of the flux from blazars will be resolved into point sources by Fermi-LAT with 5 years of observation, with a corresponding reduction of the flux in the DGRB by a factor of ~2 to 3 (95% confidence level), which has implications for the Fermi-LAT's sensitivity to dark matter annihilation photons., 13 pages, 7 figures; v3: minor changes, matches version to appear in Phys. Rev. D
Published: 2010

35. Current and Future Constraints on Dark Matter from Prompt and Inverse-Compton Photon Emission in the Isotropic Diffuse Gamma-ray Background

Author: Steve Blanchet, J. Patrick Harding, and Kevork N. Abazajian
Subjects: Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Photon, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Isotropy, Dark matter, Gamma ray, Inverse, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Spectral energy distribution, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Gamma-ray burst, Blazar, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We perform a detailed examination of current constraints on annihilating and decaying dark matter models from both prompt and inverse-Compton emission photons, including both model-dependent and model-independent bounds. We also show that the observed isotropic diffuse gamma-ray background (DGRB), which provides one of the most conservative constraints on models of annihilating weak-scale dark matter particles, may enhance its sensitivity by a factor of ~2 to 3 (95% C.L.) as the Fermi-LAT experiment resolves DGRB contributing blazar sources with five years of observation. For our forecasts, we employ the results of constraints to the luminosity-dependent density evolution plus blazar spectral energy distribution sequence model, which is constrained by the DGRB and blazar source count distribution function., Comment: 10 pages, 5 figures; v3: added discussion, matches version in PRD
Published: 2010
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36. Morphological Tests of the Pulsar and Dark Matter Interpretations of the WMAP Haze

Author: Kevork N. Abazajian and J. Patrick Harding
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Haze, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Milky Way, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Dark matter, Population, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, symbols.namesake, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Pulsar, 0103 physical sciences, Planck, education, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), education.field_of_study, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, CMB cold spot, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Galaxy, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, 13. Climate action, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), symbols, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: The WMAP haze is an excess in microwave emission coming from the center of the Milky Way galaxy. In the case of synchrotron emission models of the haze, we present tests for the source of radiating high-energy electrons/positrons. We explore several models in the case of a pulsar population or dark matter annihilation as the source. These morphological signatures of these models are small behind the WMAP Galactic mask, but are testable and constrain the source models. We show that detailed measurements of the morphology may distinguish between the pulsar and dark matter interpretations as well as differentiate among different pulsar models and dark matter profile models individually. Specifically, we find that a zero central density Galactic pulsar population model is in tension with the observed WMAP haze. The Planck Observatory's greater sensitivity and expected smaller Galactic mask should potentially provide a robust signature of the WMAP haze as either a pulsar population or the dark matter., 8 pages, 8 figures. Version to appear in Physical Review D
Published: 2009

37. Models of the contribution of blazars to the anisotropy of the extragalactic diffuse gamma-ray background

Author: J. Patrick Harding and Kevork N. Abazajian
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, education.field_of_study, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Population, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Quasar, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Luminosity, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Galaxy formation and evolution, Spectral energy distribution, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Anisotropy, education, Blazar, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We study the relation between the measured anisotropies in the extragalactic diffuse gamma-ray background (DGRB) and the DGRB spectral intensity, and their potential origin from the unresolved blazar population. Using a physical-evolution model for blazars with a luminosity dependent evolution (LDDE) and an observationally-determined luminosity-dependent blazar spectral energy distribution (SED), we find that blazars can account for the observed anisotropy of the DGRB consistent with their observed source-count distribution, but are in turn constrained in contributing significantly to the observed DGRB intensity. For the best-fit LDDE model accounting for the DGRB anisotropy and source-count distribution, blazars only contribute 5.7^{+2.1}_{-1.0}% (68% CL) of the DGRB intensity above 1 GeV. Requiring a higher fraction of the DGRB intensity contribution by blazars overproduces the DGRB anisotropy, and therefore blazars in the LDDE+SED-sequence model cannot simultaneously account for the DGRB intensity as well as anisotropy. We discuss the limitations of LDDE models. However, these models do not require the many unjustified and observationally-inconsistent simplifying assumptions---including a single power law for all blazar spectra and a simple broken power-law model for their source-count distribution---that are present in much previous work., Comment: 17 pages, 5 figures; v2: updated KS-test comparison with the blazar redshift distribution and flux index distribution; removal of gamma1 < 0 parameter space, with small shift in best fit parameters; added references and discussion; matches published version in JCAP
Published: 2012

38. Constraints on WIMP and Sommerfeld-enhanced dark matter annihilation from HESS observations of the galactic center

Author: J. Patrick Harding and Kevork N. Abazajian
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Annihilation, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Dark matter, Cosmic microwave background, Massive particle, Cosmic background radiation, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Cosmology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Positron, WIMP, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We examine the constraints on models of weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter from the recent observations of the Galactic center by the High Energy Spectroscopic System (HESS) telescope. We analyze canonical WIMP annihilation into Standard Model particle final states, including b/b-bar, t/t-bar and W^+ W^-. The constraints on annihilation into b/b-bar is within an order of magnitude of the thermal cross section at ~3 TeV, while the tau^+/tau^- channel is within a factor of ~2 of thermal. We also study constraints on Sommerfeld-enhanced dark matter annihilation models, and find that the gamma-ray observational constraints here rule out all of the parameter space consistent with dark matter annihilation interpretations of PAMELA and the Fermi-LAT e^+/e^- spectrum, in specific classes of models, and strongly constrains these interpretations in other classes. The gamma-ray constraints we find are more constraining on these models, in many cases, than current relic density, cosmic microwave background, halo shape and naturalness constraints., Comment: 19 pages, 5 figures; v3: Matches JCAP version; includes discussion of numerical studies of the density profile of MW-type halos, updated references and comparisons
Published: 2012

39. An Optimized Search for Dark Matter in the Galactic Halo with HAWC

Author: Pat Harding, Hazal Goksu, Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, Wayne Robert Springer, Karen S. Caballero Mora, Sara Coutiño de Leon, Jim Hinton, Sergio Hernández Cadena, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, Mora Durocher, Petra Hüntemeyer, Elijah Willox, Brian Humensky, Lukas Nellen, Ahron S. Barber, Hao Zhou, Fernando Garfias, Michelle Hui, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Amid Nayerhoda, Jorge Luis Flores, Ibrahim Torres, Harm Schoorlemmer, Thomas Weisgarber, Ke Fang, Ruben Lopez-Coto, John Matthews, María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, David Berley, J. Patrick Harding, Yunior Pérez Araujo, Anna Lia Longinotti, Michael Schneider, Felix Werner, Humberto Martínez Huerta, Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, Maria Magdalena González, Dirk Lennarz, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, Oscar Martinez, Tomás Capistrán, Xiaojie Wang, Jorge Cotzomi, J. A. Goodman, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, Eduardo de la Fuente, Arnulfo Zepeda, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, Ignacio Taboada, Dezhi Huang, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, Brian Fick, Hannah Jhee, William H. Lee, Lorenzo Diaz, Miguel Mostafa, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Julie McEnery, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Luis Villaseñor, Pooja Surajbali, Andrés Sandoval, Ruben Alfaro, Samridha Kunwar, Gus Sinnis, Rishi Babu, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Ian Herzog, Chang Dong Rho, Kelly Malone, Alejandro Lara, Fernando Ureña-Mena, Jason Lee, Israel Martinez Castellanos, Cederik León de León, Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez, Gaurang Yodh, Nicola Omodei, Jose Luis García-Luna, Hawc, Oscar Chaparro-Amaro, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Vincent Marandon, Alberto Carramiñana, Robert Ellsworth, Michael DuVernois, Francisco Salesa Greus, Laura Olivera-Nieto, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Vardan Baghmanyan, Arturo Iriarte, Joshua Wood, Umberto Cotti, Joe Lundeen, Mehr Nisa, Ian James Watson, Jose Andres Garcia-Gonzalez, Sabrina Casanova, Binita Hona, Kristi Engel, César Alvarez, Gerd J. Kunde, James Ryan, Jesús Martínez-Castro, Nissim Illich Fraija, Segev BenZvi, Andrea Albert, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, Meghan Tanner, Colas Rivière, Jason Fan, David Kieda, Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, Guillermo García-Torales, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, Alison Peisker, Andrew James Smith, Henrike Fleischhack, José Serna-Franco, J. T. Linnemann, Brenda Dingus, Daniel Omar Avila Rojas, Vikas Joshi, Gwenael Giacinti, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, Kirsten Tollefson, Michael Newbold, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, Hermes Leon Vargas, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, Rhiannon Turner, Chad Brisbois, and José Roberto Angeles Camacho
Subjects: Galactic halo, Physics, Dark matter, Astrophysics

40. The Multi-Mission Maximum Likelihood framework

Author: Nicola Omodei, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, J. Patrick Harding, C. Michelle Hui, R. J. Lauer, Hao Zhou, Giacomo Vianello, J. M. Burgess, Luigi Tibaldo, and Patrick Younk
Subjects: Quality (physics), Computer science, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Maximum likelihood, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Computer Science::Programming Languages, Mathematics::Metric Geometry, Remote sensing
Abstract: Astrophysical sources are now observed by many different instruments at different wavelengths, from radio to high-energy gamma-rays, with an unprecedented quality. Putting all these data together t ...

41. A Novel Approach towards the Search for Gamma-ray Emission from the Northern Fermi Bubble with HAWC

Author: Dirk Lennarz, Segev BenZvi, Wayne Robert Springer, Diego Garcia Aguilar, Jorge Luis Flores, Ibrahim Torres, Hannah Jhee, Miguel Mostafa, Cederik León de León, Gwenael Giacinti, Amid Nayerhoda, Nissim Illich Fraija, Gerd J. Kunde, Eduardo Moreno Barbosa, Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez, Andrea Albert, Michael Newbold, Laura Olivera-Nieto, Jason Fan, Armelle Jardin-Blicq, Eucario Gonzalo Pérez Pérez, Juan Carlos Arteaga Velazquez, José Serna-Franco, Ke Fang, Guillermo García-Torales, Arun Babu Kollamparambil, Meghan Tanner, Maria Magdalena González, Michelle Hui, Colas Rivière, Fernando Garfias, Lukas Nellen, Vikas Joshi, Hazal Goksu, Hao Zhou, J. T. Linnemann, Pedro Miranda-Romagnoli, Robert Ellsworth, Eduardo de la Fuente, David Kieda, Luis Villaseñor, Rishi Babu, Kelly Malone, Thomas Weisgarber, Humberto Ibarguen Salazar, Filiberto Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, Umberto Cotti, Gilgamesh Luis-Raya, J. Patrick Harding, Humberto Martínez Huerta, Kirsten Tollefson, Sabrina Casanova, Vincent Marandon, Alberto Carramiñana, Mehr Nisa, Ernesto Belmont-Moreno, Alison Peisker, Raquel Diaz Hernandez, Vardan Baghmanyan, Brian Humensky, Ian James Watson, Andrew James Smith, Binita Hona, Jorge Cotzomi, Rhiannon Turner, Jose Andres Garcia-Gonzalez, Ramiro Torres Escobedo, Chad Brisbois, Nicola Omodei, Henrike Fleischhack, Ian Herzog, Hermes Leon Vargas, Jim Hinton, Hugo Alberto Ayala Solares, Roberto Noriega-Papaqui, Hawc, Arturo Iriarte, José Roberto Angeles Camacho, Jose Luis García-Luna, Arnulfo Zepeda, James Ryan, Brian Fick, Jesús Martínez-Castro, Sergio Hernández Cadena, Oscar Chaparro-Amaro, Ahron S. Barber, Lorenzo Diaz, Edna Ruiz-Velasco, Juan de Dios Álvarez Romero, Karen S. Caballero Mora, Joe Lundeen, William H. Lee, Julie McEnery, Chang Dong Rho, Elijah Willox, Mora Durocher, Michael Schneider, Felix Werner, Petra Hüntemeyer, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Yunior Pérez Araujo, Anna Lia Longinotti, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, Samridha Kunwar, Israel Martinez Castellanos, César Alvarez, Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, J. A. Goodman, Dezhi Huang, Pooja Surajbali, Andrés Sandoval, Gus Sinnis, Fernando Ureña-Mena, Gaurang Yodh, Harm Schoorlemmer, David Berley, Xiaojie Wang, Sara Coutiño de Leon, Alejandro Lara, Michael DuVernois, John Matthews, Oscar Martinez, María Catalina Espinoza Hernández, Jorge Antonio Morales Soto, Tomás Capistrán, Ignacio Taboada, Ruben Alfaro, Anushka Udara Abeysekara, Jason Lee, Daniel Rosa-Gonzalez, Francisco Salesa Greus, Joshua Wood, Kristi Engel, Brenda Dingus, and Daniel Omar Avila Rojas
Subjects: Physics, Bubble, Gamma ray, Astrophysics, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

42. EXPLAINING TEV COSMIC-RAY ANISOTROPIES WITH NON-DIFFUSIVE COSMIC-RAY PROPAGATION.

Author: J. Patrick Harding, Chris L. Fryer, and Susan Mendel
Subjects: *IONIZING radiation, *COSMIC rays, *PARTICLE physics, *GALAXIES, *DATA analysis
Abstract: Constraining the behavior of cosmic ray data observed at Earth requires a precise understanding of how the cosmic rays propagate in the interstellar medium. The interstellar medium is not homogeneous; although turbulent magnetic fields dominate over large scales, small coherent regions of magnetic field exist on scales relevant to particle propagation in the nearby Galaxy. Guided propagation through a coherent field is significantly different from random particle diffusion and could be the explanation of spatial anisotropies in the observed cosmic rays. We present a Monte Carlo code to propagate cosmic particle through realistic magnetic field structures. We discuss the details of the model as well as some preliminary studies which indicate that coherent magnetic structures are important effects in local cosmic-ray propagation, increasing the flux of cosmic rays by over two orders of magnitude at anisotropic locations on the sky. The features induced by coherent magnetic structure could be the cause of the observed TeV cosmic-ray anisotropy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2016
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