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The PeVatrons and the HAWC Observatory in Mexico

Authors :
de la Fuente, E.
Flores, J. L.
García-Toráles, G.
Díaz-Vélez, J. C.
Toledano-Juárez, I.
Collaboration, the HAWC
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

The discovery of ultra-high energy gamma-ray sources (detected at energies $\geq$ 100 TeV) thanks to highly sensitive observatories such as the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory, the Tibet AS-gamma Experiment, and the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO), marked the beginning of the sub--PeV and PeV era in gamma-ray astrophysics (energies $\sim$ 0.1 to 100 PeV). This new astrophysics is closely related to the emerging topic of PeVatrons, in which HAWC has played a remarkable role and will continue to contribute discoveries and relevant studies thanks to the better data provided by the installed outriggers. In this paper, we present a brief overview of the PeVatrons and the HAWC observatory.<br />Comment: Accepted for publication in the book of contributions of the TMEX-2023: Theory meets experiments, January 5-11, 2023, Vietnam. DOI in formality

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2306.06293
Document Type :
Working Paper