12–23 Jul 2021
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Simulations performance for an array of refractive air-Cherenkov telescopes HAWC's Eye in hybrid setup with the HAWC Observatory

20 Jul 2021, 12:00
1h 30m
06

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Poster GAI | Gamma Ray Indirect Discussion

Speaker

José Serna-Franco (Instituto de Física, UNAM)

Description

Preliminary results from the analysis of first data from hybrid observation campaigns using a compact light-weight Refractive Imaging Air-Cherenkov Telescope (RIACT), named HAWC’s eye, and the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory have shown that some features of the air-shower detection in HAWC, as the angular resolution, could be enhanced. Therefore an array of such devices could be an interesting upgrade for modern and future experiments such as the HAWC Observatory or the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO). In this work, we show results of simulated observations of extensive air-showers in different configurations of an array of 55 HAWC’s Eye RIACTs in simultaneous detection with the HAWC Observatory. We have produced an extensive library of simulated primary particles as γ-rays and hadrons in an energy range from 100 GeV to 100 TeV at an altitude of 4100 m. a.s.l. The features and performance of such an array are discussed in this work.

Keywords

IACT, gamma-ray, hybrid observation, HAWC, HAWC's Eye, simulations

Subcategory Experimental Methods & Instrumentation
Collaboration HAWC

Primary author

José Serna-Franco (Instituto de Física, UNAM)

Co-authors

Dr Ruben Alfaro (Instituto de Física, UNAM) Mr Jan Audehm (RWTH Aachen University) Thomas Bretz (RWTH Aachen University) Mr Oscar Chaparro (CIC-IPN) Mrs Giang Do (RWTH Aachen University) Maria Magdalena Gonzalez (Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM) Mr Arturo Iriarte (Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM) Mr Frank Manlowski (RWTH Aachen University) Mr Miguel Martínez (CIC-IPN) Dr Jesús Martínez-Castro (CIC-IPN) Mr Yunior Perez (Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM) Mr Florian Rehbein (RWTH Aachen University) Mr Merlin Schaufel (RWTH Aachen University) Mrs Franziska Tischbein (RWTH Aachen University) Ibrahim Torres (UNAM)

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