Collaborative Research: Personnel Support for the Construction and Commissioning of the HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory

合作研究：HAWC伽马射线天文台建设和调试的人员支持

• 批准号: 1002350
• 负责人: Miguel Mostafa
• 金额: $ 4.5万
• 依托单位: Colorado State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-10-01 至 2011-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1002350&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Personnel; Support; Construction

This is a collaborative award to support the scientists who will work on the construction, commissioning and initial analysis of data from the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) gamma-ray observatory being built at the Sierra Negra in Mexico. The HAWC collaboration consists of 14 US and 11 Mexican institutions. The observations of HAWC will probe the most extreme environments in the Universe, providing a unique view of non-thermal processes in the Galaxy and beyond. The key science goals of HAWC are to: (a) Measure the spectrum of Galactic sources to the highest energies; (b) Map the Galactic diffuse gamma-ray emission from 1 TeV to 100 TeV, measuring the cosmic-ray flux and spectrum across the Galaxy; (c) Study transient emission from active galactic nuclei (AGN); (d) Monitor the sky for 100 GeV emission from gamma-ray bursts; and (e) Search for new TeV physics with HAWC's unbiased sky survey. HAWC measurements have the potential to shed light on the fundamental symmetries of nature, including the search for Lorentz violation at extreme energies, the search for the dark matter in the universe, and the direct detection of massive relic particles. HAWC is a water Cherenkov air-shower detector consisting of 300 large water tanks. The tanks will be densely packed to cover an area of about 20,000 square meters. The goal is to begin taking data while the array is under construction and to have the full detector online within approximately three years. Broader Impacts: HAWC is an all-sky instrument that will serve as a TeV "finder" telescope for Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) and IceCube and will have the sensitivity to extend the measurement of satellite-discovered sources to TeV. HAWC will build on the strong outreach record of Milagro to bring this exciting field of research to students and the general public. Since HAWC is a joint US-Mexican project, this will be an excellent opportunity to attract talented Hispanic students to the field of Particle Astrophysics and to Physics in general. The project has developed an outreach video about HAWC and web materials about HAWC and Particle Astrophysics in both Spanish and English.

这是一项合作奖，旨在支持将在墨西哥塞拉尼格拉州建造的高海拔水分Cherenkov（HAWC）Gamma-ray天文台进行建设，调试和初步分析的科学家。 HAWC合作由14个美国和11个墨西哥机构组成。 HAWC的观察结果将探究宇宙中最极端的环境，从而为银河系及其他地区的非热过程提供独特的看法。 HAWC的关键科学目标是：（a）测量银河系来源的频谱； （b）将银河弥漫性伽马射线发射从1 TEV映射到100 TEV，测量了星系上的宇宙射线和光谱； （c）研究活性银河核（AGN）的瞬时发射； （d）从伽马射线爆发中监视天空100 GEV发射； （e）通过HAWC的无偏天空调查搜索新的TEV物理。 HAWC测量值有可能阐明自然界的基本对称性，包括在极限的搜索中寻找洛伦兹违规，对宇宙中的暗物质的搜索以及直接检测大量的遗物颗粒。 HAWC是一种由300个大型水箱组成的水切伦科夫空调探测器。坦克将被密集地包装，以覆盖约20,000平方米的面积。目的是在阵列正在建设中开始获取数据，并在大约三年内将完整的检测器在线进行。更广泛的影响：HAWC是一种全天空仪器，它将用作TEV“ Finder”望远镜，用于成像大气Cherenkov望远镜（IACTS）和ICECUBE，并且将具有将卫星已发现的源的测量值扩展到TEV的敏感性。 HAWC将基于Milagro的强大外展记录，将这一激动人心的研究领域带给学生和公众。由于HAWC是一个联合的美国墨西哥项目，因此这将是吸引才华横溢的西班牙裔学生进入粒子天体物理学领域和物理学领域的绝佳机会。该项目已经开发了有关HAWC和Web材料的外展视频，有关HAWC和粒子天体物理学的西班牙语和英语。