WoU-MMA: Multi-Messenger and Multi-Wavelength Particle Astrophysics with HAWC

WoU-MMA：利用 HAWC 的多信使和多波长粒子天体物理学

• 批准号: 1913011
• 负责人: Kirsten Tollefson
• 金额: $ 61.84万
• 依托单位: Michigan State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-08-31 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1913011&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: WoU; MMA; Multi; Messenger; Wavelength

Gamma-rays are the highest energy form of electromagnetic radiation. Observations of astrophysical gamma-rays serve as probes of physical conditions and processes in the most extreme environments throughout the Universe and can be used to test fundamental physics. The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory, located on the slopes of the Sierra Negra in Mexico, is a ground-based facility designed with unique capabilities to observe very high-energy gamma rays. This award supports scientists at Michigan State University doing research with HAWC. In addition to activities in support of HAWC operations, the group will use HAWC data to explore the origin and acceleration of particles in extreme physical environments. They will also use HAWC observations to search for gamma-ray counterparts of high-energy neutrinos detected by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. The group will engage in education and public outreach activities, including installing a HAWC exhibit at the Michigan State University Abrams Planetarium.HAWC is a wide field of view, continuously operating observatory. Unlike more traditional ground-based telescopes that point at a small region of sky on clear nights, HAWC has the ability to study very extended regions of gamma-ray emission and to nearly-continuously monitor time-varying phenomena. The Michigan State University group will capitalize on these abilities by compiling a catalog of time-varying gamma-ray sources and looking for correlations with high-energy neutrino events recorded by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and lower energy gamma-ray emission recorded by the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope. The group will also conduct a search for dark matter signals coming from the extended halo around the Galactic Center. This work directly addresses the goals of NSF's "Windows on the Universe: The Era of Multi-Messenger Astrophysics" Big Idea.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

伽马射线是电磁辐射的最高能量形式。 天体物理伽马射线的观测可以作为整个宇宙最极端环境中物理条件和过程的探测器，并可用于测试基础物理。 高海拔水切伦科夫（HAWC）天文台位于墨西哥内格拉山脉的山坡上，是一个地面设施，具有独特的观测极高能伽马射线的能力。 该奖项支持密歇根州立大学的科学家使用 HAWC 进行研究。 除了支持 HAWC 操作的活动外，该小组还将使用 HAWC 数据来探索极端物理环境中粒子的起源和加速。 他们还将利用 HAWC 观测来寻找冰立方中微子天文台探测到的高能中微子的伽马射线对应物。 该小组将从事教育和公共宣传活动，包括在密歇根州立大学艾布拉姆斯天文馆安装 HAWC 展览。HAWC 是一个视野广阔、持续运行的天文台。 与在晴朗的夜晚指向一小块天空区域的传统地面望远镜不同，HAWC 能够研究非常大范围的伽马射线发射区域，并几乎连续监测随时间变化的现象。 密歇根州立大学小组将利用这些能力，编制时变伽马射线源目录，并寻找与冰立方中微子天文台记录的高能中微子事件和费米伽玛记录的低能伽马射线发射的相关性-射线太空望远镜。 该小组还将搜索来自银河中心周围延伸光环的暗物质信号。 这项工作直接解决了 NSF 的“宇宙之窗：多信使天体物理学时代”大理念的目标。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Measurement of the Crab Nebula Spectrum Past 100 TeV with HAWC

• DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab2f7d
• 发表时间: 2019-08-20
• 期刊: ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
• 影响因子: 4.9
• 作者: Abeysekara, A. U.;Albert, A.;Zhou, H.
• 通讯作者: Zhou, H.

3HWC: The Third HAWC Catalog of Very-high-energy Gamma-Ray Sources

• DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abc2d8
• 发表时间: 2020-07
• 期刊: The Astrophysical Journal
• 作者: A. Albert;R. Alfaro;C. Álvarez;J. Camacho;J. C. Arteaga-Vel'azquez;K. Arunbabu;D. Rojas;H. Solares;V. Baghmanyan;E. Belmont-Moreno;S. BenZvi;C. Brisbois;K. Caballero-Mora;T. Capistrán;A. Carramiñana;S. Casanova;U. Cotti;S. León;E. D. L. Fuente;R. Hernández;L. Díaz-Cruz;B. Dingus;M. DuVernois;M. Durocher;J. C. Díaz-Vélez;R. Ellsworth;K. Engel;C. Espinoza;K. Fan;K. Fang;M. F. Alonso;H. Fleischhack;N. Fraija;A. Galv'an-G'amez;D. García;J. A. García-González;F. Garfias;G. Giacinti;M. Gonz'alez;J. Goodman;J. P. Harding;S. Hernández;J. Hinton;B. Hona;D. Huang;F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla;P. Hüntemeyer;A. Iriarte;A. Jardin-Blicq;V. Joshi;D. Kieda;A. Lara;William H. Lee;H. L. Vargas;J. Linnemann;A. Longinotti;G. Luis-Raya;J. Lundeen;R. L'opez-Coto;K. Malone;V. Marandon;O. Martinez;I. Martinez-Castellanos;J. Mart'inez-Castro;J. Matthews;P. Miranda-Romagnoli;J. Morales-Soto;E. Moreno;M. Mostafá;A. Nayerhoda;L. Nellen;M. Newbold;M. Nisa;R. Noriega-Papaqui;L. Olivera-Nieto;N. Omodei;A. Peisker;Y. Araujo;E. Pérez-Pérez-E.-Pérez-Pérez-1431205495;Z. Ren;C. Rho;C. Rivière;D. Rosa-González;E. Ruiz-Velasco;H. Salazar;F. Greus;A. Sandoval;Michael Schneider;H. Schoorlemmer;F. Serna;G. Sinnis;A. Smith;R. Springer;P. Surajbali;E. Tabachnick;K. Tollefson;I. Torres;R. Torres-Escobedo;T. Ukwatta;F. Ureña-Mena;T. Weisgarber;Felix Werner;E. Willox;A. Zepeda;Hong-lei Zhou;C. D. Le'on;J. Álvarez

Searching for dark matter sub-structure with HAWC

• DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2019/07/022
• 发表时间: 2018-11
• 期刊: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
• 影响因子: 6.4
• 作者: A. Abeysekara;A. Albert;R. Alfaro;C. Álvarez;R. Arceo;J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez;D. Rojas;H. Solares;E. Belmont-Moreno;S. BenZvi;C. Brisbois;K. Caballero-Mora;A. Carramiñana;S. Casanova;J. Cotzomi;S. D. de León;C. D. Le'on;E. D. L. Fuente;S. Dichiara;B. Dingus;M. DuVernois;J. C. Díaz-Vélez;K. Engel;C. Espinoza;H. Fleischhack;N. Fraija;A. Galv'an-G'amez;J. García-González;M. González;J. Goodman;J. P. Harding;B. Hona;F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla;P. Hüntemeyer;A. Iriarte;A. Lara;W.H. Lee;H. L. Vargas;J. Linnemann;A. Longinotti;G. Luis-Raya;J. Lundeen;K. Malone;S. Marinelli;O. Martinez;I. Martinez-Castellanos;J. Mart'inez-Castro;J. Matthews;P. Miranda-Romagnoli;E. Moreno;M. Mostaf'a;A. Nayerhoda;L. Nellen;M. Newbold;M. Nisa;R. Noriega-Papaqui;E. Pérez-Pérez-E.-Pérez-Pérez-1431205495;Z. Ren;C. Rho;C. Rivière;D. Rosa-Gonz'alez;M. Rosenberg;H. Salazar;F. Greus;A. Sandoval;M. Schneider;G. Sinnis;A.J. Smith;R. Springer;K. Tollefson;I. Torres;G. Vianello;T. Weisgarber;J. Wood;T. Yapici;A. Zepeda;H. Zhou;J. Álvarez

Searching for TeV Dark Matter in Irregular Dwarf Galaxies with HAWC Observatory

使用 HAWC 天文台寻找不规则矮星系中的 TeV 暗物质

• DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/acb5f1
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: The Astrophysical Journal
• 作者: Alfaro, R.;Alvarez, C.;Arteaga-Velázquez, J. C.;Rojas, D. Avila;Solares, H. A.;Babu, R.;Belmont-Moreno, E.;Caballero-Mora, K. S.;Capistrán, T.;Carramiñana, A.
• 通讯作者: Carramiñana, A.

Gamma/hadron separation with the HAWC observatory

• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2022.166984
• 发表时间: 2022-05
• 期刊: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
• 作者: R. Alfaro;C. Álvarez;J. Álvarez;J. Camacho;J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez;D. Rojas;H. Solares;R. Babu;E. Belmont-Moreno;C. Brisbois;K. Caballero-Mora;T. Capistr'an;A. Carramiñana;S. Casanova;O. Chaparro-Amaro;U. Cotti;J. Cotzomi;S. C. D. Le'on;E. D. L. Fuente;C. Le'on;R. Hernández;B. Dingus;M. DuVernois;M. Durocher;J. C. Díaz-Vélez;R. Ellsworth;K. Engel;C. Espinoza;K. Fan;M. F. Alonso;N. Fraija;D. García;J. García-González;F. Garfias;M. González;J. Goodman;J. P. Harding;S. Hernández;B. Hona;D. Huang;F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla;P. Hüntemeyer;A. Iriarte;A. Jardin-Blicq;V. Joshi;S. Kaufmann;G. Kunde;A. Lara;W.H. Lee;J. Lee;H. L. Vargas;J. Linnemann;G. Luis-Raya;J. Lundeen;K. Malone;V. Marandon;O. Martinez;J. Mart'inez-Castro;J. Matthews;P. Miranda-Romagnoli;J. Morales-Soto;A. Nayerhoda;L. Nellen;M. Nisa;R. Noriega-Papaqui;L. Olivera-Nieto;N. Omodei;A. Peisker;Y. Araujo;E. Pérez-Pérez-E.-Pérez-Pérez-1431205495;C. Rho;D. Rosa-Gonz'alez;E. Ruiz-Velasco;H. Salazar;F. Greus;A. Sandoval;P. Parkinson;J. Serna-Franco;A.J. Smith;R. Springer;O. Tibolla;K. Tollefson;I. Torres;R. Torres-Escobedo;R. Turner;F. Ureña-Mena;L. Villaseñor;X. Wang;I. Watson;F. Werner;E. Willox;J. Wood;A. Zepeda;H. Zhou