WoU-MMA: Particle Astrophysics with HAWC

WoU-MMA：利用 HAWC 进行粒子天体物理学

• 批准号: 2209103
• 负责人: Jordan Goodman
• 金额: $ 172.49万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland, College Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-01 至 2025-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2209103&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: WoU; MMA; Particle; Astrophysics; HAWC

Gamma-rays are the highest energy form of electromagnetic radiation, and their astrophysical observation provides the means to study the processes of extreme astrophysical environments in the Universe. The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory, located in the Sierra Negra in Mexico, is a high-sensitivity, wide field-of-view, continuously operating teraelectronvolt (TeV) gamma-ray telescope. HAWC is designed to explore the origin of cosmic rays, study the acceleration of particles in extreme physical environments, and search for new physics at the TeV-scale and beyond. This award supports scientists at the University of Maryland (UMD), College Park, in operating and performing data analyses with the HAWC observatory. HAWC data will be used to provide a new look at the TeV sky, discovering new sources and source classes, setting new limits on dark matter, and playing a key role in multi-messenger/multi-wavelength observations. The team will participate in mentoring activities, including the UMD GRAD-MAP program, creating research opportunities for students from local HBCUs and community colleges, and broad outreach with educational institutions from elementary school students, to undergraduate students, to senior citizens in the US and Mexico. The HAWC observatory consists of 300 large water Cherenkov detectors (WCDs) surrounded by an outrigger array of 350 smaller WCDS located at an altitude of 4100 m in Mexico. HAWC’s wide field-of-view and greater than 95% up-time simultaneously monitors the same sky observed by Fermi, LIGO/Virgo, and IceCube to search for transient phenomena like gamma-ray bursts and flaring active galactic nuclei. HAWC sends alerts to other observers, triggering multi-wavelength and multi-messenger observations, as well as provides maps of the TeV sky to other observatories. HAWC’s discoveries of extremely high-energy sources, such as galactic PeVatrons, TeV Halows, microquasars, and the Cygnus Cocoon, have led to follow-up observations by other groups. Improvements in the HAWC data analyses will provide detailed source morphology and spectra, leading to the discovery of new sources and enhanced searches with improved sensitivity to transient phenomena at higher energies. This project advances the goals of the NSF Windows on the Universe 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.

伽玛射线是电子辐射的最高能量形式，它们的天体物理观察提供了研究宇宙中极端天体物理环境过程的手段。位于墨西哥塞拉内格拉的高空水切伦科夫（HAWC）天文台是高敏性，视野广泛的，连续运行的Teraelectronvolt（TEV）Gamma-ray望远镜。 HAWC旨在探索宇宙射线的起源，研究极端物理环境中颗粒的加速度，并在TEV规模及其他地区寻找新物理。该奖项为马里兰州大学公园（UMD）的科学家提供了与HAWC观察的运作和进行数据分析的科学家。 HAWC数据将用于对TEV Sky提供新的外观，发现新来源和源类，在暗物质上设定新的限制，并在多人/多波长观察中扮演关键角色。该团队将参加心理活动，包括UMD Grad Map计划，为当地HBCUS和社区学院的学生创造研究机会，以及与从小学生到本科生到美国和墨西哥老年人的教育机构的广泛宣传。 HAWC的观察结果由300个大型水切伦科夫探测器（WCD）组成，周围环绕着墨西哥4100 m的350个较小WCD的支架阵列。 HAWC广泛的视野和超过95％的正常时间仅仅监测Fermi，Ligo/Pirgo和Icecube观察到的相同天空，以搜索诸如γ-射线爆发和耀斑的活性银河系核等短暂现象。 HAWC向其他观察者发送警报，从而触发多波长和多理智的观察，并将TEV天空的地图提供给其他观测值。 HAWC对极高的能源的发现，例如银河pevatrons，Tev胆管，微Quasars和Cygnus Cocoon，导致了其他群体的后续观察。 HAWC数据分析的改进将提供详细的源形态和光谱，从而发现新来源和增强搜索，并提高对较高能量下短暂现象的敏感性。该项目促进了NSF Windows在宇宙大概念上的目标。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的审查标准来诚实地通过评估来诚实地支持。

项目成果

Characterization of the background for a neutrino search with the HAWC observatory

HAWC 天文台中微子搜索背景特征

• DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2021.102670
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Astroparticle Physics
• 影响因子: 3.5
• 作者: Albert, A.;Alfaro, R.;Alvarez, C.;Angeles Camacho, J.R.;Arteaga-Velázquez, J.C.;Arunbabu, K.P.;Belmont-Moreno, E.;Caballero-Mora, K.S.;Capistrán, T.;Carramiñana, A.
• 通讯作者: Carramiñana, A.

Validation of standardized data formats and tools for ground-level particle-based gamma-ray observatories

地面粒子伽马射线天文台标准化数据格式和工具的验证

• DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202243527
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Astronomy & Astrophysics
• 影响因子: 6.5
• 作者: Albert, A.;Alfaro, R.;Arteaga-Velázquez, J. C.;Ayala Solares, H. A.;Babu, R.;Belmont-Moreno, E.;Brisbois, C.;Caballero-Mora, K. S.;Capistrán, T.;Carramiñana, A.
• 通讯作者: Carramiñana, A.

Observation of Anisotropy of TeV Cosmic Rays with Two Years of HAWC

• DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aad90c
• 发表时间: 2018-05
• 期刊: The Astrophysical Journal
• 作者: A. Abeysekara;R. Alfaro;C. Álvarez;J. Álvarez;R. Arceo;J. C. Arteaga-Vel'azquez;D. Rojas;H. Solares;A. Becerril;E. Belmont-Moreno;S. BenZvi;A. Bernal;J. Braun;K. Caballero-Mora;T. Capistrán;A. Carramiñana;S. Casanova;M. Castillo;U. Cotti;J. Cotzomi;C. D. Le'on;E. D. L. Fuente;R. Hernández;S. Dichiara;B. Dingus;M. DuVernois;J. C. Díaz-Vélez;K. Engel;D. Fiorino;N. Fraija;J. A. Garc'ia-Gonz'alez;F. Garfias;A. G. Muñoz;M. Gonz'alez;J. Goodman;Z. Hampel-Arias;J. P. Harding;S. Hernández;B. Hona;F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla;C. Hui;P. Hüntemeyer;A. Iriarte;A. Jardin-Blicq;V. Joshi;S. Kaufmann;A. Lara;R. Lauer;W. Lee;H. L. Vargas;A. Longinotti;G. Luis-Raya;R. Luna-Garc'ia;D. L'opez-C'amara;R. L'opez-Coto;K. Malone;S. Marinelli;O. Martinez;I. Martinez-Castellanos;J. Mart'inez-Castro;H. Mart'inez-Huerta;J. Matthews;P. Miranda-Romagnoli;E. Moreno;M. Mostafá;A. Nayerhoda;L. Nellen;M. Newbold;M. Nisa;R. Noriega-Papaqui;R. Pelayo;J. Pretz;E. Pérez-Pérez-E.-Pérez-Pérez-1431205495;Z. Ren;C. Rho;C. Rivière;D. Rosa-Gonz'alez;M. Rosenberg;E. Ruiz-Velasco;F. Greus;A. Sandoval;M. Schneider;H. Schoorlemmer;M. Arroyo;G. Sinnis;A. Smith;R. Springer;P. Surajbali;I. Taboada;O. Tibolla;K. Tollefson;I. Torres;G. Vianello;L. Villaseñor;T. Weisgarber;F. Werner;S. Westerhoff;J. Wood;T. Yapici;A. Zepeda;H. Zhou

HAWC as a Ground-Based Space-Weather Observatory

HAWC 作为地面空间天气观测站

• DOI: 10.1007/s11207-021-01827-z
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Solar Physics
• 影响因子: 2.8
• 作者: Alvarez, C.;Angeles Camacho, J. R.;Arteaga-Velázquez, J. C.;Arunbabu, K. P.;Avila Rojas, D.;Baghmanyan, V.;Belmont-Moreno, E.;BenZvi, S. Y.;Brisbois, C.;Caballero-Mora, K. S.
• 通讯作者: Caballero-Mora, K. S.

γ-Ray Emission from Classical Nova V392 Per: Measurements from Fermi and HAWC

经典 Nova V392 的 γ 射线发射：费米和 HAWC 的测量

• DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac966a
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: The Astrophysical Journal
• 作者: Albert, A.;Alfaro, R.;Alvarez, C.;Arteaga-Velázquez, J. C.;Rojas, D. Avila;Solares, H. A. Ayala;Babu, R.;Belmont-Moreno, E.;Blochwitz, C.;Caballero-Mora, K. S.
• 通讯作者: Caballero-Mora, K. S.