VAMOS: A pathfinder for the HAWC gamma-ray observatory
Por:
Abeysekara, AU, Alfaro, R, Alvarez, C, Alvarez, JD, Angeles, F, Arceo, R, ArteagaVelazquezd, JC, AvilaAroche, A, Badillo, C, Barber, AS, Baughman, BM, BautistaElivar, N, Belmont, E, Benitez, E, BenZvi, SY, Berley, D, Bernal, A, Braun, J, CaballeroLopez, RA, CaballeroMore, KS, Cabrera, I, Carraminana, A, CastanedaMartinez, L, Castillo, M, Cotti, U, Cotzomi, J, de la Fuente, E, de la Fuente, E, De Leon, C, DeYoung, T, DiazAzuara, A, DiazCruz, L, DiazVelez, JC, Dingus, BL, Dultzin, D, DuVernois, MA, Ellsworth, RW, Ellsworth, RW, Fernandez, A, Fiorino, DW, Fraija, N, Galicia, JFV, Galindo, A, GarciaTorales, G, GarciaTorales, G, Garfias, F, Gonzalez, A, Gonzalez, JB, Gonzalez, JB, Gonzalez, LX, Gonzalez, MM, Goodman, JA, Grabski, V, Gussert, M, GuzmanCeron, C, HampelArias, Z, Harding, JP, Hernandez, RD, HernandezCervantes, L, Hui, CM, Huntemeyer, P, Imran, A, Iriarte, A, Karn, P, Kieda, D, Kunde, GJ, Langarica, R, Lara, A, Lara, G, Lauer, RJ, Lee, WH, Lennarz, D, Linares, EC, Linnemann, JT, Longo, M, LunaGarcia, R, Marinelli, A, Martinez, H, Martinez, LA, Martinez, O, MartinezCastro, J, Martos, M, Matthews, JAJ, McEnery, J, MirandaRomagnoli, P, Moreno, E, Mostafa, M, Nava, J, Nellen, L, Newbold, M, NoriegaPapaqui, R, OcegueraBecerra, T, OcegueraBecerra, T, Page, DP, Patricelli, B, Pelayo, R, PerezPerez, EG, Pretz, J, Ramirez, I, Renteria, A, Riviere, C, RosaGonzalez, D, Rosales, MB, RuizSala, F, RuizVelasco, EL, Ryan, J, Sacahui, JR, Salazar, H, Salesa, F, Sandoval, A, Santos, E, Schneider, M, Silich, S, Sinnis, G, Smith, AJ, Solares, HAA, Springer, RW, Suarez, F, Taboada, I, Tepe, A, Tinoco, S, Toale, PA, Tollefson, K, Torres, EM, Torres, I, Ukwatta, TN, Vanegas, P, Vargas, HL, Vazquez, A, Villasenor, L, Wall, W, Weisgarber, T, Westerhoff, S, Wisher, IG, Wood, J, Woodle, KS, Yodh, GB, Younk, PW, Zaborov, D, Zepeda, A, Zhou, H
Publicada:
1 mar 2015
Categoría:
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Resumen:
VAMOS 1 was a prototype detector built in 2011 at an altitude of 4100 m a.s.l. in the state of Puebla, Mexico. The aim of VAMOS was to finalize the design, construction techniques and data acquisition system of the HAWC observatory. HAWC is an air-shower array currently under construction at the same site of VAMOS with the purpose to study the TeV sky. The VAMOS setup included six water Cherenkov detectors and two different data acquisition systems. It was in operation between October 2011 and May 2012 with an average live time of 30%. Besides the scientific verification purposes, the eight months of data were used to obtain the results presented in this paper: the detector response to the Forbush decrease of March 2012, and the analysis of possible emission, at energies above 30 GeV, for long gamma-ray bursts GRB111016B and GRB120328B. © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Filiaciones:
Alfaro, R:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Angeles, F:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
AvilaAroche, A:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Badillo, C:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Belmont, E:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Benitez, E:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Bernal, A:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
CaballeroLopez, RA:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Geofis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Cabrera, I:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
CastanedaMartinez, L:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
DiazAzuara, A:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Dultzin, D:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Fraija, N:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Galicia, JFV:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Geofis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Garfias, F:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Gonzalez, A:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Gonzalez, LX:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Geofis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Gonzalez, MM:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Grabski, V:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
GuzmanCeron, C:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
HernandezCervantes, L:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Iriarte, A:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Lara, A:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Geofis, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Lara, G:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Lee, WH:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Marinelli, A:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Martinez, LA:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Martos, M:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Nellen, L:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ciencias Nucl, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Page, DP:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Patricelli, B:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Ramirez, I:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Renteria, A:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Riviere, C:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
RuizSala, F:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
RuizVelasco, EL:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Sacahui, JR:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Sandoval, A:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Suarez, F:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Tinoco, S:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Vanegas, P:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Vargas, HL:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Vazquez, A:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Fis, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
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