Sensitivity of the high altitude water Cherenkov detector to sources of multi-TeV gamma rays

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 50-52, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-32

  Abeysekara, A U ^a   Alfaro, R ^b   Alvarez, C ^c   Alvarez J D ^d   Arceo, R ^c   Arteaga Velazquez J C ^d   Ayala Solares, H A ^e   Barber, A S ^f   Baughman, B M ^g   Bautista Elivar, N ^h   Belmont, E ^b   Benzvi, S Y ⁱ   Berley, D ^g   Bonilla Rosales, M ^j   Braun, J ^g   Caballero Lopez, R A ^b   Carraminana A ^j   Castillo, M ^k   Cotti, U ^d   Cotzomi, J ^k   De La Fuente, E ^l   De Leon C ^d   Deyoung, T ^m   Diaz Hernandez, R ^j   Diaz Velez, J C ⁱ   Dingus, B L ⁿ   Duvernois, M A ⁱ   Ellsworth, R W ^g,o   Fernandez, A ^k   Fiorino, D W ⁱ   Fraija, N ^b   Galindo, A ^j   Garcia Luna, J L ^l   Garcia Torales, G ^l   Garfias, F ^b   Gonzalez L X ^b   Gonzalez M M ^b   Goodman, J A ^g   Grabski, V ^b   Gussert, M ^p   Hampel Arias, Z ⁱ   Hui, C M ^e   Huntemeyer P ^e   Imran, A ⁿ   Iriarte, A ^b   Karn, P ^q   Kieda, D ^f   Kunde, G J ⁿ   Lara, A ^b   Lauer, R J ^r   Lee, W H ^b   Lennarz, D ^s   Leon Vargas H ^b   Linares, E C ^d   Linnemann, J T ^a   Longo, M ^p   Luna Garcia R ^t   Marinelli, A ^b   Martinez, O ^k   Martinez Castro J ^t   Matthews, J A J ^r   Miranda Romagnoli, P ^j,u   Moreno, E ^k   Mostafa M ^p   Nava, J ^j   Nellen, L ^v   Newbold, M ^f   Noriega Papaqui, R ^u   Oceguera Becerra, T ^b,l   Patricelli, B ^b   Pelayo, R ^k   Perez Perez E G ^h   Pretz, J ⁿ   Riviere C ^b   Ryan, J ^w   Rosa Gonzalez D ^j   Salazar, H ^k   Salesa, F ^p   Sandoval, A ^b   Santos, E ^c   Schneider, M ^x   Silich, S ^j   Sinnis, G ⁿ   Smith, A J ^g   Sparks, K ^m   Springer, R W ^f   Taboada, I ^s   Toale, P A ^y   Tollefson, K ^a   Torres, I ^j   Ukwatta, T N ^a   Villasenor L ^d   Weisgarber, T ⁱ   Westerhoff, S ⁱ   Wisher, I G ⁱ   Wood, J ^g   Yodh, G B ^q   Younk, P W ⁿ   Zaborov, D ^m   Zepeda, A ^z   Zhou, H ^e   more..

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIAPAS   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^e MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^g University of Maryland   (United States)

^h Universidad Politecnica de Pachuca   (Mexico)

ⁱ University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^j INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

^k BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^l UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^m PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^o GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^s GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^t INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^u UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^v INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^w UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

^y UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^z DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

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Author keywords

Cosmic ray; TeV gamma ray astronomy; Water cherenkov

Indexed keywords

CHERENKOV; DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY; HIGH ENERGY PROTON; PARTICLE ACCELERATION; SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS; SECONDARY PARTICLES; WATER CHERENKOV DETECTORS;

COSMIC RAYS; GAMMA RAYS; OBSERVATORIES; PARTICLE DETECTORS;

TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84887431030     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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