HAWC Documents
Building HAWC
 Sierra Negra Permits This document is the permit to install the HAWC detector and infrastructure in Sierra Negra, Mexico. |
 HAWC Observatory - Preliminary Cost Analysis / Preliminary Cost Summary This presentation resulted from an internal engineering study on the cost of two (eventually discarded) candidate designs for HAWC. |
 Engineering Study for the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma Ray Observatory and Addendum #1, the Tank Farm Option This engineering study was commissioned to investigate the costs and possible design of several different approaches to building HAWC |
 HAWC at México - Un Observatorio de Rayos Gamma de Gran Altura This document is the proposal by the HAWC collaborators in Mexico to CONACyT |
 The HAWC Experiment at the Parque Nacional Pico de Orizaba - A Feasibility Study for the HAWC Collaboration This is a whitepaper by Alberto Carramiñana et al. discussing the many practical details of putting HAWC in Mexico |
 A Detailed Study of the Sensitivity about the HAWC detector to point sources of gamma rays This memo by Andy Smith and Buckley Hopper studies the performance of an early HAWC design using a single large building to house the PMTs |
 Properties of the Extended Air Shower Particles at Milagro and HAWC Altitudes This memo by Vlasios Vasileiou looks at the differences between air showers at the Milagro and HAWC altitudes. |
 A Study on the Performance of Tanks for HAWC This memo by Vlasios Vasileiou is the results of a study of the single-tank response to air showers. |
 Altitude Effects of Cherenkov Light in a 55 Gallon Drum Filled with Filtered Water This memo by Lukas Baumgartel and Brenda Dingus investigates the singles rates at different altitudes. |
HAWC Presentations
 Synoptic TeV Gamma-Ray Instruments - Recent Results & Future Plans This presentation was giving by Gus Sinnis to the NSF on July 30, 2007. |
 HAWC Science This presentation was given by Andy Smith and Brenda Dingus to the NSF on July 30, 2007 |
 HAWC at Mexico This presentation was given by Alberto Carramiñana to the NSF on July 31, 2007 and has many of the details of the HAWC site |
 The History of Milagro This presentation was given by Jordan Goodman to the NSF on July 30, 2007 |
HAWC at the 2007 ICRC
 HAWC @ Mexico This is a 2007 ICRC paper by the Mexican HAWC collaborators discusses the Mexican HAWC site |
 Capability of Extended Air Shower Arrays for Gamma-Ray Astronomy This paper by Andy Smith discusses the EAS technique for detecting air showers and how it compares to the ACT technique |
 Coincident TeV Neutrino and Gamma Ray Observations This ICRC paper by Jordan Goodman discusses the exciting possibility of observing neutrino and gamma-ray emission with IceCube and HAWC |
 Observing the Universe at TeV Energies with the HAWC Observatory This ICRC paper by Magda Gonzalez discusses the HAWC detector and how it will affect the TeV landscape |
 Sensitivity of the High Altitude Water Cherenkov Experiment to Observe Gamma-Ray Bursts This ICRC paper by Magda Gonzalez discusses the HAWC detector's contribution to the study of GRBs |