https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202531901001
Status and Results of the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory
University of Utah, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
* Corresponding author: wayne.springer@utah.edu
2 https://www.hawc-observatory.org/collaboration/
Published online: 6 March 2025
The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory is designed to observe astrophysical sources of cosmic and gamma rays with energies from several hundred GeV up to several hundred TeV. HAWC is a survey instrument that maps a significant fraction of the gamma-ray sky due to its wide field of view. HAWC has extensively studied galactic sources of gamma rays, measuring their energy spectra and morphology. HAWC observes and measures variable and transient sources due to its continuous operation. HAWC has also measured the energy spectrum and anisotropy of the arrival directions of cosmic rays. HAWC participates in multimessenger studies with other observatories, including the IceCube neutrino and LIGO/Virgo gravitational wave observatories. HAWC has also performed indirect dark matter searches and studies of beyond-standard model particle physics measurements.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2025
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
