Benchmarking the Science for the Southern Wide-Field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO)

Abreu P, Albert A, Angüner EO, Arcaro C, Arnaldi LH, Arteaga-Velázquez JC, Assis P, Bakalová A, de Almeida UB, Batković I, Bellido J, Belmont-Moreno E, Bisconti F, Blanco A, Bohacova M, Bottacini E, Bretz T, Brisbois C, Brogueira P, Brown AM, Bulik T, Caballero Mora KS, Campos SM, Chiavassa A, Chytka L, Conceição R, Consolati G, Cotzomi Paleta J, Dasso S, de Angelis A, De Bom CR, de la Fuente E, de Souza V, Depaoli D, Di Sciascio G, Dib CO, Dorner D, Doro M, Du Vernois M, Ergin T, Fan KL, Fraija N, Funk S, García JI, García-González JA, García Roca ST, Giacinti G, Goksu H, González BS, Guarino F, Guillén A, Haist F, Hansen PM, Harding JP, Hinton J, Hofmann W, Hona B, Hoyos D, Huentemeyer P, Hueyotl-Zahuantitla F, Insolia A, Janecek P, Joshi V, Khelifi B, Kunwar S, La Mura G, Lapington J, Laspiur MR, Leitl F, Longo F, Lopes L, López-Coto R, Mandat D, Mariazzi AG, Mariotti M, Marques Moraes A, Martínez-Castro J, Martínez-Huerta H, May S, Melo DG, Mendes LF, Mendes LM, Mineeva T, Mitchell A, Mohan S, Morales Olivares OG, Moreno-Barbosa E, Nellen L, Novotny V, Olivera-Nieto L, Orlando E, Pech M, Pichel A, Pimenta M, de Albuquerque MP, Prandini E, Rado Cuchills MS, Reisenegger A, Reville B, Rho CD, Rovero AC, Ruiz-Velasco E, Salazar GA, Sandoval A, Santander M, Schoorlemmer H, Schüssler F, Serrano VH, Shellard RC, Sinha A, Smith AJ, Surajbali P, Tomé B, Torres Aguilar I, van Eldik C, Vergara-Quispe ID, Viana A, Vícha J, Vigorito CF, Wang X, Werner F, White R, Zamalloa Jara MA (2022)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2022

Journal

Publisher: Sissa Medialab Srl

Book Volume: 395

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of Science

Event location: Virtual, Berlin

Abstract

The Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) is the project to build a new extensive air shower particle detector for the observation of very-high-energy gamma-rays in South America. SWGO is currently planned for installation in the Southern Hemisphere, which grants it a unique science potential among ground-based gamma-ray detectors. It will complement the capabilities of CTA, working as a wide-field instrument for the monitoring of transient and variable phenomena, and will expand the sky coverage of Northern Hemisphere facilities like HAWC and LHAASO, thus granting access to the entire Galactic Plane and the Galactic Center. SWGO aims to achieve excellent sensitivity over a very large target energy range from about 100 GeV to the PeV, and improve on the performance of current sampling array instruments in all observational parameters, including energy and angular resolution, background rejection, and single-muon detection capabilities. The directives for the final observatory design will be given by a number of key science goals which are being defined over the course of the Project’s R&D phase. In this contribution we will present the core science topics and target performance goals that serve as benchmarks to guide SWGO’s design configuration.

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Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR) / Akademie věd České republiky (AVČR) Czech Republic (CZ) Aix-Marseille University / Aix-Marseille Université France (FR) University of Padua / Universita degli Studi di Padova Italy (IT) Bariloche Atomic Centre / Centro Atómico Bariloche Argentina (AR) Brazilian Center for Physics Research / Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF) Brazil (BR) Politecnico di Milano Italy (IT) Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics / Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP) Portugal (PT) Universidad Nacional de Salta Argentina (AR) Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen Germany (DE) University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) United States (USA) (US) Durham University United Kingdom (GB) University of São Paulo / Universidade de São Paulo (USP) Brazil (BR) Universidad de Guadalajara (UDEG) Mexico (MX) National Institute for Astrophysics / Istituto Nazionale Astrofisica (INAF) Italy (IT) Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Germany (DE) University of Utah United States (USA) (US) Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Italy (IT) Michigan Technological University United States (USA) (US) Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK) / Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics Germany (DE) Università degli Studi di Trieste Italy (IT) National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico / Instituto Politécnico Nacional de México Mexico (MX) National Autonomous University of Mexico / Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Mexico (MX) University of Montpellier / Université Montpellier France (FR) Institute of Research into the Fundamental Laws of the Universe / Institut de recherche sur les lois fondamentales de l'univers (IRFU) France (FR) The University of Alabama United States (USA) (US) National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics / Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE) Mexico (MX) Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco (UNSAAC) Peru (PE) Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación (UMCE) Chile (CL) Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (IAFE) Argentina (AR) University of Turin / Università degli Studi di Torino (UNITO) Italy (IT) Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) Mexico (MX) Los Alamos National Laboratory United States (USA) (US) Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP) / Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla Mexico (MX) Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas (UNACH) Mexico (MX) Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA) / National Atomic Energy Commission Argentina (AR) National University of La Plata / Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP) Argentina (AR) University of Warsaw / Uniwersytet Warszawski Poland (PL) University of Leicester United Kingdom (GB) Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH) Mexico (MX) Université Sorbonne Paris Cité France (FR) University of Wisconsin - Madison United States (USA) (US) TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute / TÜBİTAK Uzay Teknolojileri Araştırma Enstitüsü Turkey (TR) Universidad Técnica Frederico Santa María Chile (CL) Università degli Studi di Catania Italy (IT) Universidad de Granada Spain (ES) Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) / Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich Switzerland (CH) University of Seoul (UOS) / 서울시립대학교 Korea, Republic of (KR) Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM) Mexico (MX)

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APA:

Abreu, P., Albert, A., Angüner, E.O., Arcaro, C., Arnaldi, L.H., Arteaga-Velázquez, J.C.,... Zamalloa Jara, M.A. (2022). Benchmarking the Science for the Southern Wide-Field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO). In Proceedings of Science. Virtual, Berlin, DE: Sissa Medialab Srl.

MLA:

Abreu, P., et al. "Benchmarking the Science for the Southern Wide-Field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO)." Proceedings of the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021, Virtual, Berlin Sissa Medialab Srl, 2022.

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