The Hunt for TeV Extragalactic Sources with HAWC
ORAL
Abstract
Using six years of data from the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory we search for very high energy emission to identify extragalactic sources above 1 TeV. Due to the attenuation of high energy particles as well as decreased flux at these energies, observing extragalactic sources above 1 TeV has historically been limited to only a few extremely bright sources. Using a published prescription to define a list of candidates from relatively nearby extragalactic radio-emitting X-ray sources in combination with HAWC's broad field of view and near constant data collection, we identify a likely TeV source candidate, 1ES1215+303. Using the most up to date event reconstruction algorithm with improved angular resolution we model and constrain the physical parameters of the source.
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Presenters
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Kara Whitaker
Pennsylvania State University
Authors
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Kara Whitaker
Pennsylvania State University