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The Southern Wide-field Gamma Ray Observatory (SWGO)
by Karen S. Caballero-Mora and Lukas Nellen, for the SWGO Collaboration
Submission summary
| Authors (as registered SciPost users): | Karen Salome Caballero Mora |
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| Preprint Link: | scipost_202412_00052v1 (pdf) |
| Date submitted: | Dec. 31, 2024, 2:39 p.m. |
| Submitted by: | Karen Salome Caballero Mora |
| Submitted to: | SciPost Physics Proceedings |
| Proceedings issue: | 22nd International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions (ISVHECRI 2024) |
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| Academic field: | Physics |
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| Approach: | Observational |
Abstract
The Southern Wide-Field Gamma Ray Observatory (SWGO) is a collaboration to develop and construct an air-shower array for ground-based gamma ray observations in the Southern Hemisphere. The plan is to improve on or at least equal the performance of similar observatories, like LHAASO or HAWC. The detector will be installed at an altitude above 4400 m a.s.l. It will consist of Water-Cherenkov based detector units in an arrangement to allow the detection of gamma rays from a few hundred GeV up to a few PeV. The observatory will have a rich science program, which will allow it to complement IACTs and existing ground-based detectors in the Northern Hemisphere. We will present the status and advances in the design of the Observatory, prototyping, and site selection for the project.
Author: Karen Salome Caballero Mora on 2025-09-18 [id 5834]
(in reply to Report 1 on 2025-09-18)I thank you very much for your report!, I will wait for further instructions from the editors.
Best regards
Karen