Limits on the Diffuse Gamma-Ray Background with HAWC

HAWC Collaboration

Limits on the Diffuse Gamma-Ray Background with HAWC

HAWC Collaboration

University of Utah
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo
Pennsylvania State University
Michigan Technological University
Polish Academy of Sciences
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
University of Rochester
University of Maryland, College Park
Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla
Universidad de Guadalajara
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Catholic University of America
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
University of Seoul

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Abstract

The high-energy Diffuse Gamma-Ray Background (DGRB) is expected to be produced by unresolved extra-galactic objects such as active galactic nuclei, starburst galaxies and gamma-ray bursts. At TeV energies, observations or stringent limits on the DGRB could have significant multi-messenger implications, such as constraining the origin of TeV-PeV astrophysical neutrinos detected by IceCube. With its continuous sensitivity to gamma rays from a few hundred GeV to several hundred TeV and its wide field-of-view, the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory is well-suited to significantly improve searches for the DGRB. In this work, strict cuts have been applied to the HAWC dataset to better isolate gamma-ray air showers from background hadronic showers. The sensitivity to the DGRB was then verified using 535 days of Crab data and Monte Carlo simulations, leading to new limits on the DGRB >10 TeV.

Original language	English
Article number	829
Journal	Proceedings of Science
Volume	395
State	Published - 18 Mar 2022
Externally published	Yes
Event	37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021 - Virtual, Berlin, Germany Duration: 12 Jul 2021 → 23 Jul 2021

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Limits on the Diffuse Gamma-Ray Background with HAWC

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