HAWC observations yield no TeV detections from spider MSPs, with upper limits indicating they are unlikely to contribute substantially to Galactic diffuse emission at TeV energies.
HAWC High Energy Upgrade with a Sparse Outrigger Array
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The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) gamma-ray observatory consists of 300 water Cherenkov detectors and has been fully operational since March 2015 in central Mexico. It detects cosmic- and gamma-ray showers in the TeV energy range. For multi-TeV energies, the shower reconstruction and hence the performance of the detector is affected by the partial containment of the showers within the array. To improve the sensitivity at the highest energies, HAWC is being upgraded with an outrigger array. It consists of 350 comparably much smaller water Cherenkov detectors, sparsely distributed around the HAWC main array. It will increase the instrumented area by a factor of 4-5. In this contribution, we will present the current status of the upgrade as well as simulation results on anticipated improvements in the performance of the observatory.
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No dark matter annihilation signal is detected from dwarf galaxies; upper limits on the velocity-weighted cross-section are set at order 10^{-23} cm^3 s^{-1} for DM masses 1-10^4 TeV.
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Search for TeV emission from spider millisecond pulsars with HAWC
HAWC observations yield no TeV detections from spider MSPs, with upper limits indicating they are unlikely to contribute substantially to Galactic diffuse emission at TeV energies.
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Improved Heavy Dark Matter Annihilation Search from Dwarf Galaxies with HAWC
No dark matter annihilation signal is detected from dwarf galaxies; upper limits on the velocity-weighted cross-section are set at order 10^{-23} cm^3 s^{-1} for DM masses 1-10^4 TeV.