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Gamma Hadron Separation using Pairwise Compactness Method with HAWC
The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory is a ground based
air-shower array deployed on the slopes of Volcan Sierra Negra in the state of
Puebla, Mexico. While HAWC is optimized for the detection of gamma-ray induced
air-showers, the background flux of hadronic cosmic-rays is four orders of
magnitude greater, making background rejection paramount for gamma-ray
observations. On average, gamma-ray and cosmic-ray showers are characterized by
different topologies at ground level. We will present a method to identify the
primary particle type in an air-shower that uses the spatial relationship of
triggered PMTs (or "hits") in the detector. For a given event hit-pattern on
the HAWC array, we calculate the mean separation distance of the hits for a
subset of hit pairs weighted by their charges. By comparing the mean charge and
mean separating distance for the selected hits, we infer the identity of the
event's primary. We will report on the efficiency for identifying gamma-rays
and the performance of the technique with simulation.Comment: Presented at the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2015),
The Hague, The Netherlands. See arXiv:1508.03327 for all HAWC contribution
Cosmic Ray Astrophysics using The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory in MĂ©xico
All-sky Measurement of the Anisotropy of Cosmic Rays at 10 TeV and Mapping of the Local Interstellar Magnetic Field
We present the first full-sky analysis of the cosmic ray arrival direction distribution with data collected by the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov and IceCube observatories in the northern and southern hemispheres at the same median primary particle energy of 10 TeV. The combined sky map and angular power spectrum largely eliminate biases that result from partial sky coverage and present a key to probe into the propagation properties of TeV cosmic rays through our local interstellar medium and the interaction between the interstellar and heliospheric magnetic fields. From the map, we determine the horizontal dipole components of the anisotropy ÎŽ 0h = 9.16 Ă10 -4 and ÎŽ 6h = 7.25 Ă10 -4 (±0.04 Ă 10 -4 ). In addition, we infer the direction (229.°2 ± 3.°5 R.A. 11.°4 ± 3.°0 decl.) of the interstellar magnetic field from the boundary between large-scale excess and deficit regions from which we estimate the missing corresponding vertical dipole component of the large-scale anisotropy to be ÎŽN ⌠-3.97 +1.0 -2.0 Ă 10 -4 .0SCOPUS: ar.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe
All-sky Measurement of the Anisotropy of Cosmic Rays at 10 TeV and Mapping of the Local Interstellar Magnetic Field
We present the first full-sky analysis of the cosmic ray arrival direction distribution with data collected by the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov and IceCube observatories in the northern and southern hemispheres at the same median primary particle energy of 10 TeV. The combined sky map and angular power spectrum largely eliminate biases that result from partial sky coverage and present a key to probe into the propagation properties of TeV cosmic rays through our local interstellar medium and the interaction between the interstellar and heliospheric magnetic fields. From the map, we determine the horizontal dipole components of the anisotropy ÎŽ 0h = 9.16 Ă10 -4 and ÎŽ 6h = 7.25 Ă10 -4 (±0.04 Ă 10 -4 ). In addition, we infer the direction (229.°2 ± 3.°5 R.A. 11.°4 ± 3.°0 decl.) of the interstellar magnetic field from the boundary between large-scale excess and deficit regions from which we estimate the missing corresponding vertical dipole component of the large-scale anisotropy to be ÎŽN ⌠-3.97 +1.0 -2.0 Ă 10 -4 .SCOPUS: ar.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe