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HAWC

High Altitude Water Cherenkov Experiment, a gamma-ray observatory in Mexico known by the acronym of HAWC.

Time domain astronomy

Cherenkov Telescope Array, eROSITA, Fermi, HAWC, INTEGRAL, MAXI, and Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission will look for transients in X-ray and gamma rays.


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High Altitude Water Cherenkov Experiment

HAWC is a joint collaboration between a large number of American and Mexican universities and scientific institutions, including UNAM, Los Alamos National Laboratory and the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov Experiment or High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory (also known as HAWC) is a gamma-ray observatory located near the Sierra Negra volcano in Puebla, Mexico.


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