TY - JOUR
T1 - Benchmarking the Science for the Southern Wide-Field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO)
AU - SWGO Collaboration
AU - Abreu, P.
AU - Albert, A.
AU - Angüner, E. O.
AU - Arcaro, C.
AU - Arnaldi, L. H.
AU - Arteaga-Velázquez, J. C.
AU - Assis, P.
AU - Bakalová, A.
AU - de Almeida, U. Barres
AU - Batković, I.
AU - Bellido, J.
AU - Belmont-Moreno, E.
AU - Bisconti, F.
AU - Blanco, A.
AU - Bohacova, M.
AU - Bottacini, E.
AU - Bretz, T.
AU - Brisbois, C.
AU - Brogueira, P.
AU - Brown, A. M.
AU - Bulik, T.
AU - Caballero Mora, K. S.
AU - Campos, S. M.
AU - Chiavassa, A.
AU - Chytka, L.
AU - Conceição, R.
AU - Consolati, G.
AU - Cotzomi Paleta, J.
AU - Dasso, S.
AU - De Angelis, A.
AU - De Bom, C. R.
AU - de la Fuente, E.
AU - de Souza, V.
AU - Depaoli, D.
AU - Di Sciascio, G.
AU - Dib, C. O.
AU - Dorner, D.
AU - Doro, M.
AU - Du Vernois, M.
AU - Ergin, T.
AU - Fan, K. L.
AU - Fraija, N.
AU - Funk, S.
AU - García, J. I.
AU - García-González, J. A.
AU - García Roca, S. T.
AU - Giacinti, G.
AU - Goksu, H.
AU - González, B. S.
AU - Marques Moraes, A.
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PY - 2022/3/18
Y1 - 2022/3/18
N2 - The Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) is the project to build a new extensive air shower particle detector for the observation of very-high-energy gamma-rays in South America. SWGO is currently planned for installation in the Southern Hemisphere, which grants it a unique science potential among ground-based gamma-ray detectors. It will complement the capabilities of CTA, working as a wide-field instrument for the monitoring of transient and variable phenomena, and will expand the sky coverage of Northern Hemisphere facilities like HAWC and LHAASO, thus granting access to the entire Galactic Plane and the Galactic Center. SWGO aims to achieve excellent sensitivity over a very large target energy range from about 100 GeV to the PeV, and improve on the performance of current sampling array instruments in all observational parameters, including energy and angular resolution, background rejection, and single-muon detection capabilities. The directives for the final observatory design will be given by a number of key science goals which are being defined over the course of the Project’s R&D phase. In this contribution we will present the core science topics and target performance goals that serve as benchmarks to guide SWGO’s design configuration.
AB - The Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) is the project to build a new extensive air shower particle detector for the observation of very-high-energy gamma-rays in South America. SWGO is currently planned for installation in the Southern Hemisphere, which grants it a unique science potential among ground-based gamma-ray detectors. It will complement the capabilities of CTA, working as a wide-field instrument for the monitoring of transient and variable phenomena, and will expand the sky coverage of Northern Hemisphere facilities like HAWC and LHAASO, thus granting access to the entire Galactic Plane and the Galactic Center. SWGO aims to achieve excellent sensitivity over a very large target energy range from about 100 GeV to the PeV, and improve on the performance of current sampling array instruments in all observational parameters, including energy and angular resolution, background rejection, and single-muon detection capabilities. The directives for the final observatory design will be given by a number of key science goals which are being defined over the course of the Project’s R&D phase. In this contribution we will present the core science topics and target performance goals that serve as benchmarks to guide SWGO’s design configuration.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85144169335
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85144169335
SN - 1824-8039
VL - 395
JO - Proceedings of Science
JF - Proceedings of Science
M1 - 893
T2 - 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021
Y2 - 12 July 2021 through 23 July 2021
ER -