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The HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory: Sensitivity to Steady and Transient Sources of Gamma Rays
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Collaboration, HAWC; Abeysekara, AU; Alfaro, R; Alvarez, C; Álvarez, JD; Arceo, R; Arteaga-Velázquez, JC; Solares, HA Ayala; Barber, AS; Baughman, BM; Bautista-Elivar, N; Belmont, E; BenZvi, SY; Berley, D; Rosales, M Bonilla; Braun, J; Caballero-Lopez, RA; Caballero-Mora, KS; Carramiñana, A; Castillo, M; Cotti, U; Cotzomi, J; Fuente, E de la; León, C De; DeYoung, T; Hernandez, R Diaz; Díaz-Vélez, JC; Dingus, BL; DuVernois, MA; Ellsworth, RW; Fernandez, A; Fiorino, DW; Fraija, N; Galindo, A; Garfias, F; González, LX; González, MM; Goodman, JA; Grabski, V; Gussert, M; Hampel-Arias, Z; Hui, CM; Hüntemeyer, P; Imran, A; Iriarte, A; Karn, P; Kieda, D; Kunde, GJ; Lara, A; Lauer, RJ; Lee, WH; Lennarz, D; Vargas, H León; Linares, EC; Linnemann, JT; Longo, M; Luna-GarcIa, R; Marinelli, A; Martinez, H; Martinez, O; Martínez-Castro, J; Matthews, JAJ; Miranda-Romagnoli, P; Moreno, E; Mostafá, M; Nava, J; Nellen, L; Newbold, M; Noriega-Papaqui, R; Oceguera-Becerra, T; Patricelli, B; Pelayo, R; Pérez-Pérez, EG; Pretz, J; Rivière, C; Rosa-González, D; Salazar, H; Salesa, F; Sanchez, FE; Sandoval, A; Santos, E; Schneider, M; Silich, S; Sinnis, G; Smith, AJ; Sparks, K; Springer, RW; Taboada, I; Toale, PA; Tollefson, K; Torres, I; Ukwatta, TN; Villaseñor, L; Weisgarber, T; Westerhoff, S; Wisher, IG; Wood, J; Yodh, GB; Younk, PW; Zaborov, D
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The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-Ray Observatory is designed torecord air showers produced by cosmic rays and gamma rays between 100 GeV and100 TeV. Because of its large field of view and high livetime, HAWC iswell-suited to measure gamma rays from extended sources, diffuse emission, andtransient sources. We describe the sensitivity of HAWC to emission from theextended Cygnus region as well as other types of galactic diffuse emission;searches for flares from gamma-ray bursts and active galactic nuclei; and thefirst measurement of the Crab Nebula with HAWC-30.