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Black hole astrophysics with HAWC, the High Altitude Water Cherenkov γ-ray observatory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2017

Alberto Carramiñana
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica Luis Enrique Erro 1, Tonantzintla, Puebla, México email: alberto@inaoep.mx
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Abstract

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The HAWC gamma-ray observatory is a wide field of view and high duty cycle γ-ray detector investigating the 0.1 - 100 TeV energy range. It has detected supermassive black holes in the near Universe, and is seeking to detect black hole related objects like gamma-ray bursts, Galactic binary systems, primordial black holes and gravitational wave mergers. Daily light curves of the BL Lac objects Mrk 421 and Mrk 501 are presented here, together with a compilation of studies of black hole related objects.

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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2017 

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