A next-generation ground-based wide field-of-view gamma-ray observatory in the southern hemisphere. (arXiv:1908.08858v1 [astro-ph.HE])
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Schoorlemmer_H/0/1/0/all/0/1">Harm Schoorlemmer</a>
The very-high-energy gamma-ray sky can be surveyed on a daily basis by
particle-detector arrays at high (mountain) elevation. In the northern
hemisphere the survey recently conducted by the HAWC gamma-ray observatory
significantly enriched our knowledge about TeV gamma-ray sources. In this
contribution, we will present an overview on the effort to realise a
next-generation gamma-ray survey observatory in the southern hemisphere. We
will discuss the unique science case for this observatory and how it will be
embedded in the multi-messenger and multi-wavelength census of the non-thermal
universe. In addition, we will introduce the newly founded international
organisation that aims to realise this facility: The Southern Wide
field-of-View Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) collaboration.
The very-high-energy gamma-ray sky can be surveyed on a daily basis by
particle-detector arrays at high (mountain) elevation. In the northern
hemisphere the survey recently conducted by the HAWC gamma-ray observatory
significantly enriched our knowledge about TeV gamma-ray sources. In this
contribution, we will present an overview on the effort to realise a
next-generation gamma-ray survey observatory in the southern hemisphere. We
will discuss the unique science case for this observatory and how it will be
embedded in the multi-messenger and multi-wavelength census of the non-thermal
universe. In addition, we will introduce the newly founded international
organisation that aims to realise this facility: The Southern Wide
field-of-View Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) collaboration.
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