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The HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory

Special | 55m 15sVideo has Closed Captions

Stefan Westerhoff introduces a gamma ray detector used to study explosions in the sky.

Aired 03/24/2015 | Rating TV-G

University Place

The HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory

Special | 55m 15sVideo has Closed Captions

Stefan Westerhoff introduces a gamma ray detector used to study explosions in the sky.

Stefan Westerhoff, Professor, Department of Physics, UW-Madison, introduces us to the next generation gamma ray detector at the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory in Puebla, Mexico. The HAWC is a large field of view instrument capable of continuously monitoring the northern sky at energies between roughly 100 GeV and 100 TeV, the highest gamma-ray energies observed so far.

Aired 03/24/2015 | Rating TV-G

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University Place

The HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory

Special | 55m 15sVideo has Closed Captions

Stefan Westerhoff, Professor, Department of Physics, UW-Madison, introduces us to the next generation gamma ray detector at the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory in Puebla, Mexico. The HAWC is a large field of view instrument capable of continuously monitoring the northern sky at energies between roughly 100 GeV and 100 TeV, the highest gamma-ray energies observed so far.

Aired 03/24/2015 | Rating TV-G

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