====== Publications ====== ~~NOTOC~~ ==== Conference Proceedings ==== * // Prospects of Axion-like Particles searches with the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) //, J. Serna-Franco, A. Pratts, R.J. Alfaro (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2025, [[https://pos.sissa.it/501/526/]] * // Prospects for the detection of Dark Matter with Long-lived Mediators in the Sun using the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory //, M. Andrade, J. Fagiani, C. Siqueira, A. Viana, V.D. Souza (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2025, [[https://pos.sissa.it/501/464/]] * // Event Reconstruction Performance for SWGO using Attention-based Neural Network //, I. Watson, Y. Son (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2025, [[https://pos.sissa.it/501/878/]] * // Towards a configuration for the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) outer array //, L. Valore (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2025, [[https://pos.sissa.it/501/871/]] * // Deep Learning Methods for Gamma/Hadron Separation in SWGO //, M. Schneider, M. Pirke, F. Leitl, J. Glombitza, C. van Eldik (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2025, [[https://pos.sissa.it/501/836/]] * // Characterization of Extended Gamma-Ray Sources with SWGO: Morphological Models and Detection Techniques //, E.A. Rangel Anita, J.S. Franco, M.M. Gonzalez (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2025, [[https://pos.sissa.it/501/817/]] * // Prospects for Galactic Science with SWGO //, A. Mitchell, E.O. Anguner (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2025, [[https://pos.sissa.it/501/763/]] * // Gamma-ray identification with Sb //, A.G. Mariazzi, P.M. Hansen, D. Melo, L. Nellen, I.D. Vergara Quispe (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2025, [[https://pos.sissa.it/501/748/]] * // The Simulation for the Next-Generation Ultra-High Energy Air Shower Lake Array for SWGO //, T. Li, R. Torres-Escobedo, S. Hernández-Cadena, H. Zhou (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2025, [[https://pos.sissa.it/501/729/]] * // A proposal for a multiPMT detector in the Southern Wide Field Gamma-Ray Observatory (SWGO) //, L. Lavitola (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2025, [[https://pos.sissa.it/501/720/]] * // SWGO: A Next-generation Ground-based Survey Instrument for Gamma-ray Astronomy //, P. Huentemeyer (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2025, [[https://pos.sissa.it/501/686/]] * // A Pathfinder for the Southern Wide Field Gamma-Ray Observatory (SWGO) //, J. Hinton (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2025, [[https://pos.sissa.it/501/676/]] * // The Inner Baseline Array Design of the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) //, H. Goksu (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2025, [[https://pos.sissa.it/501/669/]] * // Finalizing the Design of the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory //, J. Glombitza (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2025, [[https://pos.sissa.it/501/661/]] * // Expected performances of the SWGO observatory to ultra high energy gamma-ray //, A. Chiavassa, A. Negro (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2025, [[https://pos.sissa.it/501/607/]] * // Study of potential the observables for Gamma/Hadron separation in the SWGO observatory //, T. Capistrán (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2025, [[https://pos.sissa.it/501/593/]] * // Evaluation and comparison of trigger strategies for the SWGO //, J. Bennemann (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2025, [[https://pos.sissa.it/501/571/]] * // Development of a Hodoscope for Testing and Characterization of WCD Detectors for SWGO //, L.M. Domingues Mendes, U. Barres de Almeida, G. Ferreira Franco, L.A. Stuani Pereira (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2025, [[https://pos.sissa.it/501/563/]] * // Status of the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory //, H. Goksu (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of RICH 2025, [[https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2026.171304]] * // Exploring the high-energy universe with a novel photodetector configuration //, J. Stewart, Proceedings of VCI 2025, [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168900225006448]] * // SWGO: a Southern Hemisphere wide field of view observatory //, A. Chiavassa (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of CRIS MAC 2024, [[https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/3053/1/012017]] * // The Detector Design of the Southern Wide-Field Gamma-Ray Observatory //, R. W. Springer (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of CRIS MAC 2024, [[https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/3053/1/012028]] * // A multiPMT for SWGO water Cherenkov detectors //, M. Waqas (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of CRIS MAC 2024, [[https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/3053/1/012033]] * // Sensitivity to keV-MeV dark matter from cosmic-ray scattering with current and the upcoming ground-based arrays CTA and SWGO //, I. Reis (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2023, [[https://pos.sissa.it/444/1408/]] * // Beyond the Standard Model with SWGO //, P. Harding (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2023, [[https://pos.sissa.it/444/1399/]] * // The Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory //, R. Conceição (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2023, [[https://pos.sissa.it/444/963/]] * // Sb for gamma/hadron separation in SWGO //, L. Nellen (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2023, [[https://pos.sissa.it/444/952/]] * // Wavelength-shifting light traps for SWGO and other applications //, P. Abreu et al. (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2023, [[https://pos.sissa.it/444/926/]] * // Detector Development for the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) //, L. Nellen (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2023, [[https://pos.sissa.it/444/880/]] * // Manufacture Details of a SWGO Double-Layer Tank Design - Water Cherenkov Detector Prototype //, P. Abreu et al. (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2023, [[https://pos.sissa.it/444/803/]] * // An update on site search activities for SWGO //, P. Abreu et al. (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2023, [[https://pos.sissa.it/444/752/]] * // Updates on the Lake Design for SWGO //, H. Goksu (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2023, [[https://pos.sissa.it/444/653/]] * // Low-cost Oceanographic Buoy for Evaluating the Mechanical Resistance of a Water Cherenkov Detector to be deployed on a high-altitude Natural Lake in Peru //, S.D. Quispe Mamani (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2023, [[https://pos.sissa.it/444/614/]] * // The Mercedes water Cherenkov detector: a multi-PMT shallow tank design proposal for ground-based gamma-ray observatories //, U. Barress de Almeida (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2023, [[https://pos.sissa.it/444/601/]] * // Status of the SWGO air shower reconstruction using a template-based likelihood method //, P. Abreu et al. (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2023, [[https://pos.sissa.it/444/593/]] * // Estimating the potential of SWGO to measure the composition-dependent behaviour of the CR anisotropy //, P. Abreu et al. (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2023, [[https://pos.sissa.it/444/486/]] * // SWGO site environment characterisation activities //, L. Chytka (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2023, [[https://pos.sissa.it/444/313/]] * // Dark Matter searches in Dwarf Galaxies with the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory //, M. Andrade (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2023, [[https://pos.sissa.it/444/1413]] * // Simulation of PeV atmospheric showers for SWGO //, F. Bisconti (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2023, [[https://pos.sissa.it/444/273/]] * // The Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory: Status and Prospects //, J. A. Hinton (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2021, [[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021arXiv211113158H/abstract]] * //The Southern Wide-Field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO)//, Proceedings of IWARA 2020 Virtual Conference, Ulisses Barres de Almeida (for the SWGO Collaboration), [[https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.13740]] * //A next-generation ground-based wide field-of-view gamma-ray observatory in the southern hemisphere//, H. Schoorlemmer (on behalf of the SWGO collaboration), Proceedings of ICRC 2019, [[https://pos.sissa.it/358/785/pdf|PoS(ICRC2019)785]] ====== Related publications ====== ==== White papers ==== * // Science Prospects for the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory: SWGO//, SWGO collaboration, 2025, [[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025arXiv250601786S/abstract]] * //Science Case for a Wide Field-of-View Very-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Observatory in the Southern Hemisphere//, SGSO Alliance, [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.08429|arXiv:1902.08429]] ==== SWGO-related papers (Cat2) ==== * Andrea Chiavassa, Andrea Negro, Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A, Volume 1093, id.171921 (2026), // A parametrized simulation code to simulate the response of ground detector arrays to Extensive Air Showers above 100 TeV //, [[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2027NIMPA109371921C/abstract]] * Markus Pirke, Youngwan Son, Jonas Glombitza, Martin Schneider, Ian James Watson and Christopher van Eldik, JCAP 2026, 2026, Issue 09, id.144, // Enhancing event reconstruction for γ-ray particle detector arrays using transformers //, [[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2026JCAP...09..144P/abstract]] * Micael Andrade, Juan Fagiani, Clarissa Siqueira, Vitor de Souza and Aion Viana, JCAP 2025 Issue 01, id.012, // Prospects for the detection of dark matter with long-lived mediators in the Sun using the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory //, [[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025JCAP...01..012A/abstract]] * J. Glombitza, M. Schneider, F. Leitl, S. Funk and C. van Eldik, JCAP 2025 Issue 02, id.066, // Application of graph networks to a wide-field water-Cherenkov-based Gamma-ray Observatory //, [[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025JCAP...02..066G/abstract]] * Hazal Goksu, Werner Hofmann, Felix Werner, Fabian Haist, Jim Hinton, Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A, 1076, id.170450 (2025), // Instrumenting a lake as a wide-field gamma-ray detector //, [[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025NIMPA107670450G/abstract]] * Kunwar, Samridha et al., Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A, 1050, id. 168138 (2023), // A double-layered Water Cherenkov Detector array for Gamma-ray astronomy //, [[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023NIMPA105068138K/abstract]] * F. Bisconti and A. Chiavassa, Journal of Instrumentation, 18, Issue 07, id.T07003 (2023), //Performance comparison of water Cherenkov detectors with different geometries//, [[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023JInst..1807003B/abstract]] * G. La Mura et al., MNRAS 508, Issue 1, pp.671-679 (2021) , // Gamma-ray burst detection prospects for next generation ground-based VHE facilities //, [[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021MNRAS.508..671L/abstract]] * G. La Mura et al., Galaxies 9, 4, id.98 (2021), ////, [[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021Galax...9...98L/abstract]] * R. López-Coto, M. Doro, A. de Angelis, M. Mariotti and J.P. Harding, JCAP 2021, Issue 08, id.040, // Prospects for the Observation of Primordial Black Hole evaporation with the Southern Wide Field of View Gamma-ray Observatory//, [[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021JCAP...08..040L/abstract]] ==== Papers with mention to SWGO (Cat3) ==== * C. Alispach et al, Astroparticle Physics 182, 103274 (2026), // Prospects for the detection of gamma rays using Cherenkov telescopes enhanced by a ground array observatory //, [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092765052600071X?via%3Dihub]] * D. Luzquiños, A. Colán and J. Bazo, Journal of Instrumentation, 20, Issue 04, id.T04008 (2025), // Gamma/hadron separation using the arrival time distribution of particle cascades at TeV energies for SWGO //, [[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025JInst..20T4008L/abstract]] * N. Scharrer, S.T. Spencer, V. Joshi and A.M.W. Mitchell, JCAP 2025, Issue 05, id.096, //Detectability of Supernova remnants with the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory//, [[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025JCAP...05..096S/abstract]] * Anguner, Ekrem Oguzhan, Ergin, Tulun, Astroparticle Physics, 158, article id. 102936 (2024), // The expected potential of hadronic PeVatron searches with spectral γ-ray data from the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory //, [[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024APh...15802936A/abstract]] * Guilherme N. Fortes, Farinaldo S. Queiroz, Clarissa Siqueira and Aion Viana, JCAP 2023, Issue 07, id.043, // Present and future constraints on secluded dark matter in the Galactic Halo with TeV Gamma-ray observatories //, [[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023JCAP...07..043F/abstract]] * P. Assis et al., Eur. Phys. Journal C, 82, 10, id.899 (2022) // The Mercedes water Cherenkov detector //, [[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022EPJC...82..899A/abstract]] * Elena Orlando and Andrew Strong, 2021. //StellarICS: inverse Compton emission from the quiet Sun and stars from keV to TeV //, [[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021JCAP...04..004O/abstract]] * G. La Mura et al. MNRAS 497 (2020) 3, //Detection of VHE gamma-ray transients with monitoring facilities//, [[https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.04503]] * Aion Viana et al. 2019. //Searching for Dark Matter in the Galactic Halo with a Wide Field of View TeV Gamma-ray Observatory in the Southern Hemisphere //, [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.03353]] ==== Contributions to the ASTRO2020 decadal survey ==== **Instrument** * //The Southern Wide-Field Gamma-Ray Observatory (SWGO): A Next-Generation Ground-Based Survey Instrument for VHE Gamma-Ray Astronomy//. Petra Huentemeyer //et al//., [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.07737|arXiv:1907.07737]] **Science cases** * //All-Sky time domain astrophysics with Very High Energy Gamma raysmisphere, //K. Satalecka + F. Schüssler et al., {{:decadalsurveyastro2020_transientssgso.pdf|DecadalSurveyASTRO2020_TransientsSGSO.pdf}} * //Searching for Sources of TeV Particle Dark Matter in the Southern Hemisphere//, A. Albert et al., \\ {{:albertandream.pdf|DecadalSurveyASTRO2020_DM_Sources.pdf}} * //Pulsars in a Bubble? Following Electron Diffusion in the Galaxy with TeV Gamma Rays, // H. Fleischhack et al., [[http://surveygizmoresponseuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/fileuploads/623127/4458621/64-5edf9463c10127eacaa29dc85c308ec0_FleischhackHenrike.pdf|Link to submitted version]], [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.07647|Arxiv link]] * Surveying TeV Gamma-ray Emission from Active Galactic Nuclei, Fraija et al., {{:decadal_agn.pdf|DecadalSurveyASTRO2020_AGNSGSO.pdf}} * Cosmic Rays in the TeV to PeV Primary Energy Range, Fraija et al., {{:decadal_cosmicrays.pdf|DecadalSurveyASTRO2020_CRSGSO.pdf}} * The GeV–TeV Sun: A New Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, M. U. Nisa et al. {{:sun_2020.pdf|:sun_2020.pdf}} ==== General considerations ==== * //Characteristics of extensive air showers around the energy threshold for ground-particle-based γ-ray observatories//, H. Schoorlemmer, J.A. Hinton, R. López-Coto. Eur. Phys. J. C (2019) 79: 427. doi:[[https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6942-x|https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6942-x]] * //Baseline Design for a Next Generation Wide-Field-of-View Very-High-Energy Gamma Ray Observatory//, H. Schoorlemmer, R. Lopez-Coto and J. Hinton,[[https://pos.sissa.it/301/819/|PoS(ICRC2017)819]] * //On the scientific motivation for a wide field-of-view TeV gamma-ray observatory in the Southern Hemisphere//, M. Mostafa, S. BenZvi, H. Schoorlemmer, F. Schüssler on behalf of the HAWC Collaboration,[[https://pos.sissa.it/301/851/|PoS(ICRC2017)851]] ==== Detector Design and Prototyping ==== * //A double-layered Water Cherenkov Detector array for Gamma-ray astronomy//, S. Kunwar et al. [[https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/link_gateway/2023NIMPA105068138K/doi:10.1016/j.nima.2023.168138| NIM A 1050, 168138 (2023)]] * //Design and expected performance of a novel hybrid detector for very-high-energy gamma-ray astrophysics//, P. Assis, U. Barres de Almeida, A. Blanco, R. Conceição, B. D’Ettorre Piazzoli, A. De Angelis, M. Doro, P. Fonte, L. Lopes, G. Matthiae, M. Pimenta, R. Shellard, B. Tomé, [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927650518300586?via=ihub|https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927650518300586?via%3Dihub]] * //Design of the LHAASO detectors, //Huihai He for the LHAASO Collaboration, [[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41605-018-0037-3|https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41605-018-0037-3]] * //The overview of the ALPACA Experiment//, M. Ohnishi,[[https://pos.sissa.it/301/827/|PoS(ICRC2017)827]] * //Simulation study for the proposed wide field-of-view gamma-ray detector array ALTO//, S. Thoudam, Y. Becherini and M. Punch,[[https://pos.sissa.it/301/780/|PoS(ICRC2017)780]]