Standardized Formats for Gamma-Ray Analysis Applied to HAWC Observatory Data

Olivera-Nieto L, Joshi V, Schoorlemmer H, Donath A, Abeysekara AU, Albert A, Alfaro R, Alvarez C, Álvarez JD, Angeles Camacho JR, Arteaga-Velázquez JC, Arunbabu KP, Avila Rojas D, Ayala Solares HA, Babu R, Baghmanyan V, Barber AS, Becerra Gonzalez J, Belmont-Moreno E, BenZvi SY, Berley D, Brisbois C, Caballero-Mora KS, Capistrán T, Carramiñana A, Casanova S, Chaparro-Amaro O, Cotti U, Cotzomi J, Coutiño de León S, De la Fuente E, de León C, Diaz-Cruz L, Diaz Hernandez R, Díaz-Vélez JC, Dingus BL, Durocher M, DuVernois MA, Ellsworth RW, Engel K, Espinoza C, Fan KL, Fang K, Fernández Alonso M, Fick B, Fleischhack H, Flores JL, Fraija NI, Garcia D, García-González JA, García-Luna JL, García-Torales G, Garfias F, Giacinti G, Goksu H, González MM, Goodman JA, Harding JP, Hernandez S, Herzog I, Hinton J, Hona B, Huang D, Hueyotl-Zahuantitla F, Hui CM, Humensky B, Hüntemeyer P, Iriarte A, Jardin-Blicq A, Jhee H, Kieda D, Kunde GJ, Kunwar S, Lara A, Lee J, Lee WH, Lennarz D, León Vargas H, Linnemann J, Longinotti AL, López-Coto R, Luis-Raya G, Lundeen J, Malone K, Marandon V, Martinez O, Martinez-Castellanos I, Martínez-Huerta H, Martínez-Castro J, Matthews JA, McEnery J, Miranda-Romagnoli P, Morales-Soto JA, Moreno E, Mostafá M, Nayerhoda A, Nellen L, Newbold M, Nisa MU, Noriega-Papaqui R, Omodei N, Peisker A, Pérez Araujo Y, Pérez-Pérez EG, Rho CD, Rivière C, Rosa-Gonzalez D, Ruiz-Velasco E, Ryan J, Salazar H, Salesa Greus F, Sandoval A, Schneider M, Serna-Franco J, Sinnis G, Smith AJ, Springer RW, Surajbali P, Taboada I, Tanner M, Tollefson K, Torres I, Torres-Escobedo R, Turner R, Ureña-Mena F, Villaseñor L, Wang X, Watson IJ, Weisgarber T, Werner F, Willox E, Wood J, Yodh GB, Zepeda A, Zhou H (2022)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2022

Journal

Publisher: Sissa Medialab Srl

Book Volume: 395

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of Science

Event location: Virtual, Berlin, DEU

Abstract

A wide range of data formats and proprietary software have traditionally been used in y-ray astronomy, usually developed for a single specific mission or experiment. However, in recent years there has been an increasing effort towards making astronomical data open and easily accessible. Within the y-ray community this has translated to the creation of a common data format across different y-ray observatories: the "gamma-astro-data-format" (GADF). Based on a similar premise, open-source analysis packages, such as Gammapy, are being developed and aim to provide a single, robust tool which suits the needs of many experiments at once. In this contribution we show that data from the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory can be made compatible with the GADF and present the first GADF-based production of event lists and instrument response functions for a ground-based wide-field instrument. We use these data products to reproduce with excellent agreement the published HAWC Crab spectrum using Gammapy. Having a common data format and analysis tools facilitates joint analysis between different experiments and effective data sharing. This will be especially important for next-generation instruments, such as the proposed Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) and the planned Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA).

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National Autonomous University of Mexico / Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Mexico (MX) University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) United States (USA) (US) Universidad Politécnica de Pachuca (UPP) Mexico (MX) Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) United States (USA) (US) University of Seoul (UOS) / 서울시립대학교 Korea, Republic of (KR) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) United States (USA) (US) Los Alamos National Laboratory United States (USA) (US) University of Utah United States (USA) (US) University of Rochester (UR) United States (USA) (US) National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics / Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE) Mexico (MX) Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK) / Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics Germany (DE) Universidad de Guadalajara (UDEG) Mexico (MX) Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas (UNACH) Mexico (MX) Georgia Institute of Technology United States (USA) (US) University of Wisconsin - Madison United States (USA) (US) Stanford University United States (USA) (US) Michigan State University United States (USA) (US) Michigan Technological University United States (USA) (US) Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences / Instytut Fizyki Jądrowej im. Henryka Niewodniczańskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk Poland (PL) National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico / Instituto Politécnico Nacional de México Mexico (MX) Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH) Mexico (MX) Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP) / Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla Mexico (MX) Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM) Mexico (MX) University of New Mexico (UNM) / Universidad de Nuevo México United States (USA) (US) Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo / Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo Mexico (MX) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute / Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN) Mexico (MX) Shanghai Jiao Tong University / 上海交通大学 China (CN) University of New Hampshire United States (USA) (US) University of California Irvine United States (USA) (US) Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) Mexico (MX)

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APA:

Olivera-Nieto, L., Joshi, V., Schoorlemmer, H., Donath, A., Abeysekara, A.U., Albert, A.,... Zhou, H. (2022). Standardized Formats for Gamma-Ray Analysis Applied to HAWC Observatory Data. In Proceedings of Science. Virtual, Berlin, DEU: Sissa Medialab Srl.

MLA:

Olivera-Nieto, Laura, et al. "Standardized Formats for Gamma-Ray Analysis Applied to HAWC Observatory Data." Proceedings of the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021, Virtual, Berlin, DEU Sissa Medialab Srl, 2022.

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