Chapter 1
The nomadic search for dark skies
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Chapter 2
The giant dish of Sierra Negra
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Chapter 3
Catching cosmic rays in giant water tanks
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YOUR GOAL
Master of Professional observatories in Mexico
Ch 3 · Catching cosmic rays in giant water tanks
choko HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory
Cosmic rays are crashing, sparking blue inside our water tanks!
Fun Fact
Always on duty: Unlike optical telescopes that only work at night, HAWC scans the sky 24/7, even in broad daylight or heavy mountain fog.
Glossary
cherenkov radiation (noun)
Light emitted when a charged particle travels through a medium faster than the speed of light in that medium. The HAWC observatory on Sierra Negra detects this glow inside three hundred massive steel cylinders.
Light emitted when a charged particle travels through a medium faster than the speed of light in that medium. The HAWC observatory on Sierra Negra detects this glow inside three hundred massive steel cylinders.
