Author Archives: Silvia Bravo
Design and performance of the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder telescope camera
The debut of a new detector has many “firsts”: the first assembly, the first shift, [...]
The Multimessenger Diversity Network: astrophysics joins efforts to broaden participation in STEM
This past weekend, the first members of the new Multimessenger Diversity Network (MDN) met at [...]
IceCube and HAWC unite efforts to dissect the cosmic-ray anisotropy
In an attempt to better understand the anisotropy, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the HAWC [...]
COSINE-100 challenges the only dark matter observation claim to date
the COSINE Collaboration today presents the first results that significantly challenge DAMA’s claim of a [...]
The cosmic-ray anisotropy with two years of HAWC
In a new measurement published recently in The Astrophysical Journal, HAWC has looked deeper into [...]
IceCube Upgrade for precision neutrino physics and astrophysics kicks off
The launch of the so-called IceCube Upgrade—which will deploy seven new strings at the bottom [...]
Juan Carlos Díaz-Vélez awarded the best PhD thesis from Centro Universitario de los Valles
At WIPAC, Juan Carlos Díaz-Vélez leads the simulation production for IceCube, but he has also [...]
WIPAC alumnus Markus Ahlers receives $1.2 million to continue his work with IceCube
After a five-year John Bahcall postdoctoral fellowship at WIPAC, astroparticle physicist Markus Ahlers returned to [...]
Do fast radio bursts emit high-energy neutrinos?
Although fast radio bursts’ (FRBs) progenitors are supposed to be compact and perhaps catastrophic cosmic [...]
First measurement of the cosmic-ray spectrum with HAWC
In a study published today in the journal Physical Review D, HAWC announces a measurement [...]