Abstract
The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory is a very high-energy gamma-ray detector currently under construction at Sierra Negra in Mexico. HAWC will utilize the wide-angle, high duty cycle water Cherenkov technique developed by Milagro, but use new technology, a larger detection area, and higher altitude to improve sensitivity by an order of magnitude. HAWC will survey the TeV gamma-ray sky, measure spectra of galactic sources up to and beyond 100 TeV, and map galactic diffuse gamma-ray emission. With its wide field of view and continuous operation, HAWC will also be a powerful instrument with which to study transient phenomena. In this talk we will describe the science reach and performance of HAWC as well as how these overlap with space and ground-based detectors.
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