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+ | ==== May 2024: Major Milestone Completed ==== | ||
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+ | {{wiki:panorama_congreso_astro_f1.jpg?direct&800 |The SWGO collaboration meeting in Mexico City}} \\ | ||
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+ | For the R&D phase of SWGO we defined nine milestones. Today, 3rd May 2024, we ticked Milestone 6, having agreed on a design consolidation: greatly reducing the phase space for the final optimisation of the SWGO design. SWGO will be composed of an inner array with a fill-factor of >40% and excellent low energy performance, but also an outer array with lower fill factor but an area of 0.5-2.0 square kilometres, providing a science reach in to the PeV domain. The inner array will be based on dual-layer water Cherenkov detectors with diameter between 3.8 and 5.5 metres. Multiple options are still being explored for the outer array. | ||
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+ | This is a big step for the collaboration, based on a huge simulation and analysis effort as well as detector design development and evaluation of our benchmark science cases. | ||
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+ | Our next Milestone is the selection of the SWGO Site – stay tuned! | ||
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+ | (The picture is from our recent collaboration meeting in Mexico City, where our discussions paved the way for this new Milestone.) | ||
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==== October 2023: 9th Collaboration Meeting ==== | ==== October 2023: 9th Collaboration Meeting ==== |