Membership of network: The Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) (External Organization)

The Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory is an upcoming gamma-ray observatory planned for construction at the Atacama Astronomical Park in northern Chile. It is designed to detect air shower particles produced by gamma rays as they interact with the Earth's atmosphere. The SWGO collaboration group more than 90 research institutions from 16 countries have signed the agreement for the international R&D collaboration for a future wide field-of-view gamma-ray observatory in the southern hemisphere. The collaboration aims to develop, over the next three years, a detailed proposal for the implementation of such an observatory, including site selection and technology choices. The partner countries of the Southern Wide field-of-view Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) are Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, South Korea, United Kingdom, United States, creating a worldwide community around the project. In addition, there are supporting scientists from 10 additional countries. https://www.swgo.org/SWGOWiki/doku.php?id=collaboration