Published April 2, 2001 | Version v1
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The Milagro gamma-ray observatory

Creators

  • 1. University of Wisconsin--Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (United States)
  • 2. University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064 (United States)
  • 3. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 (United States)
  • 4. George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 (United States)
  • 5. University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824 (United States)

Description

The Milagro water Cherenkov detector began full operation in January 2000. This detector is capable of monitoring the Northern sky at energies above 500 GeV for sources of equivalent strength to the Crab Nebula over one year of integration. We report on the current performance and sensitivity of Milagro

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.1370821;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
558
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 549-552
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
International symposium on high energy gamma-ray astronomy
Dates
26-30 Jun 2000
Place
Heidelberg (Germany)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35051583
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
CHERENKOV COUNTERS; COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS; COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAMMA ASTRONOMY; GAMMA DETECTION; GAMMA SPECTRA; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; GEV RANGE; SENSITIVITY; SUPERNOVA REMNANTS; TELESCOPE COUNTERS
Descriptors DEC
ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; COSMIC RAY SOURCES; DATA; DETECTION; ENERGY RANGE; INFORMATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUMERICAL DATA; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; SPECTRA; SPECTROSCOPY

Optional Information

Notes
(c) 2001 American Institute of Physics.