The Milagro VHE Gamma Ray Observatory

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Oct 1999

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American Physical Society, Four Corners Section Fall Meeting, October 1-2, 1999 The University of Arizona Tucson, AZ, abstract #

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The Milagro Gamma Ray Observatory is the world's first large area water Cherenkov detector capable of continuosly monitoring the sky at TeV energies. Located in the mountains of northern New Mexico, Milagro will perform an all sky survey of the Northen Hemisphere at energies between 500 GeV and 20 TeV. With it's high duty-cycle ( ~100%), large detector area ( ~5000m^2), and wide field-of-view ( ~1 sr), Milagro is uniquely capable of searching for transient and DC sources of high energy gamma ray emission. Data taking for Milagro began in February 1999. Data taking has paused for repairs and will resume in the Fall. Initial results from Milagro and a prototype instrument, Milagrito, will be discussed.

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