Recent results from the CYGNUS experiment and plans for the MILAGRO experiment

Conference · Wed Feb 05 00:00:00 EST 1992 · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States)

OSTI ID:5019820

Williams, D A ^[1]

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1. Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064 (United States)

Recent results from the CYGNUS cosmic-ray experiment are presented, including a survey of the northern sky for continuous point sources and a search for emission lasting several hours (one day of observation) from many known x-ray and [gamma]-ray sources. The performance of five water-Cerenkov detectors recently added to the CYGNUS array is summarized. A proposed water-Cerenkov detector called MILAGRO for the detection of cosmic-ray air showers over a broad energy range, 1--1000 TeV, is described.

• OSTI ID: 5019820
• Report Number(s): CONF-920837-; CODEN: APCPCS; TRN: 94-006951
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States), Vol. 272:2; Conference: ICHEP-26: 26th International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) conference on high energy physics, Dallas, TX (United States), 6-12 Aug 1992; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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