MILAGRO: A detector for 1--1,000 TeV cosmic gamma rays

Conference · Tue Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States)

OSTI ID:6278115

Ellsworth, R W ^[1]

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1. George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (United States)

Milagro is a proposed extensive air shower (EAS) array with a low energy threshold ([approx equal]1 TeV) and good angular resolution ([approximately]0.4[degree]). It uses a water Cherenkov detector surrounded by several hundred scintillator detectors. It has the large aperture and duty factor of an EAS array, and the energy threshold of an atmospheric Cherenkov telescope. This paper decribes the Milagro detector and gives some results of tests performed on smaller pool detectors at the CYGNUS array.

• OSTI ID: 6278115
• Report Number(s): CONF-9206284--
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States), Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States) Vol. 276:1; ISSN 0094-243X; ISSN APCPCS
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
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BOSONS
CHERENKOV COUNTERS
COSMIC PHOTONS
COSMIC RADIATION
COSMIC RAY DETECTION
COSMIC SHOWERS
DETECTION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EXPERIMENT PLANNING
EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
PHOTONS
PLANNING
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATIONS
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SECONDARY COSMIC RADIATION
SHOWERS