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The Large Scale Cosmic-Ray Anisotropy as Observed with Milagro
A. A. Abdo, B. T. Allen, T. Aune +30
Results are presented of a harmonic analysis of the large scale cosmic-ray anisotropy as observed by the Milagro observatory. We show a two-dimensional display of the sidereal anis…
A Measurement of the Spatial Distribution of Diffuse TeV Gamma Ray Emission from the Galactic Plane with Milagro
A. A. Abdo, B. Allen, T. Aune +33
Diffuse -ray emission produced by the interaction of cosmic-ray particles with matter and radiation in the Galaxy can be used to probe the distribution of cosmic rays and their…
Discovery of Localized Regions of Excess 10-TeV Cosmic Rays
A. A. Abdo, B. Allen, T. Aune +30
An analysis of 7 years of Milagro data performed on a 10-degree angular scale has found two localized regions of excess of unknown origin with greater than 12 sigma significance. B…
TeV Gamma-Ray Sources from a Survey of the Galactic Plane with Milagro
A. A. Abdo, B. Allen, D. Berley +31
A survey of Galactic gamma-ray sources at a median energy of ~20 TeV has been performed using the Milagro Gamma Ray Observatory. Eight candidate sources of TeV emission are detecte…
Discovery of TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from the Cygnus Region of the Galaxy
A. A. Abdo, B. Allen, D. Berley +36
The diffuse gamma radiation arising from the interaction of cosmic ray particles with matter and radiation in the Galaxy is one of the few probes available to study the origin of t…
Constraints on Very High Energy gamma-ray emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts
R. Atkins, W. Benbow, D. Berley +31
The Milagro gamma-ray observatory employs a water Cherenkov detector to observe extensive air showers produced by high energy particles interacting in the Earth's atmosphere. Milag…
Search for very high energy gamma-rays from WIMP annihilations near the Sun with the Milagro Detector
Milagro Collaboration
The neutralino, the lightest stable supersymmetric particle, is a strong theoretical candidate for the missing astronomical ``dark matter''. A profusion of such neutralinos can acc…
TeV Gamma-Ray Survey of the Northern Hemisphere Sky Using the Milagro Observatory
The Milagro Collaboration
Milagro is a water Cherenkov extensive air shower array that continuously monitors the entire overhead sky in the TeV energy band. The results from an analysis of 3 years of…
Limits on Very High Energy Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts with the Milagro Observatory
The Milagro Collaboration, R. Atkins, W. Benbow +34
The Milagro telescope monitors the northern sky for 100 GeV to 100 TeV transient emission through continuous very high energy wide-field observations. The large effective area and…
Tests of Statistical Significance and Background Estimation in Gamma Ray Air Shower Experiments
R. Fleysher, L. Fleysher, P. Nemethy +2
In this paper we discuss several methods of significance calculation and point out the limits of their applicability. We then introduce a self consistent scheme for source detectio…
Observation of TeV Gamma Rays from the Crab Nebula with Milagro Using a New Background Rejection Technique
The Milagro Collaboration
The recent advances in TeV gamma-ray astronomy are largely the result of the ability to differentiate between extensive air showers generated by gamma rays and hadronic cosmic rays…
Search for Gamma Ray Emission from Galactic Plane with Milagro
R. Fleysher
The majority of galactic gamma rays are produced by interaction of cosmic rays with matter or radiation fields. This results in a diffuse radiation concentrated in the galactic pla…
The high-energy gamma-ray fluence and energy spectrum of GRB 970417a from observations with Milagrito
R. Atkins, W. Benbow, D. Berley +38
Evidence of TeV emission from GRB970417a has been previously reported using data from the Milagrito detector. Constraints on the TeV fluence and the energy spectrum are now derived…
A Survey of the Northern Sky for TeV Point Sources
K. Wang, R. Atkins, W. Benbow +4
A search for steady TeV point sources anywhere in the northern sky has been made with data from the Milagrito air-shower-particle detector. Over 3 x 10**9 events collected from 199…
Evidence for TeV Emission from GRB 970417a
The Milagro Collaboration, R. Atkins, W. Benbow +37
Milagrito, a detector sensitive to very high energy gamma rays, monitored the northern sky from February 1997 through May 1998. With a large field of view and a high duty cycle, th…
Milagrito: a TeV air-shower array
The Milagro Collaboration, R. Atkins
Milagrito, a large, covered water-Cherenkov detector, was the world's first air-shower-particle detector sensitive to cosmic gamma rays below 1 TeV. It served as a prototype for th…
First Results of a Study of TeV Emission from GRBs in Milagrito
J. E. McEnery, R. Atkins, W. Benbow +36
Milagrito, a detector sensitive to gamma-rays at TeV energies, monitored the northern sky during the period February 1997 through May 1998. With a large field of view and high duty…
TeV Observations of Markarian 501 with the Milagrito Water Cherenkov Detector
R. Atkins
The Milagrito water Cherenkov detector near Los Alamos, New Mexico, operated as a sky monitor at energies of a few TeV between February 1997 and May 1998 including the period of th…
Instrumented Water Tanks can Improve Air Shower Detector Sensitivity
R. Atkins, W. Benbow, D. Berley +40
Previous works have shown that water Cherenkov detectors have superior sensitivity to those of scintillation counters as applied to detecting extensive air showers (EAS). This is i…
Calibration of the Milagro Cosmic Ray Telescope
R. Atkins, W. Benbow, D. Berley +40
The Milagro detector is an air shower array which uses the water Cherenkov technique and is capable of continuously monitoring the sky at energies near 1 TeV. The detector consists…
Study of the Shadows of the Moon and the Sun with VHE Cosmic Rays
R. Atkins, W. Benbow, D. Berley +40
Milagrito, a prototype for the Milagro detector, operated for 15 months in 1997-8 and collected 8.9 billion events. It was the first extensive air shower (EAS) array sensitive to s…
Detection of 6 November 1997 Ground Level Event by Milagrito
R. Atkins, W. Benbow, D. Berley +40
Solar Energetic Particles from the 6 November 1997 solar flare/CME(coronal mass ejection) with energies exceeding 10 GeV have been detected by Milagrito, a prototype of the Milagro…
Search for Short Duration Bursts of TeV Gamma Rays with the Milagrito Telescope
R. Atkins, W. Benbow, D. Berley +40
The Milagrito water Cherenkov telescope operated for over a year. The most probable gamma-ray energy was ~1 TeV and the trigger rate was as high as 400 Hz. We have developed an eff…
Search for a TeV Component of GRBs using the Milagrito Detector
R. Atkins, W. Benbow, D. Berley +40
Observing gamma ray bursts (GRBs) in the TeV energy range can be extremely valuable in providing insight to GRB radiation mechanisms and in constraining source distances. The Milag…