Milagrito, a TeV air-shower array

Authors

R Atkins, University of UtahFollow
W Benbow, University of California - Santa Cruz
D Berley, University of Maryland - College Park
M L. Chen, University of Maryland - College Park
D G. Coyne, University of California - Santa Cruz
R S. Delay, University of California - Irvine
B L. Dingus, University of UtahFollow
D E. Dorfan, University of California - Santa Cruz
R W. Ellsworth, George Mason University
C Espinoza, Los Alamos National Laboratory
D Evans, University of Maryland - College Park
A Falcone, University of New Hampshire - Main CampusFollow
L Fleysher, New York UniversityFollow
R Fleysher, New York UniversityFollow
G Gisler, Los Alamos National Laboratory
J A. Goodman, University of Maryland - College Park
T J. Haines, Los Alamos National LaboratoryFollow
C M. Hoffman, Los Alamos National Laboratory
S Hugenberger, University of California - Irvine
L A. Kelley, University of California - Santa Cruz
S Klein, University of California - Santa Cruz
I Leonor, University of California - Irvine
John R. Macri, University of New Hampshire - Main CampusFollow
Mark L. McConnell, University of New Hampshire - Main CampusFollow
J F. McCullough, University of California - Santa Cruz
J E. McEnery, University of UtahFollow
R S. Miller, University of New Hampshire - Main CampusFollow
A I. Mincer, New York University
M F. Morales, University of California - Santa CruzFollow
Maxwell Murray, University of New Hampshire - Main CampusFollow
P Nemethy, New York University
G Paliaga, University of California - Santa Cruz
James M. Ryan, University of New HampshireFollow
M Schneider, University of California - Santa Cruz
B Shen, University of California - Riverside
A Shoup, University of California - Irvine
G Sinnis, Los Alamos National Laboratory
A J. Smith, Los Alamos National LaboratoryFollow
G W. Sullivan, University of Maryland - College Park
T N. Thompson, Los Alamos National LaboratoryFollow
O T. Tumer, University of California - Riverside
K Wang, University of California - Riverside
M O. Wascko, University of California - Riverside
S Westerhoff, University of California - Santa Cruz
D A. Williams, University of California - Santa CruzFollow
T Yang, University of California - Santa Cruz
G B. Yodh, University of California - Irvine

Abstract

Milagrito, a large, covered water-Cherenkov detector, was the world's "rst air-shower-particle detector sensitive to cosmic gamma rays below 1 TeV. It served as a prototype for the Milagro detector and operated from February 1997 to May 1998. This paper gives a description of Milagrito, a summary of the operating experience, and early results that demonstrate the capabilities of this technique

Department

Space Science Center, Physics

Publication Date

2000

Journal Title

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Publisher

Elsevier

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00146-7

Document Type

Article

Recommended Citation

R. Atkins, W. Benbow, D. Berley, M.-L. Chen, D.G. Coyne, R.S. Delay, B.L. Dingus, D.E. Dorfan, R.W. Ellsworth, C. Espinoza, D. Evans, A. Falcone, L. Fleysher, R. Fleysher, G. Gisler, J.A. Goodman, T.J. Haines, C.M. Hoffman, S. Hugenberger, L.A. Kelley, S. Klein, I. Leonor, J. Macri, M. McConnell, J.F. McCullough, J.E. McEnery, R.S. Miller, A.I. Mincer, M.F. Morales, M.M. Murray, P. Nemethy, G. Paliaga, J.M. Ryan, M. Schneider, B. Shen, A. Shoup, G. Sinnis, A.J. Smith, G.W. Sullivan, T.N. Thompson, O.T. Tumer, K. Wang, M.O. Wascko, S. Westerhoff, D.A. Williams, T. Yang, G.B. Yodh, The Milagro Collaboration, Milagrito, a TeV air-shower array, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Volume 449, Issue 3, 21 July 2000, Pages 478-499, ISSN 0168-9002, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00146-7.

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