NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forums |
Organized by: Prof. Lu Lu
Events on Thursday, September 17th, 2009
- TeV Gamma-Ray Astronomy with Milagro and HAWC
- Time: 4:00 pm
- Place: 4274 Chamberlin
- Speaker: Andrew Smith, University of Maryland, College Park
- Abstract: Milagro was a water Cherenkov detector that continuously viewed<br>
the entire overhead sky. The large field-of-view combined with<br>
the long observation time makes Milagro the most sensitive<br>
instrument available for surveys and especially for the study<br>
of large, low surface brightness sources. In this talk I will<br>
present recent results from Milagro including the identification<br>
of several new TeV sources associated with Fermi BSL (bright<br>
source list) objects within the Galactic plane. The success of<br>
Milagro has lead to the proposed High Altitude Water Cherenkov<br>
(HAWC) Observatory. HAWC will be built at a high altitude site<br>
(4100m a.s.l.) in central Mexico. The increased elevation, along<br>
with the re-optimization of the design will lead to a 15x<br>
sensitivity improvement compared to Milagro. - Host: Stefan Westerhoff