High Energy Seminar Announcement Prof. Davis Williams UC Santa Cruz " A Wide-Aperture View of the TeV Gamma-Ray Sky: Results from Milagro " Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2005 416 Physics Time: 4:10 pm. Abstract: Milagro is a water-Cherenkov detector in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico, designed to study air showers around 1 TeV. Compared to atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes which operate in the same energy range, Milagro has a wide field of view (~2 sr) and operates around the clock. These features are particularly suitable for surveying the sky for previously unknown or unanticipated sources, as well as for observing prompt emission from gamma-ray bursts. Results from a Milagro will be presented, including the first detection of emission from the galactic plane in this energy range, preliminary results on two new diffuse sources, and searches for very high-energy emission from gamma-ray bursts.

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