Milagro Papers

Milagro at UMD Milagro at UCSC HAWC Papers

Journal Articles

Milagro Observations of Potential TeV Emitters A. A. Abdo et al. Astroparticle Physics Journal Volume 57 (2014) p. 16-25. The Study of TeV Variability and the Duty Cycle of Mrk 421 from 3 yr of Observations with the Milagro Observatory A. A. Abdo et al. Astrophysical Journal 782 (2014) Issue 2, article id. 110, 8 pp. Spectrum and Morphology of the Two Brightest Milagro Sources in the Cygnus Region: MGRO J2019+37 and MGRO J2031+41 A. A. Abdo et al. Astrophysical Journal 753 (2012) Issue 2, article id. 159, 8 pp. Observation and Spectral Measurements of the Crab Nebula with Milagro A. A. Abdo et al. Astrophysical Journal 750 (2012) Issue 1, article id. 63, 9 pp. Milagro Observations of Multi-TeV Emission from Galactic Sources in the Fermi Bright Source List A. A. Abdo et al. Astrophysical Journal Letters 700 (2009) L127-L131 The Large Scale Cosmic-Ray Anisotropy as Observed with Milagro A. A. Abdo et al. Astrophysical Journal 698 (2009) 2121-2130 Discovery of Localized Regions of Excess 10-TeV Cosmic Rays A. A. Abdo et al. Physical Review Letters 101 (2008) 221101 A Measurement of the Spatial Distribution of Diffuse TeV Gamma Ray Emission from the Galactic Plane with Milagro A. A. Abdo et al. Astrophysical Journal 688 (2008) 1078-1083 Milagro Constraints on Very High Energy Emission from Short-Duration Gamma-Ray Bursts A. A. Abdo et al. Astrophysical Journal 666 (2007) 361-367 TeV Gamma-Ray Sources from a Survey of the Galactic Plane with Milagro A. A. Abdo et al. Astrophysical Journal Letters 664 (2007) L91-L94 Discovery of TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from the Cygnus Region of the Galaxy A. A. Abdo et al. Astrophysical Journal Letters 658 (2007) L33-L36 Evidence for TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from a Region of the Galactic Plane R. Atkins et al. Physical Review Letters 95 (2005) 251103 Constraints on Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts R. Atkins et al. Astrophysical Journal 630 (2005) 996-1002 Search for very high energy gamma rays from WIMP annihilations near the Sun with the Milagro Detector R. Atkins et al. Physical Review D 70 (2004) 083516 TeV Gamma-Ray Survey of the Northern Hemisphere Sky Using the Milagro Observatory R. Atkins et al. Astrophysical Journal 608 (2004) 680-685 Limits on Very High Energy Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts with the Milagro Observatory R. Atkins et al. Astrophysical Journal Letters 604 (2004) L25-L28 Observation of TeV Gamma Rays from the Crab Nebula with Milagro Using a New Background Rejection Technique R. Atkins et al. Astrophysical Journal 595 (2003) 803-811 Observation of GeV Solar Energetic Particles from the 1997 November 6 Event Using Milagrito A. Falcone et al. Astrophysical Journal 588 (2003) 557-565 The High-Energy Gamma-Ray Fluence and Energy Spectrum of GRB 970417a from Observations with Milagrito R. Atkins et al. Astrophysical Journal 583 (2003) 824-832 A Survey of the Northern Sky for TeV Point Sources K. Wang et al. Astrophysical Journal 558 (2001) 477-481 Milagrito, a TeV air-shower array R. Atkins et al. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A 449 (2000) 478-499 Evidence for TeV Emission from GRB 970417a R. Atkins et al. Astrophysical Journal Letters 533 (2000) L119-L122 TeV Observations of Markarian 501 with the Milagrito Water Cherenkov Detector R. Atkins et al. Astrophysical Journal Letters 525 (1999) L25-L28

Ph.D. Theses

Understanding Nature's Particle Accelerators Using High Energy Gamma-Ray Instruments
Anushka Udara Abeysekara
Michigan State University (2014) Physics from the Very-High Energy Cosmic-Ray Shadows of the Moon and Sun with Milagro
Grant E. Christopher
New York University (2011) Measurements of the 2001 April 15 and 2005 January 20 Ground-Level Enhancements by the Milagro Water Cerenkov Detector
Trevor Morgan
University of New Hampshire (2010) Observation of the Large Scale Cosmic-Ray Anisotropy at TeV Energies with the Milagro Detector
Brian E. Kolterman
New York University (2008) A Search for Bursts of Very High Energy Gamma Rays with Milagro
Vlasios Vasileiou
University of Maryland, College Park (2008) A Survey of EGRET Sources Using the Milagro Observatory
Chuan Chen
University of California, Irvine (2008) TeV Energy Spectra of the Crab Nebula, Mrk 421 and the Cygnus Region of the Milky Way
Branden Thomas Allen
University of California, Irvine (2007) Discovery of Localized TeV Gamma-Ray Sources and Diffuse TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from the Galactic Plane with Milagro Using a New Background Rejection Technique
Aous Ahmad Abdo
Michigan State University (2007) A Search for Short Duration Very High Energy Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts
David Noyes
University of Maryland, College Park (2005) A Search for TeV Emission from Active Galaxies using the Milagro Observatory
Elizabeth A. Hays
University of Maryland, College Park (2004) Search for Relic Neutralinos with Milagro
Lazar Fleysher
New York University (2003) Search for Gamma Ray Emission from Galactic Plane with Milagro
Roman Fleysher
New York University (2003) A Study of TeV Emission from the Crab Nebula and Selected AGN Using the Milagro Gamma-Ray Observatory
Wystan Benbow
University of California, Santa Cruz (2002) A Search for TeV Gamma-Ray Burst Emission with the Milagro Observatory
Miguel F. Morales
University of California, Santa Cruz (2002) A Search of the Northern Sky for Short Bursts of TeV Emission Using the Milagrito Detector
Joseph F. McCullough
University of California, Santa Cruz (2001) Observation and Study of GeV Solar Energetic Particles Using the MIlagrito Extensive Air Shower Detector
Abraham Falcone
University of New Hampshire (2001) Study of the Shadow of the Moon in Very High Energy Cosmic Rays with the Milagrito Water Cherenkov Detector
Morgan O'Hagan Wascko
University of California, Riverside (2001) An All-sky Search for VHE Gamma-Ray Sources With The Milagrito Water Cerenkov Telescope
Kelin Wang
University of California, Riverside (2001) Search for a TeV Component of Gamma-Ray Bursts Using the Milagrito Detector
Maria Isabel R. Leonor
University of California, Irvine (2000) Search for High-Energy Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts with a Large Water Cerenkov Detector
Tom Yang
University of California, Santa Cruz (1998)

Conference Papers

Proceedings of the 31st ICRC, July 7 - July 15, 2009, Lodz, Poland

Search for GeV-TeV emission from GRB 080319B using the Milagro Observatory T. Aune & P. M. Saz Parkinson

A Search for GeV-TeV Emission from GRBs Using the Milagro Detector Taylor Aune Proceedings of the Sixth Huntsville Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium
October 20-23, 2008, Huntsville, Alabama A search for GeV-TeV emission from GRBs Using the Milagro detector P. M. Saz Parkinson Science with the New Generation of High Energy Gamma-Ray Experiments
The Sixth Edition: Bridging the Gap between GeV and TeV
October 8-10, 2008, Padova, Italy A search for GeV-TeV emission from GRBs with the Milagro detector P. M. Saz Parkinson Proceedings of Gamma-Ray Bursts 2007
November 5-9, 2007, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Proceedings of the 30th ICRC, July 3 - July 11, 2007, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

Search for 1-100 GeV Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts Using Milagro T. Aune A Search for Prompt Very High Energy Emission from Satellite-detected Gamma- ray Bursts using Milagro P. M. Saz Parkinson & B. L. Dingus

Search for Very High Energy Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts using Milagro P. M. Saz Parkinson Proceedings of the First International GLAST Symposium
February 5-8, 2007, Stanford, California Search for GeV Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts Using Milagro Scaler Data D. A. Williams Proceedings of the First International GLAST Symposium
February 5-8, 2007, Stanford, California Study of Galactic Gamma Ray Sources with Milagro Jordan A. Goodman Proceedings of the Second Workshop on TeV Particle Astrophysics
August 28-31, 2006, Madison, Wisconsin Measurement of the Crab Spectrum with Milagro B. T. Allen and G. B. Yodh Proceedings of the Second Workshop on TeV Particle Astrophysics
August 28-31, 2006, Madison, Wisconsin Detection of TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from the Cygnus Region of the Galaxy with Milagro Using a New Background Rejection Technique A. A. Abdo Proceedings of the Calorimetry in High Energy Physics: XII International Conference
June 5-9, 2006, Chicago, Illinois Milagro Search for VHE Emission from GRBs in the Swift Era P. M. Saz Parkinson Proceedings of Swift and GRBs: Unveiling the Relativistic Universe
June 5-9, 2006, Venice, Italy Surveying The TeV Sky With Milagro G. P. Walker Proceedings of Conference on the Intersections of Particle and Nuclear Physics (CIPANP 2006)
May 30-June 3, 2006, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico Surveying the TeV Sky with Milagro Sabrina Casanova Proceedings of Vulcano Workshop 2006: Frontier Objects in Astrophysics and Particle Physics
May 22-27, 2006, Vulcano, Italy Milagro Search for Very High Energy Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Swift Era P. M. Saz Parkinson Proceedings of the 2005 Gamma Ray Bursts in the Swift Era Symposium
November 29 - December 2, 2005, Washington, D.C. Surveying the TeV Sky with Milagro C. P. Lansdell Proceedings of the Particles and Nuclei International Conference (PANIC05)
October 24-28, 2005, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Proceedings of the 29th ICRC, August 3-August 10, 2005, Pune, India

TeV Observations of EGRET Unidentified Sources Brenda L. Dingus Search for TeV Emission from Galaxy Clusters Brenda L. Dingus A Search for Short Duration VHE Emission from GRBs with Milagro David Noyes Ground-level Events Measured with Milagro J. M. Ryan et al. The Forbush Decreases of October-November 2003 as Measured with Milagro J. M. Ryan et al. Search Very High Energy Emission from Satellite-triggered GRBs with the Milagro Observatory P. M. Saz Parkinson Detection of Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission from the Cygnus Region with the Milagro Gamma-Ray Observatory A. J. Smith

Recent results from the Milagro TeV gamma-ray observatory P. M. Saz Parkinson Proceedings of the Rencontres de Moriond, Very High Energy Phenomena in the Universe
March 12-19, 2005, La Thuile, Italy Detection of TeV Gamma-Rays from extended sources with Milagro P. M. Saz Parkinson Proceedings of the 22nd Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics
December 13-17, 2004, Stanford, California Astrophysics with Milagro A. J. Smith Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy
July 26-30, 2004, Heidelberg, Germany Search for relic neutralinos with Milagro Lazar Fleysher Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy
July 26-30, 2004, Heidelberg, Germany Discovery of Diffuse TeV Gamma Ray Emission from the Galactic Plane using Milagro Detector Roman Fleysher Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy
July 26-30, 2004, Heidelberg, Germany Search for VHE emission from GRB with Milagro P. M. Saz Parkinson Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy
July 26-30, 2004, Heidelberg, Germany Studies of Nearby Blazars with Milagro D. A. Williams Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy
July 26-30, 2004, Heidelberg, Germany Milagro--A TeV Observatory for Gamma Ray Bursts B. L. Dingus Proceedings of Gamma Ray Burst Symposium
September 8-12, 2003, Santa Fe, New Mexico Limits on Very High Energy Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts with the Milagro Observatory Miguel F. Morales Proceedings of Gamma Ray Burst Symposium
September 8-12, 2003, Santa Fe, New Mexico Results from the Milagro Gamma-Ray Observatory E. Blaufuss Proceedings of TAUP 2003, the 8th International Workshop on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics
September 5-9, 2003, Seattle, Washington

Proceedings of the 28th ICRC, July 31-August 7, 2003, Tsukuba, Japan

Preliminary Evidence for TeV Gamma Ray Emission from the Galactic Plane using the Milagro Detector Roman Fleysher Monitoring the Northern Sky for Sources of TeV Gamma Rays Gus Sinnis The Array of Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes At Milagro To Study Cosmic Ray Composition Robert Atkins et al. Search for Relic neutralinos with Milagro Lazar Fleysher The Cosmic Ray Shadows of the Moon and the Sun Detected by the Milagro Gamma Ray Observatory Xianwu Xu

Results from the Milagro Gamma-Ray Observatory E. Blaufuss Proceedings of the 2nd VERITAS Symposium on TeV Astrophysics of Extragalactic Sources
April 24-26, 2003, Chicago, Illinois VHE Observations of GRB with Milagro J. E. McEnery Proceedings of Gamma-Ray Burst and Afterglow Astronomy
November 5-9, 2001, Woods Hole, Massachusetts Discovery Mode Search Techniques For Gamma-Ray Telescopes Miguel F. Morales Proceedings of Gamma-Ray Burst and Afterglow Astronomy
November 5-9, 2001, Woods Hole, Massachusetts Rapid Notification of TeV Transients with the Milagro Telescope Miguel F. Morales Proceedings of Gamma-Ray Burst and Afterglow Astronomy
November 5-9, 2001, Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Proceedings of the 27th ICRC, August 7-15, 2001, Hamburg, Germany

A Search for TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from Selected AGN Using Milagro Wystan Benbow Search for Diffuse TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from the Galactic Plane, using the Milagro Gamma-Ray Telescope R. Fleysher The Cosmic Ray Moon Shadow Seen by Milagrito F. Samuelson Background Rejection in the Milagro Gamma Ray Observatory C. Sinnis A Search for Bursts of TeV Gamma Rays with Milagro A. J. Smith Status of the Milagro Gamma Ray Observatory G. Sullivan Single Hadrons in Milagro and the Spectrum of Cosmic Ray Protons Gaurang B. Yodh

Gamma Ray Astronomy with Air Shower Arrays A. I. Mincer Proceedings of the Gamma-Ray Astrophysics 2001 Symposium
April 4-6, 2001, Baltimore, Maryland Milagro's Sensitivity to GRBs Elizabeth Hays and David Noyes Proceedings of the Gamma-Ray Astrophysics 2001 Symposium
April 4-6, 2001, Baltimore, Maryland Detection of the 6 November 1997 Ground Level Event by Milagrito Abe D. Falcone Proceedings of ACE2000: Acceleration and Transport of Energetic Particles Observed in the Heliosphere
AIP Conference Proceedings 528, 189 Evidence for TeV emission from GRB970417a J. E. McEnery et al. Proceedings of the 5th Huntsville Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium
October 18-22, 1999, Huntsville, Alabama Detection of 6 November 1997 Ground Level Event by Milagrito A. D. Falcone Proceedings of the 5th Compton Symposium
September 15-17, 1999, Portsmouth, New Hampshire Milagro: A TeV Gamma-Ray Monitor of the Northern Hemisphere Sky B. L. Dingus et al. Proceedings of the 5th Compton Symposium
September 15-17, 1999, Portsmouth, New Hampshire Gamma Hadron Separation in Milagro Gaurang B. Yodh Proceedings of the GeV--TeV Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Workshop:
Towards a Major Atmospheric Cerenkov Telescope VI, August 13-16, 1999, Snowbird, Utah First Results of a Study of TeV emission of GRBs in Milagrito J. E. McEnery et al. Proceedings of the GeV--TeV Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Workshop:
Towards a Major Atmospheric Cerenkov Telescope VI, August 13-16, 1999, Snowbird, Utah Results from Milagrito on TeV Emission by Active Galactic Nuclei David A. Williams Proceedings of the GeV--TeV Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Workshop:
Towards a Major Atmospheric Cerenkov Telescope VI, August 13-16, 1999, Snowbird, Utah

Proceedings of the 26th ICRC, August 17-25, 1999, Salt Lake City, UT

Compendium of all Milagro and Milagrito Contributions Atmospheric Cherenkov Detectors at Milagro to Measure Cosmic Ray Composition Above 50 TeV R. Atkins et al. Calibration of the Milagro Cosmic Ray telescope Lazar Fleysher Search for a TeV Component of GRBs Using the Milagrito Detector Isabel R. Leonor Status of the Milagro Gamma Ray Observatory J. F. McCullough Detection of 6 November 1997 Ground Level Event by Milagrito J. M. Ryan Use of Instrumented Water Tanks for the Improvement of Air Shower Detector Sensitivity Anthony L. Shoup Search for Short Duration Bursts of TeV Gamma Rays with the Milagrito Telescope Gus Sinnis An All-Sky Search for Steady VHE Gamma-Ray Sources K.Wang Study of the Shadow of the Moon and Sun with VHE Cosmic Rays M. O. Wascko Milagrito Detection of TeV Emission from Mrk 501 Stefan Westerhoff Single hadrons in Milagro and the Spectrum of Cosmic Ray Protons Gaurang B. Yodh

Milagro as a Solar Observatory Abe Falcone and James Ryan Proceedings VERITAS Workshop on the TeV Astrophysics of Extragalactic Sources
October 23-24, 1998, Cambridge, MA
Astroparticle Physics 11, 283 (1999) Study of Active Galactic Nuclei at TeV Energies with Milagrito S. Westerhoff et al. Proceedings of the 19th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics
December 14-18, 1998, Paris, France The Milagro Gamma Ray Observatory Gaurang B. Yodh Proceedings of the Workshop Towards a Major Atmospheric Cerenkov Detector - V
August 8-11, 1997, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Milagro is supported primarily by

The National Science Foundation

with additional support from

The US Department of Energy,

The University of California,

Los Alamos National Laboratory

and

The California Space Institute

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grants No. 9901496, 0002744, 0070927, 0070933, 0075326, 0096256, 0097315, 0206656, 0245143, 0245234, 0302000, 0400424, 0504201 and 0601080.
Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendaions expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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