Search for Very High Energy Emission from Satellite-triggered GRBs with the Milagro Observatory
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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. Milagro has a wide field of view (2 sr) and high duty cycle ( 90%) making it an ideal all-sky monitor of the northern hemisphere in the 100 GeV to 100 TeV energy range. More than 45 satellite-triggered gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have occurred in the field of view of Milagro since January 2000, with the rate of bursts increasing significantly with the launch of Swift. We discuss the most recent results of a search for very high energy (VHE) emission from these GRBs.
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تاریخ انتشار 2005