1999/06/24 by R. Atkins, W. Benbow, Atkins, R. +83
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9906384
4 pages, submitted to XXVI International Cosmic Ray Conference, Salt Lake City
arxiv created 1999/06/24 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
The Milagro water Cherenkov detector near Los Alamos, New Mexico, has been operated as a sky monitor at energies of a few TeV between February 1997 and April 1998. Serving as a test run for the full Milagro detector, Milagrito has taken data during the strong and long-lasting 1997 flare of Mrk 501. We present results from the analysis of Mrk 501 and compare the excess and background rates with expectations from the detector simulations.