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SUMMARY:TeV Gamma-Ray Astronomy with Milagro and HAWC\, NPAC (Nuclear/
 Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum\, Andrew Smith\, University of Maryland\, 
 College Park
DESCRIPTION:Milagro was a water Cherenkov detector that continuously v
 iewed<br><br>
\nthe entire overhead sky. The large field-of-view combi
 ned with<br><br>
\nthe long observation time makes Milagro the most se
 nsitive<br><br>
\ninstrument available for surveys and especially for 
 the study<br><br>
\nof large\, low surface brightness sources. In this
  talk I will<br><br>
\npresent recent results from Milagro including t
 he identification<br><br>
\nof several new TeV sources associated with
  Fermi BSL (bright<br><br>
\nsource list) objects within the Galactic 
 plane. The success of<br><br>
\nMilagro has lead to the proposed High 
 Altitude Water Cherenkov<br><br>
\n(HAWC) Observatory. HAWC will be bu
 ilt at a high altitude site<br><br>
\n(4100m a.s.l.) in central Mexico
 . The increased elevation\, along<br><br>
\nwith the re-optimization o
 f the design will lead to a 15x<br><br>
\nsensitivity improvement comp
 ared to Milagro.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=1580
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