Milagrito Detection of TeV Emission from Mrk 501

Atkins, R.; Benbow, W.; Berley, D.; Chen, M. -L.; Coyne, D. G.; Delay, R. S.; Dingus, B. L.; Dorfan, D. E.; Ellsworth, R. W.; Evans, D.; Falcone, A.; Fleysher, L.; Fleysher, R.; Gisler, G.; Goodman, J. A.; Haines, T. J.; Hoffman, C. M.; Hugenberger, S.; Kelley, L. A.; Leonor, I.; Macri, J.; McConnell, M.; McCullough, J. F.; McEnery, J. E.; Miller, R. S.; Mincer, A. I.; Morales, M. F.; Nemethy, P.; Ryan, J. M.; Schneider, M.; Shen, B.; Shoup, A.; Sinnis, G.; Smith, A. J.; Sullivan, G. W.; Thompson, T. N.; Tumer, O. T.; Wang, K.; Wascko, M. O.; Westerhoff, S.; Williams, D. A.; Yang, T.; Yodh, G. B.

Milagrito Detection of TeV Emission from Mrk 501

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Description

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.
4 pages, submitted to XXVI International Cosmic Ray Conference, Salt Lake City