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NSF Review of Milagro

NSF Review of Milagro. July 18-19 Los Alamos, NM. What is Being Reviewed. NSF – How long to continue to operate? 1 or 2 more years Option 1 means using last year of operations funding for D&D Us – General review of technique Includes view of our accomplishments View of our future

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NSF Review of Milagro

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  1. NSF Review of Milagro July 18-19 Los Alamos, NM Gus Sinnis

  2. What is Being Reviewed • NSF – How long to continue to operate? • 1 or 2 more years • Option 1 means using last year of operations funding for D&D • Us – General review of technique • Includes view of our accomplishments • View of our future • 1-2 more years of Milagro ops • miniHAWC startup Gus Sinnis

  3. Structure of Review • June 18 • 9am ~1 hour at LANL • Overview of physics and timeline of review • Overview of operations • Site visit and lunch (4 hours including travel) • 2pm Resume talks at LANL • June 19 • Talks on future • Wrap-up • Meeting between Boyd, Whitmore, and Bowles Gus Sinnis

  4. Milagro Talks • Geared on physics • Answer the questions • What are our capabilities? • What have we done to date • What do we lose if we turn Milagro off? • What do we gain with 2 more years of operations • Talks must be concise and to the point • 20 minutes is all you get and expect to be interrupted often Gus Sinnis

  5. Milagro Talks • Overview and outline of review • Operations including daq system and data pipelining/online processing and analysis • Techniques talks • Background rejection: X2, AX4, pChi • Importance of outriggers (AX4) • High S/B data set (35%!!) • Energy Spectra • Convince them we can do it! • Based on distribution of signal in X2 space • If available – based on outriggers and event-by-event measurement Gus Sinnis

  6. Milagro Talks • GRB Physics • Online untriggered • Offline triggered • Emphasize SWIFT results and why we need 2 more years • Extended sources • Cygnus region • EGRET unID region (what does HESS see?) • Large-scale Anisotropy • Galactic plane • What do we gain by 2 more years? • What can we say about energy spectrum? • What physics does this address Gus Sinnis

  7. Milagro Talks • Future Plans • HAWC and miniHAWC • Tests to be done using Milagro • Wrap-up • Summarize our accomplishments • Emphasize our strengths • Extended sources • GRBs Gus Sinnis

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