An Experimental Study of Very High Energy and Ultra High Energy Cosmic Gamma-Rays

小行星9319281 该补助金支持马里兰州大学的一名高级教师、一名副研究科学家和一名博士后研究助理和学生的研究。 他们与来自加州大学欧文分校、加州大学圣克鲁斯分校和洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室的同事一起研究高能宇宙射线的特性，特别是初级光子产生的宇宙射线。 其目标是确定身份，但未知的来源，并解释仍然未知的加速机制。 这些都是当前人们非常感兴趣和活跃的主题。 该计划的一个主要推动力是开发一种新的空气簇射探测器- MILAGRO -利用大水池中簇射粒子产生的切伦科夫辐射。 ***

9319281 Goodman This grant supports the research of a senior faculty member, an Associate Research Scientist and a Postdoctoral Research Associate and students at the University of Maryland. They, with colleagues from the University of California at Irvine, University of California at Santa Cruz and at the Los Alamos National Laboratory study characteristics of high energy cosmic rays, especially those produced by primary photons. The goals are to establish the identity of as yet unknown sources and explicate still unknown acceleration mechanisms. Those are subjects of intense current interest and activity. A major thrust of the program is the development of a new air-shower detector - MILAGRO - makes use of Cerenkov radiation produced by shower particles in a large pool of water. ***