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Search for a TeV Component of GRBs using the Milagrito Detector
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Atkins, R; Benbow, W; Berley, D; Chen, M-L; Coyne, DG; Delay, RS; Dingus, BL; Dorfan, DE; Ellsworth, RW; Evans, D; Falcone, A; Fleysher, L; Fleysher, R; Gisler, G; Goodman, JA; Haines, TJ; Hoffman, CM; Hugenberger, S; Kelley, LA; Leonor, I; Macri, J; McConnell, M; McCullough, JF; McEnery, JE; Miller, RS; Mincer, AI; Morales, MF; Nemethy, P; Ryan, JM; Schneider, M; Shen, B; Shoup, A; Sinnis, G; Smith, AJ; Sullivan, GW; Thompson, TN; Tumer, OT; Wang, K; Wascko, MO; Westerhoff, S; Williams, DA; Yang, T; Yodh, GB
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Observing gamma ray bursts (GRBs) in the TeV energy range can be extremelyvaluable in providing insight to GRB radiation mechanisms and in constrainingsource distances. The Milagrito detector was an air shower array which used thewater Cherenkov technique to search for TeV sources. Data from this detectorwas analyzed to look for a TeV component of GRBs coincident with low energy-rays detected by the BATSE instrument on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. Asample of 54 BATSE GRBs which were in the field of view of the Milagritodetector during its lifetime (February 1997 to May 1998) was used.