1. Jordan Goodman HAWC Review - December 2007 Education and Outreach Jordan A. Goodman University of Maryland

2. Jordan Goodman HAWC Review - December 2007 Milagro Publications Milagro Constraints on Very High Energy Emission from Short-Duration Gamma-Ray Bursts- Milagro Constraints on Very High Energy Emission from Short-Duration Gamma-Ray Bursts- A. A. Abdo et al.Astrophysical Journal 666 (2007) 361-367 TeV Gamma-Ray Sources from a Survey of the Galactic Plane with Milagro TeV Gamma-Ray Sources from a Survey of the Galactic Plane with Milagro -A. A. Abdo et al. Astrophysical Journal Letters 664 (2007) L91-L94 Discovery of TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from the Cygnus Region of the Galaxy- Discovery of TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from the Cygnus Region of the Galaxy- A. A. Abdo et al. Astrophysical Journal Letters 658 (2007) L33-L36 Evidence for TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from a Region of the Galactic Plane Evidence for TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from a Region of the Galactic Plane - R. Atkins et al. Physical Review Letters 95 (2005) 251103 Constraints on very high energy gamma ray emission from Gamma Ray Bursts - R. Atkins et al. Astrophysical Journal 631 (2005) Sept 2005 Search for very high energy gamma rays from WIMP annihilations near the Sun with the Milagro DetectorSearch for very high energy gamma rays from WIMP annihilations near the Sun with the Milagro Detector - R. Atkins et al. Search for very high energy gamma rays from WIMP annihilations near the Sun with the Milagro Detector Physical Review D 70 (2004) 083516 TeV Gamma-Ray Survey of the Northern Hemisphere Sky Using the Milagro ObservatoryTeV Gamma-Ray Survey of the Northern Hemisphere Sky Using the Milagro Observatory -R. Atkins et al. TeV Gamma-Ray Survey of the Northern Hemisphere Sky Using the Milagro Observatory Astrophysical Journal 608 (2004) 680-685 Limits on Very High Energy Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts with the Milagro ObservatoryLimits on Very High Energy Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts with the Milagro Observatory -R. Atkins et al. Astrophysical Journal Letters 604 (2004) L25-L28 Limits on Very High Energy Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts with the Milagro Observatory Observation of TeV Gamma Rays from the Crab Nebula with Milagro Using a New Background Rejection TechniqueObservation of TeV Gamma Rays from the Crab Nebula with Milagro Using a New Background Rejection Technique -R. Atkins et al. Observation of TeV Gamma Rays from the Crab Nebula with Milagro Using a New Background Rejection Technique Astrophysical Journal 595 (2003) 803-811

3. Jordan Goodman HAWC Review - December 2007 People Who Have Worked on Milagro Postdocs: 14 10 stationed at Los AlamosPostdocs: 14 10 stationed at Los Alamos Graduate students: 24 (all spent time at LANL)Graduate students: 24 (all spent time at LANL) PhDs granted: 14PhDs granted: 14 UG students: 74 31 spent some time at Los AlamosUG students: 74 31 spent some time at Los Alamos High School students:4High School students:4 High School teachers:3High School teachers:3

4. Jordan Goodman HAWC Review - December 2007 Where do our people go to/come from? Milagro Students & Post-doc go to:Milagro Students & Post-doc go to: –VERITAS –HESS –GLAST –Swift –Auger –IceCube –HiRes –CELESTE –LIGO –HEP/NP experiments We get Post-docs from:We get Post-docs from: –Super-K –Whipple/VERITAS –HEGRA –HEP/NP experiments –Amanda –Tibet –CGRO –Haleakala –HiRes

5. Jordan Goodman HAWC Review - December 2007 Milagro Outreach Activities QuarknetQuarknet EarthwatchEarthwatch US Physics OlympicsUS Physics Olympics High School ProgramsHigh School Programs Summer GirlsSummer Girls Question of the weekQuestion of the week

6. Jordan Goodman HAWC Review - December 2007 Quarknet Milagro was the first Particle Astrophysics experimentMilagro was the first Particle Astrophysics experiment Help set up cosmic ray telescopesHelp set up cosmic ray telescopes Cloud ChambersCloud Chambers Mentor-physicistsMentor-physicists –Jordan Goodman –Kara Hoffman Lead TeachersLead Teachers –Yuri Achille –Kevin Martz They spent time at Milagro

7. Jordan Goodman HAWC Review - December 2007 80% 4% 14.4% 13% %US POP. Notes: US percentage does not add to 100% because Hispanics are an ethnic group. Approx 60% of US Hispanics are of Mexican origin.

8. Jordan Goodman HAWC Review - December 2007 HAWC Outreach HAWC will continue Milagro outreach activitiesHAWC will continue Milagro outreach activities HAWC will work to reach Hispanic students in the US and MexicoHAWC will work to reach Hispanic students in the US and Mexico –We will develop materials in Spanish (Magda has already started) –We will provide bilingual websites –We will provide summer programs for student –We will target schools in New Mexico –We will work with the LMT outreach program to reach local schools in Mexico Mexico is going to participate in the international year of the astronomy in 2009. The Mexican organizer is Deborah Dultz - a HAWC collaborator.Mexico is going to participate in the international year of the astronomy in 2009. The Mexican organizer is Deborah Dultz - a HAWC collaborator. The UNAM Astronomy Institute has a lot of activities for high school students that HAWC can join. They have talks every Friday and visits to the optical telescopes.The UNAM Astronomy Institute has a lot of activities for high school students that HAWC can join. They have talks every Friday and visits to the optical telescopes.

9. Jordan Goodman HAWC Review - December 2007 Summer Outreach Working with Luis Orozco at Maryland we have joined the Mexican Division of Particles and Fields summer program run by Heriberto Castilla (CINVESTAV, FNAL) –A competition for students, undergraduate of the last two year or graduate students of the first year. They select the best according to academic capacity and interest in the field –HAWC is planning to have one or two students this year.

10. Jordan Goodman HAWC Review - December 2007 Summary Milagro pioneered the water-Cherenkov technique for wide field TeV gamma ray astronomyMilagro pioneered the water-Cherenkov technique for wide field TeV gamma ray astronomy It has made numerous discoveries, showing the importance and complementarity of a wide field instrument to the ACTs, satellites and other instrumentsIt has made numerous discoveries, showing the importance and complementarity of a wide field instrument to the ACTs, satellites and other instruments HAWC is an obvious next stepHAWC is an obvious next step For a modest cost, HAWC can do important and timely physicsFor a modest cost, HAWC can do important and timely physics We have the capability, we have the site, we have the people (we even have the PMTs)We have the capability, we have the site, we have the people (we even have the PMTs) We need your approval (and the money)We need your approval (and the money)

11. Jordan Goodman HAWC Review - December 2007