A search for correlations of TeV gamma rays with ultra-high-energy cosmic rays

A search was conducted for TeV γ-rays emitted from the direction of the ultra-high-energy cosmic ray detected by the Fly's Eye experiment with energy E ∼ 3 × 1020 eV. No enhancement was found at a level of 10-10 cm-2 s-1 for E > 350 GeV. A steady source of ultra-high-energy cosmic ray pr...

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প্রধান লেখক: Akerlof, C, Biller, S, Boyle, P, Buckley, J, Carter-Lewis, D, Catanese, M, Cawley, M, Connaughton, V, Fegan, D, Finley, J, Gaidos, J, Hillas, A, Krennrich, F, Lamb, R, Lessard, R, McEnery, J, Mohanty, G, Porter, N, Quinn, J, Rodgers, A, Rose, H, Samuelson, F, Schubnell, MS, Sembroski, G, Srinivasan, R
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ভাষা:English
প্রকাশিত: Institute of Physics Publishing 2003
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author Akerlof, C
Biller, S
Boyle, P
Buckley, J
Carter-Lewis, D
Catanese, M
Cawley, M
Connaughton, V
Fegan, D
Finley, J
Gaidos, J
Hillas, A
Krennrich, F
Lamb, R
Lessard, R
McEnery, J
Mohanty, G
Porter, N
Quinn, J
Rodgers, A
Rose, H
Samuelson, F
Schubnell, MS
Sembroski, G
Srinivasan, R
author_facet Akerlof, C
Biller, S
Boyle, P
Buckley, J
Carter-Lewis, D
Catanese, M
Cawley, M
Connaughton, V
Fegan, D
Finley, J
Gaidos, J
Hillas, A
Krennrich, F
Lamb, R
Lessard, R
McEnery, J
Mohanty, G
Porter, N
Quinn, J
Rodgers, A
Rose, H
Samuelson, F
Schubnell, MS
Sembroski, G
Srinivasan, R
author_sort Akerlof, C
collection OXFORD
description A search was conducted for TeV γ-rays emitted from the direction of the ultra-high-energy cosmic ray detected by the Fly's Eye experiment with energy E ∼ 3 × 1020 eV. No enhancement was found at a level of 10-10 cm-2 s-1 for E > 350 GeV. A steady source of ultra-high-energy cosmic ray protons or photons would be expected to produce a γ-ray flux above this level. An upper limit was also set for the flux of TeV γ-rays from 3C 147, the most prominent active galactic nucleus in the error box.
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spelling oxford-uuid:8c25ad5a-53f5-40bc-bdb2-a5d52d72dc1d2022-03-26T22:42:53ZA search for correlations of TeV gamma rays with ultra-high-energy cosmic raysJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:8c25ad5a-53f5-40bc-bdb2-a5d52d72dc1dEnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordInstitute of Physics Publishing2003Akerlof, CBiller, SBoyle, PBuckley, JCarter-Lewis, DCatanese, MCawley, MConnaughton, VFegan, DFinley, JGaidos, JHillas, AKrennrich, FLamb, RLessard, RMcEnery, JMohanty, GPorter, NQuinn, JRodgers, ARose, HSamuelson, FSchubnell, MSSembroski, GSrinivasan, RA search was conducted for TeV γ-rays emitted from the direction of the ultra-high-energy cosmic ray detected by the Fly's Eye experiment with energy E ∼ 3 × 1020 eV. No enhancement was found at a level of 10-10 cm-2 s-1 for E > 350 GeV. A steady source of ultra-high-energy cosmic ray protons or photons would be expected to produce a γ-ray flux above this level. An upper limit was also set for the flux of TeV γ-rays from 3C 147, the most prominent active galactic nucleus in the error box.
spellingShingle Akerlof, C
Biller, S
Boyle, P
Buckley, J
Carter-Lewis, D
Catanese, M
Cawley, M
Connaughton, V
Fegan, D
Finley, J
Gaidos, J
Hillas, A
Krennrich, F
Lamb, R
Lessard, R
McEnery, J
Mohanty, G
Porter, N
Quinn, J
Rodgers, A
Rose, H
Samuelson, F
Schubnell, MS
Sembroski, G
Srinivasan, R
A search for correlations of TeV gamma rays with ultra-high-energy cosmic rays
title A search for correlations of TeV gamma rays with ultra-high-energy cosmic rays
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title_fullStr A search for correlations of TeV gamma rays with ultra-high-energy cosmic rays
title_full_unstemmed A search for correlations of TeV gamma rays with ultra-high-energy cosmic rays
title_short A search for correlations of TeV gamma rays with ultra-high-energy cosmic rays
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