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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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 |
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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 |
title_full | A search for correlations of TeV gamma rays with ultra-high-energy cosmic rays |
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 |
title_sort | search for correlations of tev gamma rays with ultra high energy cosmic rays |
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