Search for point sources of ultrahigh energy gamma rays in the southern sky

Autor: Ian A. Bond, K. Mitsui, M. J. Conway, Hiroshi Sato, S. Ogio, S. Kabe, M. Spencer, J. R. Storey, T. Nakamura, Yutaka Matsubara, M. Sakata, K. B. Fenton, Masaki Mori, Toru Tanimori, H. M. Shimizu, Michael D. Woodhams, Akira Masaike, J. E. Humble, Morihiro Honda, A. Daniel, Naoaki Hayashida, Yoshiyuki Watase, A. Wadsworth, M. Nishizawa, P. M. Morris, Y. Miura, To. Saito, M. Nagano, William H. Allen, Z. Fujii, E. Budding, Grant Lythe, P. C. M. Yock, Yasushi Muraki, Hirosane Fujii, K. Hibino, Y. Yamamoto, Katsuaki Kasahara, Tadashi Kifune, Shoji Torii, Masahiro Teshima, T. Yuda
Rok vydání: 1993
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Zdroj: Physical review. D, Particles and fields. 48(2)
ISSN: 0556-2821
Popis: A search for point sources of γ rays with energies ≥ 100 TeV which has been made by the JANZOS Collaboration using an array of plastic scintillators located at Black Birch mountain in New Zealand is reported. The physical characteristics of the array are described, and also the techniques which have been used to analyse the data. Measurements of the angular resolution of the array using the Moon and/or Sun shadowing technique, and also a comparison test with the JANZOS array of Cerenkov mirrors, are reported. About 80 million events were observed in the period October 1987 to January 1992. Upper limits on the average γ-ray fluxes at energies ≥ 100 TeV from SN 1987A, Vela Pulsar, Vela X-1, LMC X-4, Sco X-1, Cen X-3, SMC X-1, Galactic Center, Cen A, 4U1145-619, 2A1822-371, and PSR1706-44 in this period are reported
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