Search for bursts of extensive air showers arriving successively over a short period

Autor: Tsuji, Katsufumi, Kitamura, Takashi, Konishi, Takeharu, Chikawa, Michiyuki
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 1993
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Zdroj: 理工学総合研究所研究報告 = Annual reports by Research Institute for Science and Technology. 5:77-84
ISSN: 0916-2054
Popis: [Abstract] Extensive air showers have been observed with eight plastic scintillation counters since June 1991. The time structure of the air shower events is confirmed to follow a Poisson distribution. To search for air shower bursts, we have analyzed arrival times of air showers with an adaptive cluster method and selected five burst candidates. A cluster of four arrival times within 3.87 s was the best candidate. We also suggest that air shower rate increased noticeably at 22 hours sidereal time on August 1991. These results still have to be confirmed after improvement of our observation equipment.
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