A Targeted Search for Point Sources of EeV Photons with the Pierre Auger Observatory

Simultaneous measurements of air showers with the fluorescence and surface detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory allow a sensitive search for EeV photon point sources. Several Galactic and extragalactic candidate objects are grouped in classes to reduce the statistical penalty of many trials fro...

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Publicado: 2017
Materias:
astroparticle physics
cosmic rays
methods: data analysis
Acceso en línea:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_20418205_v837_n2_p_Multitudinario
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_20418205_v837_n2_p_Multitudinario
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spelling paper:paper_20418205_v837_n2_p_Multitudinario2023-06-08T16:33:18Z A Targeted Search for Point Sources of EeV Photons with the Pierre Auger Observatory astroparticle physics cosmic rays methods: data analysis Simultaneous measurements of air showers with the fluorescence and surface detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory allow a sensitive search for EeV photon point sources. Several Galactic and extragalactic candidate objects are grouped in classes to reduce the statistical penalty of many trials from that of a blind search and are analyzed for a significant excess above the background expectation. The presented search does not find any evidence for photon emission at candidate sources, and combined p-values for every class are reported. Particle and energy flux upper limits are given for selected candidate sources. These limits significantly constrain predictions of EeV proton emission models from non-transient Galactic and nearby extragalactic sources, as illustrated for the particular case of the Galactic center region. © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. 2017 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_20418205_v837_n2_p_Multitudinario http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_20418205_v837_n2_p_Multitudinario
institution Universidad de Buenos Aires
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repository_str R-134
collection Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA)
topic astroparticle physics
cosmic rays
methods: data analysis
spellingShingle astroparticle physics
cosmic rays
methods: data analysis
A Targeted Search for Point Sources of EeV Photons with the Pierre Auger Observatory
topic_facet astroparticle physics
cosmic rays
methods: data analysis
description Simultaneous measurements of air showers with the fluorescence and surface detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory allow a sensitive search for EeV photon point sources. Several Galactic and extragalactic candidate objects are grouped in classes to reduce the statistical penalty of many trials from that of a blind search and are analyzed for a significant excess above the background expectation. The presented search does not find any evidence for photon emission at candidate sources, and combined p-values for every class are reported. Particle and energy flux upper limits are given for selected candidate sources. These limits significantly constrain predictions of EeV proton emission models from non-transient Galactic and nearby extragalactic sources, as illustrated for the particular case of the Galactic center region. © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
title A Targeted Search for Point Sources of EeV Photons with the Pierre Auger Observatory
title_short A Targeted Search for Point Sources of EeV Photons with the Pierre Auger Observatory
title_full A Targeted Search for Point Sources of EeV Photons with the Pierre Auger Observatory
title_fullStr A Targeted Search for Point Sources of EeV Photons with the Pierre Auger Observatory
title_full_unstemmed A Targeted Search for Point Sources of EeV Photons with the Pierre Auger Observatory
title_sort targeted search for point sources of eev photons with the pierre auger observatory
publishDate 2017
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_20418205_v837_n2_p_Multitudinario
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_20418205_v837_n2_p_Multitudinario
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