Publication
A Search for Point Sources of EeV Neutrons
| dc.contributor.author | Pierre Auger collaboration (509 authors) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Abreu, P. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Andringa, S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Assis, P. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Brogueira, P. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cazon, L. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Conceicao, R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Diogo, F. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Espadanal, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Goncalves, P. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pimenta, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Santo, C.E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Santos, E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tome, B. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-03T21:25:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-03T21:25:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-10 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-02-03T21:25:23Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | A thorough search of the sky exposed at the Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory reveals no statistically significant excess of events in any small solid angle that would be indicative of a flux of neutral particles from a discrete source. The search covers from -90 to +15 degrees in declination using four different energy ranges above 1 EeV (10^18 eV). The method used in this search is more sensitive to neutrons than to photons. The upper limit on a neutron flux is derived for a dense grid of directions for each of the four energy ranges. These results constrain scenarios for the production of ultra-high energy cosmic rays in the Galaxy. | |
| dc.description.version | Peer Reviewed | |
| dc.identifier | Astrophys.J. 760 (2012) 148; DOI 10.1088/0004-637X/760/2/148 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/760/2/148 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/26295 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.title | A Search for Point Sources of EeV Neutrons | |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt |
| rcaap.type | article |