INVESTIGADORES
HANSEN Patricia Maria
artículos
Título:
A SEARCH FOR POINT SOURCES OF EeV NEUTRONS
Autor/es:
THE PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY (PATRICIA HANSEN PERTENECE A LA COLABORACION)
Revista:
The Astrophysical Journal
Editorial:
The American Astronomical Society
Referencias:
Año: 2012 vol. 760 p. 1 - 16
ISSN:
1538-4357
Resumen:
A thorough search of the sky exposed at the Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory reveals no statistically significantexcess 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◦ in declination using four different energy ranges above 1 EeV (1018 eV).The method used in this search is more sensitive to neutrons than to photons. The upper limit on a neutron flux isderived for a dense grid of directions for each of the four energy ranges. These results constrain scenarios for theproduction of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays in the Galaxy.
