| Publication Type | journal article |
| School or College | College of Science |
| Department | Physics |
| Creator | Sokolsky, Pierre |
| Other Author | Cassiday, G. L.; Cooper, R.; Dawson, B. R.; Elbert, J. W.; Fick, B. E.; Green, K. D.; Ko, S.; Liebing, D. F.; Loh, E. C.; Salamon, M. H.; Smith, J. D.; Sommers, P.; Thomas, S. B. |
| Title | Evidence for 10^18-eV neutral particles from the direction of Cygnus X-3 |
| Date | 1989-01 |
| Description | Analysis of the cumulative Fly's Eye data reveals an excess of air showers from the direction of Cygnus X-3 at energies above 0.5 x 10^18 eV. No point source has previously been identified at such high energies. The probability of this excess arising as a chance clustering of isotropic cosmic rays is 6 . 5 x 10^-4 . The inferred signal flux is (2.0 ± 0.6) x 10&-17 particles/cm2 s. The Cygnus X-3 4.8-h periodicity is weakly present in the data. |
| Type | Text |
| Publisher | American Physical Society |
| Journal Title | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 4 |
| First Page | 383 |
| Last Page | 386 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.383 |
| citatation_issn | 0031-9007 |
| Subject | Cygnus X-3; Extensive air showers; Neutral particles |
| Subject LCSH | X-ray binaries; Cosmic rays; Cosmic ray showers; Neutrons; Photons; Particles (Nuclear physics) |
| Language | eng |
| Bibliographic Citation | Cassiday, G. L., Cooper, R., Dawson, B. R., Elbert, J. W., Fick, B. E., Green, K. D., Ko, S., Liebing, D. F., Loh, E. C., Salamon, M. H., Smith, J. D., Sokolsky, P., Sommers, P., & Thomas, S. B. (1988). Evidence for 10^18-eV neutral particles from the direction of Cygnus X-3. Physical Review Letters, 62(4), 383-6. |
| Rights Management | © American Physical Society http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.383 |
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