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 |
(c) American Physical Society http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.383 |
Format Medium |
application/pdf |
Format Extent |
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ARK |
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Setname |
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Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65m6pwg |