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An upper limit to the photon fraction in cosmic rays above 10**19-eV from the Pierre Auger Observatory
Creators
- Abraham, J.
- Aglietta, M.
- Aguirre, C.
- Allard, D.
- Allekotte, I.
- Allison, P.
- Alvarez, C.
- Alvarez-Muniz, J.
- Ambrosio, M.
- Anchordoqui, L.
- Anjos, J.C.
- Aramo, C.
- Arisaka, K.
- Armengaud, E.
- Arneodo, F.
- Arqueros, F.
- Asch, T.
- Asorey, H.
- Atulugama, B.S.
- Aublin, J.
- Ave, M.
- Centro Atomico Bariloche
- Buenos Aires, CONICET
- La Plata U.
- Pierre Auger Observ.
- CNEA, San Martin
- Adelaide U.
- Catholic U. of Bolivia, La Paz
- Bolivia U.
- Sao Paulo U.
- Campinas State U.
- UEFS, Feira de Santana
- Bahia U.
- Rio de Janeiro Federal U.
- Niteroi, Fluminense U.
- Charles U.
- Prague, Inst. Phys.
- Orsay, LPT
- APC, Paris
- Orsay, LAL
- Paris U., VI-VII
- LPSC, Grenoble
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (United States)
Description
An upper limit of 16% (at 95% c.l.) is derived for the photon fraction in cosmic rays with energies above 1019 eV, based on observations of the depth of shower maximum performed with the hybrid detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory. This is the first such limit on photons obtained by observing the fluorescence light profile of air showers. This upper limit confirms and improves on previous results from the Haverah Park and AGASA surface arrays. Additional data recorded with the Auger surface detectors for a subset of the event sample, support the conclusion that a photon origin of the observed events is not favored
Availability note (English)
Available from http://lss.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/find_paper.pl?pub-06-210.pdf; PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/892379-aJTRki/Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 29 p.
- Report number
- FERMILAB-PUB--06-210-A
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 38005159
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- EEV RANGE; EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTON BEAMS; PHOTONS
- Descriptors DEC
- BEAMS; BOSONS; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC SHOWERS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EMISSION; ENERGY RANGE; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LUMINESCENCE; MASSLESS PARTICLES; PHOTON EMISSION; RADIATIONS; SECONDARY COSMIC RADIATION; SHOWERS
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- arXiv eprint number astro-ph/0606619; AC02-76CH03000
- Funding organization
- US Department of Energy (United States)