Published June 18, 1990
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Journal article
Study of Cygnus X-3 at ultrahigh energies during the 1989 radio outbursts
Creators
- Alexandreas, D.E.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Allen, R.C.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Berley, D.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Biller, S.D.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Burman, R.L.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Cady, R.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Chang, C.Y.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Dingus, B.L.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Dion, G.M.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Ellsworth, R.W.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Goodman, J.A.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Haines, T.J.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Hoffman, C.M.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Lloyd-Evans, J.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Lu, X.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Nagle, D.E.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Potter, M.E.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Sandberg, V.D.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Stark, M.J.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Talaga, R.L.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Vishwanath, P.R.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Yodh, G.B.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Zhang, W.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- 1. George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (USA)
- 2. The University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (USA)
- 3. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM (USA)
- 4. The University of Maryland, College Park, MD (USA)
- 5. The University of California, Irvine, CA (USA)
Description
A unique feature of Cygnus X-3 is that occasionally it has large radio outbursts that begin very abruptly and last for several days. Several experiments in the past have claimed to observe signals above 1 TeV correlated with these radio bursts; the most recent bursts occurred in June and July 1989. No significant signal was observed by the CYGNUS experiment over time scales longer than a day during this time; a 90%-confidence-level limit of 3.0x10-13 cm-2 s-1 is placed on the flux above 50 TeV during the period from 15 May to 31 July 1989
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 64
- Journal Issue
- 25
- Series
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 2973-2975
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 21073570
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS; DATA PROCESSING; ENERGY SPECTRA; TEV RANGE; TIME DEPENDENCE
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMIC RADIATION; ENERGY RANGE; IONIZING RADIATIONS; PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION; RADIATIONS; SPECTRA