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Search for cosmic ray sources using muons detected by the MACRO experiment

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Ambrosio, M; Antolini, R; Auriemma, G; Bakari, D; Baldini, A; Barbarino, GC; Barish, BC; Battistoni, G; Becherini, Y; Bellotti, R; Bemporad, C ...
Published in: Astroparticle Physics
January 1, 2003

The MACRO underground detector at Gran Sasso Laboratory recorded 60 million secondary cosmic ray muons from February 1989 until December 2000. Different techniques were used to analyze this sample in search for density excesses from astrophysical point-like sources. No evidence for DC excesses for any source in an all-sky survey is reported. In addition, searches for muon excess correlated with the known binary periods of Cygnus X-3 and Hercules X-1, and searches for statistically significant bursting episodes from known γ-ray sources are also proved negative. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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Astroparticle Physics

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0927-6505

Publication Date

January 1, 2003

Volume

18

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6

Start / End Page

615 / 627

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
 

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Ambrosio, M., Antolini, R., Auriemma, G., Bakari, D., Baldini, A., Barbarino, G. C., … Sioli, M. (2003). Search for cosmic ray sources using muons detected by the MACRO experiment. Astroparticle Physics, 18(6), 615–627. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0927-6505(02)00164-0
Ambrosio, M., R. Antolini, G. Auriemma, D. Bakari, A. Baldini, G. C. Barbarino, B. C. Barish, et al. “Search for cosmic ray sources using muons detected by the MACRO experiment.” Astroparticle Physics 18, no. 6 (January 1, 2003): 615–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0927-6505(02)00164-0.
Ambrosio M, Antolini R, Auriemma G, Bakari D, Baldini A, Barbarino GC, et al. Search for cosmic ray sources using muons detected by the MACRO experiment. Astroparticle Physics. 2003 Jan 1;18(6):615–27.
Ambrosio, M., et al. “Search for cosmic ray sources using muons detected by the MACRO experiment.” Astroparticle Physics, vol. 18, no. 6, Jan. 2003, pp. 615–27. Scopus, doi:10.1016/S0927-6505(02)00164-0.
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Published In

Astroparticle Physics

DOI

ISSN

0927-6505

Publication Date

January 1, 2003

Volume

18

Issue

6

Start / End Page

615 / 627

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences