DETECTION OF THE UHE BURST FROM THE CRAB-NEBULA ON FEBRUARY 23, 1989, FROM THE EAS-TOP ARRAY

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作者
AGLIETTA, M
ALESSANDRO, B
BADINO, G
BERGAMASCO, L
CASTAGNOLI, C
CASTELLINA, A
CATTADORI, C
CINI, G
PIAZZOLI, BD
FULGIONE, W
GALEOTTI, P
GHIA, PL
MANNOCCHI, G
MORELLO, C
NAVARRA, G
PERIALE, L
RICCATI, L
SAAVEDRA, O
TRINCHERO, GC
VALLANIA, P
VERNETTO, S
机构
[1] CNR,IST COSMOGEOFIS,I-10133 TURIN,ITALY
[2] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-10125 TURIN,ITALY
[3] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,LAB NAZL GRAN SASSO,ASSERGI,ITALY
来源
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1991年 / 15卷 / 01期
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10.1209/0295-5075/15/1/014
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
On February 23, 1989, an excess of counts of > 100 TeV Extensive Air Showers has been recorded from the direction of the Crab Nebula by three independent detectors: Baksan (North Caucasus, USSR), KGF (India) and EAS-TOP (Gran Sasso, Italy). The chance probability of the combined detection is approximately 10(-7). We discuss the EAS-TOP observations from the statistical point of view (chance probability less-than-or-equal-to 10(-2) and present some phenomenological characteristics of the events.
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页码:81 / 86
页数:6
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