A Northern Sky Survey for steady tera-electron volt gamma-ray point sources using the Tibet air shower array

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作者
Amenomori, M [1 ]
Ayabe, S
Chen, D
Cui, SW
Danzengluobu
Ding, LK
Ding, XH
Feng, CF
Feng, ZY
Gao, XY
Geng, QX
Guo, HW
He, HH
He, M
Hibino, K
Hotta, N
Hu, HB
Hu, HB
Huang, J
Huang, Q
Jia, HY
Kajino, F
Kasahara, K
Katayose, Y
Kato, C
Kawata, K
Labaciren
Le, GM
Li, JY
Lu, H
Lu, SL
Meng, XR
Mizutani, K
Mu, J
Munakata, K
Nagai, A
Nanjo, H
Nishizawa, M
Ohnishi, M
Ohta, I
Onuma, H
Ouchi, T
Ozawa, S
Ren, JR
Saito, T
Sakata, M
Sasaki, T
Shibata, M
Shiomi, A
Shirai, T
机构
[1] Hirosaki Univ, Dept Phys, Hirosaki, Aomori 0368561, Japan
[2] Saitama Univ, Dept Phys, Saitama 3388570, Japan
[3] Yokohama Natl Univ, Fac Engn, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2408501, Japan
[4] HeBei Normal Univ, Dept Phys, Shijiazhuang 050016, Peoples R China
[5] Tibet Univ, Dept Math & Phys, Lhasa 850000, Peoples R China
[6] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst High Energy Phys, Key Lab Particle Astrophys, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
[7] Shandong Univ, Dept Phys, Jinan 250100, Peoples R China
[8] SW Jiaotong Univ, Inst Modern Phys, Chengdu 610031, Peoples R China
[9] Yunnan Univ, Dept Phys, Kunming 650091, Peoples R China
[10] Kanagawa Univ, Fac Engn, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2218686, Japan
[11] Utsunomiya Univ, Fac Educ, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 3218505, Japan
[12] Univ Tokyo, Inst Cosm Ray Res, Kashiwa, Chiba 2778582, Japan
[13] Konan Univ, Dept Phys, Kobe, Hyogo 6588501, Japan
[14] Shibaura Inst Technol, Fac Syst Engn, Saitama 3308570, Japan
[15] Shinshu Univ, Dept Phys, Matsumoto, Nagano 3908621, Japan
[16] Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Space Sci & Applicat Res, Beijing 100080, Peoples R China
[17] Utsunomiya Univ, Adv Media Network Ctr, Utsunomiya, Tochigi 3218585, Japan
[18] Natl Inst Informat, Tokyo 1018430, Japan
[19] Tokyo Metropolitan Coll Aeronaut Engn, Tokyo 1160003, Japan
[20] Shonan Inst Technol, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 2518511, Japan
关键词
gamma rays : observations; surveys;
D O I
10.1086/491612
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Results of a steady TeV gamma-ray point-source search using data taken from the Tibet HD ( 1997 February - 1999 September) and Tibet III ( 1999 November - 2001 October) arrays are presented. From 0 degrees to 60 degrees in declination, significant excesses from the well-known steady source Crab Nebula and the high state of the flare-type source Markarian 421 are observed. Because the levels of significance from other positions are not sufficiently high, 90% confidence level upper limits on the flux are set assuming different power-law spectra. To allow cross-checking, two independently developed analyses are used in this work.
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页码:1005 / 1012
页数:8
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