A search for flaring very-high-energy cosmic γ-ray sources with the L3+C muon spectrometer

The L3 Collaboration

doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2006.03.007

A search for flaring very-high-energy cosmic γ-ray sources with the L3+C muon spectrometer

The L3 Collaboration

Physics and Astronomy

University of Geneva
University of Florence
CIEMAT
Radboud University Nijmegen
University of Lausanne
CERN
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Louisiana State University
Petersburg Nuclear Physics InstituteGatchina
Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
University of Rome La Sapienza
Florida Institute of Technology
German Electron Synchrotron
University of Amsterdam
Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Paul Scherrer Institute
Purdue University
University of Perugia
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Carnegie Mellon University
RWTH Aachen University
Hungarian Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

The L3+C muon detector at the CERN electron-positron collider, LEP, is used for the detection of very-high-energy cosmic γ-ray sources through the observation of muons of energies above 20, 30, 50 and 100 GeV. Daily or monthly excesses in the rate of single-muon events pointing to some particular direction in the sky are searched for. The periods from mid July to November 1999, and April to November 2000 are considered. Special attention is also given to a selection of known γ-ray sources. No statistically significant excess is observed for any direction or any particular source.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	298-310
Number of pages	13
Journal	Astroparticle Physics
Volume	25
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2006.03.007
State	Published - Jun 1 2006

Keywords

Gamma-ray-point-sources
L3+C
Muons

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A search for flaring very-high-energy cosmic γ-ray sources with the L3+C muon spectrometer

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