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用MAGIC望远镜寻找可能的超高能cosmic ray源的甚高能γ射线

Search for very high energy gamma rays from possible ultra-high energy cosmic ray sources by the MAGIC Telescope

K. Shinozaki, M. Teshima

摘要:

超高能宇宙射线的起源至今仍是一个悬而未决的问题。在目前的工作中,我们寻找可能的UHE宇宙射线源使用MAGIC望远镜的相关的甚高能量(VHE)的伽马射线发射。由于这种宇宙射线的传播距离有限,我们选择了AGASA三重态和HiRes UHE宇宙射线事件方向附近的邻近星系:NGC 3610和NGC 3613(类星体残骸); Arp 299(碰撞星系系统)。在VHE区域中没有发现从这些物体或其周围区域中发现的显著过量。在多个100 GeV的制度,在周围地区的γ射线源的通量的上限。假设宇宙射线是从一个单一的点状源发射的,那么所提出的极限约束了该区域中一个新的假设源的通量。

英文摘要:

The origin of ultra-high energy (UHE) cosmic rays is still an open question. In the present work, we searched the possible UHE cosmic ray sources using the MAGIC telescope for the associated very high energy (VHE) gamma ray emission. Due to constrained propagation distance of such cosmic rays, we selected nearby galaxies in vicinity of the direction of the AGASA triplet and a HiRes UHE cosmic ray event: NGC 3610 and NGC 3613 (quasar remnants); Arp 299 (a system of colliding galaxies). No significant excess in the VHE region was found found from these objects or their surrounding region. At multi-100 GeV regime, the upper limits on fluxes were given against gamma ray sources in surrounding region. The presented limits constrain the flux of a new hypothetical source in the region, provided the cosmic rays are emitted from a single point-like origin.

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