A Survey of the Northern Sky for TeV Point Sources

Authors

K Wang, University of California - Riverside
R Atkins, University of Wisconsin - MadisonFollow
W Benbow, University of California - Santa Cruz
D Berley, University of Maryland - College Park
M L. Chen, University of Maryland - College Park
D G. Coyne, University of California - Santa Cruz
B L. Dingus, University of Wisconsin - Madison
D E. Dorfan, University of California - Santa Cruz
R W. Ellsworth, George Mason University
A Falcone, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
L Fleysher, New York UniversityFollow
G Gisler, Los Alamos National Laboratory
J A. Goodman, University of Maryland - College Park
T J. Haines, Los Alamos National LaboratoryFollow
C M. Hoffman, Los Alamos National Laboratory
S Hugenberger, University of California - Irvine
L A. Kelley, University of California - Santa Cruz
I Leonor, University of California - Irvine
Mark L. McConnell, University of New Hampshire - Main CampusFollow
J F. McCullough, University of California - Santa Cruz
J E. McEnery, University of Wisconsin - MadisonFollow
R S. Miller, University of New Hampshire - Main CampusFollow
A I. Mincer, New York University
M F. Morales, University of California - Santa CruzFollow
P Nemethy, New York University
James M. Ryan, University of New HampshireFollow
F W. Samuelson, Los Alamos National Laboratory
B Shen, University of California - Riverside
A Shoup, University of California - Irvine
G Sinnis, Los Alamos National Laboratory
A J. Smith, University of Maryland - College ParkFollow
G W. Sullivan, University of Maryland - College Park
O T. Tumer, University of California - Riverside
M O. Wascko, University of California - Riverside
S Westerhoff, University of California - Santa Cruz
D A. Williams, University of California - Santa CruzFollow
T Yang, University of California - Santa Cruz
G B. Yodh, University of California - Irvine

Abstract

A search for steadyTeV point sources anywherein the northern skyhas been made withdata from the Milagritoair-shower particle detector. Over3 × 10⁹ events,collected from 1997 Februaryto 1998 May, havebeen used in thisstudy. No statistically significantexcess above the backgroundfrom the isotropic fluxof cosmic rays wasfound for any directionof the sky withdeclination between -5° and717. Upper limits arederived for the photonflux above 1 TeVfrom any steady pointsource in the northernsky.

Department

Space Science Center, Physics

Publication Date

9-10-2001

Journal Title

Astrophysical Journal

Publisher

American Astronomical Society

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1086/322312

Document Type

Article

Recommended Citation

Wang, K; Atkins, R; Benbow, W; Berley, D; Chen, M L.; Coyne, D G.; Dingus, B L.; Dorfan, D E.; Ellsworth, R W.; Falcone, A; Fleysher, L; Gisler, G; Goodman, J A.; Haines, T J.; Hoffman, C M.; Hugenberger, S; Kelley, L A.; Leonor, I; McConnell, Mark L.; McCullough, J F.; McEnery, J E.; Miller, R S.; Mincer, A I.; Morales, M F.; Nemethy, P; Ryan, James M.; Samuelson, F W.; Shen, B; Shoup, A; Sinnis, G; Smith, A J.; Sullivan, G W.; Tumer, O T.; Wascko, M O.; Westerhoff, S; Williams, D A.; Yang, T; and Yodh, G B., "A Survey of the Northern Sky for TeV Point Sources" (2001). Astrophysical Journal. 34.
https://scholars.unh.edu/ssc/34

Rights

© 2001. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A.