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Search for Ultra High Energy Gamma Rays from Centaurus A

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

D. J. Bird
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide, GPO Box 498, Adelaide, SA 5001
R. W. Clay
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide, GPO Box 498, Adelaide, SA 5001

Abstract

An analysis has been made of events recorded in one year from the direction of the active galaxy Centaurus A using the Buckland Park UHE gamma-ray telescope. No statistically significant excess was observed over this period. Data collected between 1984 and 1989 show evidence for an excess of events from this direction at shower sizes in the range of 2 × 105 to 5 × 105 particles.

Type
High Energy Astrophysics
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1990

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