Search for high energy gamma-rays from SN 1987A
Conference
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· AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6193420
High energy ..gamma..-rays from SN 1987A were searched for at the Black Birch Range in New Zealand, using a scintillation counter array and mirrors for Cerenkov light. An upper limit on the ..gamma..-ray flux greater than 100 TeV was about 3.6 x 10/sup -12/ cm/sup -2/bullets/sup -1/ from 13 October to 3 December, 1987. An upper limit on the ..gamma..-ray greater than 3 TeV was 6 x 10/sup -12/ cm/sup -2/bullets/sup -1/ during December 1987 and January 1988. Data obtained on January 14 and 15 have excess counts corresponding to a flux of (1.9 +- 0.5) x 10/sup -11/ cm/sup -2/bullets/sup -1/.
- Research Organization:
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
- OSTI ID:
- 6193420
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8805142-
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 176:1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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640101* -- Astrophysics & Cosmology-- Cosmic Radiation
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Radio & X-Ray Sources
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
CHERENKOV COUNTING
COSMIC RAY FLUX
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
EMISSION SPECTRA
ENERGY RANGE
ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS
GALAXIES
GAMMA SPECTRA
LIMITING VALUES
MAGELLANIC CLOUDS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATION FLUX
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SPECTRA
STARS
SUPERNOVAE
TELESCOPES
TEV RANGE
TEV RANGE 01-10
TEV RANGE 100-1000
VARIABLE STARS
640102 -- Astrophysics & Cosmology-- Stars & Quasi-Stellar
Radio & X-Ray Sources
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
CHERENKOV COUNTING
COSMIC RAY FLUX
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
EMISSION SPECTRA
ENERGY RANGE
ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS
GALAXIES
GAMMA SPECTRA
LIMITING VALUES
MAGELLANIC CLOUDS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
RADIATION DETECTORS
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SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SPECTRA
STARS
SUPERNOVAE
TELESCOPES
TEV RANGE
TEV RANGE 01-10
TEV RANGE 100-1000
VARIABLE STARS