Evidence from the Soudan 1 experiment for underground muons associated with Cygnus X-3

Conference · Sun Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:6239258

Ayres, D S

The Soudan 1 experiment has yielded evidence for an average underground muon flux of approx.7 x 10/sup -11/ cm/sup -2/ s/sup -1/ which points back to the x-ray binary Cygnus X-3, and which exhibits the 4.8 h periodicity observed for other radiation from this source. Underground muon events which seem to be associated with Cygnus X-3 also show evidence for longer time variability of the flux. Such underground muons cannot be explained by conventional models of the propagation and interaction of cosmic rays. 16 refs., 5 figs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6239258
• Report Number(s): ANL-HEP-CP-85-100; CONF-850883-10; ON: DE86003062
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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640101* -- Astrophysics & Cosmology-- Cosmic Radiation
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION
BINARY STARS
CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION
COSMIC MUONS
COSMIC RADIATION
COSMIC RAY SOURCES
COSMIC X-RAY SOURCES
DETECTION
DISTRIBUTION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
LEPTONS
MUON DETECTION
MUONS
ORIGIN
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATIONS
STARS
VARIATIONS