Search for Coincidences in Time and Arrival Direction of Auger Data with Astrophysical Transients

Conference · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2007

OSTI ID:918731

Anchordoqui, Luis

The data collected by the Pierre Auger Observatory are analyzed to search for coincidences between the arrival directions of high-energy cosmic rays and the positions in the sky of astrophysical transients. Special attention is directed towards gamma ray observations recorded by NASA's Swift mission, which have an angular resolution similar to that of the Auger surface detectors. In particular, we check our data for evidence of a signal associated with the giant flare that came from the soft gamma repeater 1806-20 on December 27, 2004.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 918731
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-CONF-07-381-A-TD; arXiv eprint number arXiv:0706.0989; TRN: US200819%%435
• Resource Relation: Conference: Presented at 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2007), Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, 3-11 Jul 2007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
RESOLUTION
SKY
TRANSIENTS
DATA ANALYSIS
Astrophysics