A targeted search for point sources of EeV neutrons

Autores
Dova, María Teresa; Gómez Albarracín, Flavia Alejandra; Hansen, Patricia María; Jarne, Cecilia Gisele; Mariazzi, Analisa Gabriela; Moreno, Juan Cruz; Sciutto, Sergio Juan; Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo; The Pierre Auger Collaboration
Año de publicación
2014
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artículo
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Descripción
A flux of neutrons from an astrophysical source in the Galaxy can be detected in the Pierre Auger Observatory as an excess of cosmic-ray air showers arriving from the direction of the source. To avoid the statistical penalty for making many trials, classes of objects are tested in combinations as nine “target sets”, in addition to the search for a neutron flux from the Galactic Center or from the Galactic Plane. Within a target set, each candidate source is weighted in proportion to its electromagnetic flux, its exposure to the Auger Observatory, and its flux attenuation factor due to neutron decay. These searches do not find evidence for a neutron flux from any class of candidate sources. Tabulated results give the combined p-value for each class, with and without the weights, and also the flux upper limit for the most significant candidate source within each class. These limits on fluxes of neutrons significantly constrain models of EeV proton emission from non-transient discrete sources in the Galaxy.
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Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
Materia
Física
Astronomía
cosmic rays
Galaxy: disk
methods: data analysis
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spelling A targeted search for point sources of EeV neutronsDova, María TeresaGómez Albarracín, Flavia AlejandraHansen, Patricia MaríaJarne, Cecilia GiseleMariazzi, Analisa GabrielaMoreno, Juan CruzSciutto, Sergio JuanWahlberg, Hernán PabloThe Pierre Auger CollaborationFísicaAstronomíacosmic raysGalaxy: diskmethods: data analysisA flux of neutrons from an astrophysical source in the Galaxy can be detected in the Pierre Auger Observatory as an excess of cosmic-ray air showers arriving from the direction of the source. To avoid the statistical penalty for making many trials, classes of objects are tested in combinations as nine “target sets”, in addition to the search for a neutron flux from the Galactic Center or from the Galactic Plane. Within a target set, each candidate source is weighted in proportion to its electromagnetic flux, its exposure to the Auger Observatory, and its flux attenuation factor due to neutron decay. These searches do not find evidence for a neutron flux from any class of candidate sources. Tabulated results give the combined p-value for each class, with and without the weights, and also the flux upper limit for the most significant candidate source within each class. These limits on fluxes of neutrons significantly constrain models of EeV proton emission from non-transient discrete sources in the Galaxy.La lista completa de autores puede verse en el archivo asociado.Facultad de Ciencias Exactas2014-06-16info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/79334enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.4038v1info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1088/2041-8205/789/2/L34info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-11-12T10:36:54Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/79334Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-11-12 10:36:54.327SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A targeted search for point sources of EeV neutrons
title A targeted search for point sources of EeV neutrons
spellingShingle A targeted search for point sources of EeV neutrons
Dova, María Teresa
Física
Astronomía
cosmic rays
Galaxy: disk
methods: data analysis
title_short A targeted search for point sources of EeV neutrons
title_full A targeted search for point sources of EeV neutrons
title_fullStr A targeted search for point sources of EeV neutrons
title_full_unstemmed A targeted search for point sources of EeV neutrons
title_sort A targeted search for point sources of EeV neutrons
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Dova, María Teresa
Gómez Albarracín, Flavia Alejandra
Hansen, Patricia María
Jarne, Cecilia Gisele
Mariazzi, Analisa Gabriela
Moreno, Juan Cruz
Sciutto, Sergio Juan
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The Pierre Auger Collaboration
author Dova, María Teresa
author_facet Dova, María Teresa
Gómez Albarracín, Flavia Alejandra
Hansen, Patricia María
Jarne, Cecilia Gisele
Mariazzi, Analisa Gabriela
Moreno, Juan Cruz
Sciutto, Sergio Juan
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The Pierre Auger Collaboration
author_role author
author2 Gómez Albarracín, Flavia Alejandra
Hansen, Patricia María
Jarne, Cecilia Gisele
Mariazzi, Analisa Gabriela
Moreno, Juan Cruz
Sciutto, Sergio Juan
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The Pierre Auger Collaboration
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Física
Astronomía
cosmic rays
Galaxy: disk
methods: data analysis
topic Física
Astronomía
cosmic rays
Galaxy: disk
methods: data analysis
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv A flux of neutrons from an astrophysical source in the Galaxy can be detected in the Pierre Auger Observatory as an excess of cosmic-ray air showers arriving from the direction of the source. To avoid the statistical penalty for making many trials, classes of objects are tested in combinations as nine “target sets”, in addition to the search for a neutron flux from the Galactic Center or from the Galactic Plane. Within a target set, each candidate source is weighted in proportion to its electromagnetic flux, its exposure to the Auger Observatory, and its flux attenuation factor due to neutron decay. These searches do not find evidence for a neutron flux from any class of candidate sources. Tabulated results give the combined p-value for each class, with and without the weights, and also the flux upper limit for the most significant candidate source within each class. These limits on fluxes of neutrons significantly constrain models of EeV proton emission from non-transient discrete sources in the Galaxy.
La lista completa de autores puede verse en el archivo asociado.
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
description A flux of neutrons from an astrophysical source in the Galaxy can be detected in the Pierre Auger Observatory as an excess of cosmic-ray air showers arriving from the direction of the source. To avoid the statistical penalty for making many trials, classes of objects are tested in combinations as nine “target sets”, in addition to the search for a neutron flux from the Galactic Center or from the Galactic Plane. Within a target set, each candidate source is weighted in proportion to its electromagnetic flux, its exposure to the Auger Observatory, and its flux attenuation factor due to neutron decay. These searches do not find evidence for a neutron flux from any class of candidate sources. Tabulated results give the combined p-value for each class, with and without the weights, and also the flux upper limit for the most significant candidate source within each class. These limits on fluxes of neutrons significantly constrain models of EeV proton emission from non-transient discrete sources in the Galaxy.
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