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Simultaneous measurements of air showers with the fluorescence and surface detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory allow a sensitive search for EeV photon point sources. Several Galactic and extragalactic candidate objects are grouped in classes to reduce the statistical penalty of many trials from that of a blind search and are analyzed for a significant excess above the background expectation. The presented search does not find any evidence for photon emission at candidate sources, and combined p-values for every class are reported. Particle and energy flux upper limits are given for selected candidate sources. These limits significantly constrain predictions of EeV proton emission models from non-transient Galactic and nearby extragalactic sources, as illustrated for the particular case of the Galactic center region. © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:A Targeted Search for Point Sources of EeV Photons with the Pierre Auger Observatory
Autor:Multitudinario:399
Filiación:Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Laboratorio de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Particulas - LIP, Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
INFN, Sezione di Torino, Torino, Italy
Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Torino, Italy
Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
Universidade de São Paulo, Inst. de Física, São Paulo, Brazil
Centro Atómico Bariloche, Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM, Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D. F., Mexico
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, Spain
Gran Sasso Science Institute (INFN), L'Aquila, Italy
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Lehman College, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States
INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
University of Bucharest, Physics Department, Bucharest, Romania
Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia
Observatorio Pierre Auger, Malargüe, Argentina
Observatorio Pierre Auger and Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Malargüe, Argentina
University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Romania
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Department of Physics, Wuppertal, Germany
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, Grenoble, France
Università Torino, Dipartimento di Fisica, Torino, Italy
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris/Saclay, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
Institute of Physics (FZU), Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
INFN, Sezione di Lecce, Lecce, Italy
Università Del Salento, Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica E. de Giorgi, Lecce, Italy
INFN, Laboratori Nazionali Del Gran Sasso, L'Aquila, Italy
Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Instituto de Física, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil
Institute of Nuclear Physics, PAN, Krakow, Poland
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik - Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Siegen, Germany
Universidad de Granada, CAFPE, Granada, Spain
INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
Università di Catania, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Catania, Italy
Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, Chiapas, Mexico
Università di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Milano, Italy
Institute of Space Science, Bucharest, Romania
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Michoacana Morelia, Mexico
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas SP, Brazil
Università di Napoli Federico II, Dipartimento di Fisica Ettore Pancini, Napoli, Italy
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
Università Del Salento, Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Salento, Italy
Departamento de Física, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Instituto de Astronomía y Física Del Espacio (IAFE CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Volta Redonda RJ, Brazil
Nationaal Instituut voor Kernfysica en Hoge Energie Fysica (NIKHEF), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Universidade de São Paulo, Inst. de Física de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil
Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Dipartimento di Fisica, Roma, Italy
INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
Università dell'Aquila, Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche, L'Aquila, Italy
INFN, Gruppo Collegato dell'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
Universidade Federal Do Paraná, Setor Palotina, Brazil
IFLP, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
Universität Hamburg, II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Hamburg, Germany
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL, United States
Stichting Astronomisch Onderzoek in Nederland (ASTRON), Dwingeloo, Netherlands
New York University, New York, NY, United States
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States
Experimental Particle Physics Department, J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Instituto de Física de Rosario (IFIR), CONICET/UNR, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas UNR, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA CONICET UNSAM), Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional Mendoza (CONICET/CNEA), Mendoza, Argentina
SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik (IPE), Karlsruhe, Germany
INFN, Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
University of Łódź, Faculty of Astrophysics, Łódź, Poland
University of Łódź, Faculty of High-Energy Astrophysics, Łódź, Poland
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS), Feira de Santana BA, Brazil
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
Palacky University, RCPTM, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States
Universidade Federal Do ABC (UFABC), Santo André SP, Brazil
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), Puebla, Mexico
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados Del IPN (CINVESTAV), México D. F., Mexico
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas RS, Brazil
University Prague, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CITEDEF, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States
U. Profesional Interdisciplinaria en Ing. y Tecnologias Avanzadas del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, México D. F., Mexico
KVI, Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
INAF, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas (CBPF), Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, United States
Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Engenharia de Lorena, Lorena SP, Brazil
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Palabras clave:astroparticle physics; cosmic rays; methods: data analysis
Año:2017
Volumen:837
Número:2
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa61a5
Título revista:Astrophysical Journal Letters
Título revista abreviado:Astrophys. J. Lett.
ISSN:20418205
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_20418205_v837_n2_p_Multitudinario

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(2017) . A Targeted Search for Point Sources of EeV Photons with the Pierre Auger Observatory. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 837(2).
http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa61a5
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Multitudinario:399. "A Targeted Search for Point Sources of EeV Photons with the Pierre Auger Observatory" . Astrophysical Journal Letters 837, no. 2 (2017).
http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa61a5
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Multitudinario:399. "A Targeted Search for Point Sources of EeV Photons with the Pierre Auger Observatory" . Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 837, no. 2, 2017.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa61a5
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Multitudinario:399. A Targeted Search for Point Sources of EeV Photons with the Pierre Auger Observatory. Astrophys. J. Lett. 2017;837(2).
http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa61a5