Discovery of localized regions of excess 10-TeV cosmic rays

A. A. Abdo; B. Allen; T. Aune; D. Berley; E. Blaufuss; S. Casanova; C. Chen; B. L. Dingus; R. W. Ellsworth; L. Fleysher; R. Fleysher; M. M. Gonzalez; J. A. Goodman; C. M. Hoffman; P. H. Hüntemeyer; B. E. Kolterman; C. P. Lansdell; J. T. Linnemann; J. E. McEnery; A. I. Mincer; P. Nemethy; D. Noyes; J. Pretz; J. M. Ryan; P. M.Saz Parkinson; A. Shoup; G. Sinnis; A. J. Smith; G. W. Sullivan; V. Vasileiou; G. P. Walker; D. A. Williams; G. B. Yodh

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.221101

Discovery of localized regions of excess 10-TeV cosmic rays

A. A. Abdo, B. Allen, T. Aune, D. Berley, E. Blaufuss, S. Casanova, C. Chen, B. L. Dingus, R. W. Ellsworth, L. Fleysher, R. Fleysher, M. M. Gonzalez, J. A. Goodman, C. M. Hoffman, P. H. Hüntemeyer, B. E. Kolterman, C. P. Lansdell, J. T. Linnemann, J. E. McEnery, A. I. MincerP. Nemethy, D. Noyes, J. Pretz, J. M. Ryan, P. M.Saz Parkinson, A. Shoup, G. Sinnis, A. J. Smith, G. W. Sullivan, V. Vasileiou, G. P. Walker, D. A. Williams, G. B. Yodh

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The 7 year data set of the Milagro TeV observatory contains 2.2×1011 events of which most are due to hadronic cosmic rays. These data are searched for evidence of intermediate scale structure. Excess emission on angular scales of ∼10° has been found in two localized regions of unknown origin with greater than 12σ significance. Both regions are inconsistent with pure gamma-ray emission with high confidence. One of the regions has a different energy spectrum than the isotropic cosmic-ray flux at a level of 4.6σ, and it is consistent with hard spectrum protons with an exponential cutoff, with the most significant excess at ∼10TeV. Potential causes of these excesses are explored, but no compelling explanations are found.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	221101
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	101
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.221101
State	Published - Nov 24 2008
Externally published	Yes

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Abdo, A. A., Allen, B., Aune, T., Berley, D., Blaufuss, E., Casanova, S., Chen, C., Dingus, B. L., Ellsworth, R. W., Fleysher, L., Fleysher, R., Gonzalez, M. M., Goodman, J. A., Hoffman, C. M., Hüntemeyer, P. H., Kolterman, B. E., Lansdell, C. P., Linnemann, J. T., McEnery, J. E., ... Yodh, G. B. (2008). Discovery of localized regions of excess 10-TeV cosmic rays. Physical Review Letters, 101(22), Article 221101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.221101

Abdo, AA, Allen, B, Aune, T, Berley, D, Blaufuss, E, Casanova, S, Chen, C, Dingus, BL, Ellsworth, RW, Fleysher, L, Fleysher, R, Gonzalez, MM, Goodman, JA, Hoffman, CM, Hüntemeyer, PH, Kolterman, BE, Lansdell, CP, Linnemann, JT, McEnery, JE, Mincer, AI, Nemethy, P, Noyes, D, Pretz, J, Ryan, JM, Parkinson, PMS, Shoup, A, Sinnis, G, Smith, AJ, Sullivan, GW, Vasileiou, V, Walker, GP, Williams, DA & Yodh, GB 2008, 'Discovery of localized regions of excess 10-TeV cosmic rays', Physical Review Letters, vol. 101, no. 22, 221101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.221101

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