Search for cosmic ray point sources with the MACRO detector at Gran Sasso

Author: Dekhissi for the MACRO Collaboration H.  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 0004-640X

Source: Astrophysics and Space Science, Vol.273, Iss.1-4, 2000-09, pp. : 295-304

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Abstract

Using a sample of 38.5 million underground muons collected by the MACRO detector we have performed an all-sky search for pointlike sources producing excesses of muons above the expected background. The d.c. muon flux upper limit at the Earth coming from selected sources is of the order of 10^13 cm^-2 s^-1 or less. Futhermore we discuss searches for possible modulated and variable sources of muons using different techniques.