Upper limit on gamma-ray flux above 1019 eV estimated by the akeno giant air shower array experiment

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 571, Issue 2 II, 2002, Pages

  Shinozaki, K ^a   Chikawa, M ^b   Fukushima, M ^c   Hayashida, N ^c   Inoue, N ^a   Honda, K ^d   Kadota, K ^e   Kakimoto, F ^f   Kamata, K ^g   Kawaguchi, S ^h   Kawakami, S ⁱ   Kawasaki, Y ^j   Kawasumi, N ^d   Mahrous, A M ^a   Mase, K ^c   Mizobuchi, S ^k   Morizane, Y ^b   Nagano, M ^l   Ohoka, H ^c   Osone, S ^c   Sakaki, N ^j   Sakurai, N ^c   Sasaki, M ^c   Sasano, M ^m   Takeda, M ^j   Teshima, M ^c   Tsushima, I ^d   Torii, R ^c   Uchihori, Y ⁿ   Vazquez R A ^o   Yamamoto, T ^p   Yoshida, S ^q   Yoshii, H ^k   more..

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^e TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^g Nishina Memorial Foundation   (Japan)

^h HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^j INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^k EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l FUKUI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^m NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

ⁿ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^o UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^q CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Dark matter; Gamma rays: observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001339336     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/341288     Document Type: Article

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