Search for cosmic ray sources using muons detected by the MACRO experiment

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 615-627

  Ambrosio, M ^a   Antolini, R ^b   Auriemma, G ^c,d   Bakari, D ^e,f   Baldini, A ^g   Barbarino, G C ^a   Barish, B C ^h   Battistoni, G ^i,j   Becherini, Y ^e   Bellotti, R ^k   Bemporad, C ^g   Bernardini, P ^l   Bilokon, H ⁱ   Bloise, C ⁱ   Bower, C ^m   Brigida, M ^k   Bussino, S ⁿ   Cafagna, F ^k   Calicchio, M ^k   Campana, D ^a   Carboni, M ⁱ   Caruso, R ^o   Cecchini, S ^e,p   Cei, F ^g   Chiarella, V ⁱ   Choudhary, B C ^h   Coutu, S ^q,r   Cozzi, M ^e   de Cataldo, G ^k   Dekhissi, H ^e,f   de Marzo, C ^k   de Mitri, I ^l   Derkaoui, J ^e,f   de Vincenzi, M ⁿ   di Credico, A ^b   Erriquez, O ^k   Favuzzi, C ^k   Forti, C ⁱ   Fusco, P ^k   Giacomelli, G ^e   Giannini, G ^g,s   Giglietto, N ^k   Giorgini, M ^e   Grassi, M ^g   Grillo, A ^b   Guarino, F ^a   Gustavino, C ^b   Habig, A ^t,u   Hanson, K ^q   Heinz, R ^m   Iarocci, E ^c,i   Katsavounidis, E ^h,v   Katsavounidis, I ^h,w   Kearns, E ^t   Kim, H ^h   Kyriazopoulou, S ^h   Lamanna, E ^c,x   Lane, C ^y   Levin, D S ^q   Lipari, P ^c   Longley, N P ^h,z   Longo, M J ^q   Loparco, F ^k   Maaroufi, F ^e,f   Mancarella, G ^l   Mandrioli, G ^e   Margiotta, A ^e   Marini, A ⁱ   Martello, D ^l   Marzari Chiesa, A ^aa   Mazziotta, M N ^k   Michael, D G ^h   Monacelli, P ^o   Montaruli, T ^k   Monteno, M ^aa   Mufson, S ^m   Musser, J ^m   Nicolo D ^g   Nolty, R ^h   Orth, C ^t   Osteria, G ^a   Palamara, O ^b   Patera, V ^c,i   Patrizii, L ^e   Pazzi, R ^g   Peck, C W ^h   Perrone, L ^l   Petrera, S ^o   Pistilli, P ⁿ   Popa, V ^e,ab   Raino A ^k   Reynoldson, J ^b   Ronga, F ⁱ   Rrhioua, A ^e,f   Satriano, C ^c,d   Scapparone, E ^b   Scholberg, K ^t,v   Sciubba, A ^c,i   Serra, P ^e   Sioli, M ^e   Sirri, G ^e   Sitta, M ^aa,ac   Spinelli, P ^k   Spinetti, M ⁱ   Spurio, M ^e   Steinberg, R ^y   Stone, J L ^t   Sulak, L R ^t   Surdo, A ^l   Tarle G ^q   Togo, V ^e   Vakili, M ^ad,ae   Walter, C W ^t   Webb, R ^ad   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^j INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^m INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^p OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^r PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^t University of Minnesota ^*  (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^v MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^w Intervideo Inc   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^y DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^z MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^ab INSTITUTE OF SPACE SCIENCES   (Romania)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^ad TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ae Resonance Photonics   (Canada)

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Author keywords

MACRO; Underground muons; X binary sources; ray sources

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037362278     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-6505(02)00164-0     Document Type: Article

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