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A search for prompt ultra-high-energy gamma rays from supernova 1987a

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

D. J. Bird ,
T. E. G. Bruce ,
D. Ciampa ,
R. W. Clay ,
C. L. Corani ,
P. G. Edwards ,
A. G. Gregory ,
J. R. Patterson  and
R. J. Protheroe
D. J. Bird
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
T. E. G. Bruce
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
D. Ciampa
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
R. W. Clay
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
C. L. Corani
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
P. G. Edwards
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
A. G. Gregory
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
J. R. Patterson
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
R. J. Protheroe
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
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Abstract

A search has been made using the Buckland Park air shower array for evidence of any excess of events from the direction of the recent supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Upper limits resulting from this search and their significance are discussed in this paper.

Type
SN 1987a
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , 1987 , pp. 73 - 74
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1987

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