A Search for Point Sources of Cosmic Primary Rays Which Produce Single Muon Tracks at Ground Level

Roesch, A.; Carpenter, J.; Desch, S.; Gress, J.; Lin, T. F.; Poirier, J.

A Search for Point Sources of Cosmic Primary Rays Which Produce Single Muon Tracks at Ground Level

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An increased data sample of identified secondary muons is collected at detection level. Project GRAND identifies secondary cosmic ray muons from electrons utilizing a thin steel absorber and tracking (PWC) chambers. The resulting angular resolution for the primary is about +/- 5 degrees. Since there is a 1.5% probability that a 100 GeV gamma primary will produce a single muon track at ground level, the high statistics allows a search for angular enhancements due to gammas. More than 100 billion muons are identified and analyzed. A table of stellar sources is examined.
4 pgs; includes 1 fig. and 2 tables. HE.3.2.10 in 26th ICRC, 2, 104, (1999)