Searches for ultra-high-energy photons at the Pierre Auger Observatory

0564959 - FZÚ 2023 RIV CH eng J - Journal Article
Abreu, P. - Aglietta, M. - Allekotte, I. - Bakalová, Alena - Blažek, Jiří - Boháčová, Martina - Chudoba, Jiří - Ebr, Jan - Hamal, Petr - Janeček, Petr - Juryšek, Jakub - Mandát, Dušan - Müller, Ana Laura - Palatka, Miroslav - Pech, Miroslav - Prouza, Michael - Řídký, Jan - dos Santos, Eva M. Martins - Schovánek, Petr - Stadelmaier, Maximilian Klaus - Tobiška, Petr - Trávníček, Petr - Vícha, Jakub - Yushkov, Alexey … Total 363 authors
Searches for ultra-high-energy photons at the Pierre Auger Observatory.
Universe. Roč. 8, č. 11 (2022), č. článku 579. E-ISSN 2218-1997
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LTT18004; GA MŠMT LM2015038; GA MŠMT EF16_013/0001402; GA MŠMT(CZ) EF18_046/0016010
Grant - others:OP VVV - AUGER-CZ(XE) CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_013/0001402; OP VVV - AUGERII.CZ(XE) CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/18_046/0016010
Research Infrastructure: AUGER-CZ II - 90102
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : photons * ultra-high energies * air showers * Pierre Auger Observatory
OECD category: Particles and field physics
Impact factor: 2.9, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access

The Pierre Auger Observatory, which is the largest air-shower experiment in the world, offers unprecedented exposure to neutral particles at the highest energies. Since the start of data collection more than 18 years ago, various searches for ultra-high-energy (UHE, E≳1017eV) photons have been performed, either for a diffuse flux of UHE photons, for point sources of UHE photons or for UHE photons associated with transient events such as gravitational wave events. In the present paper, we summarize these searches and review the current results obtained using the wealth of data collected by the Pierre Auger Observatory.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0336536