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Estimate of the fraction of primary photons in the cosmic-ray flux at energies ∼10 eV from the EAS-MSU experiment data

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics, ISSN: 1063-7761, Vol: 117, Issue: 6, Page: 1011-1023
2013
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Article Description

We reanalyze archival EAS-MSU data in order to search for events with an anomalously low content of muons with energies E > 10 GeV in extensive air showers with the number of particles N ≠2 × 10. We confirm the first evidence for a nonzero flux of primary cosmic gamma rays at energies E ∼ 10 eV. The estimated fraction of primary gamma rays in the flux of cosmic particles with energies E ≠5.4 × 10 eV is ε = (0.43 )%, which corresponds to the intensity I = (1.2 ) × 10 cm s sr . The study of arrival directions does not favor any particular mechanism of the origin of the photon-like events. © 2013 Pleiades Publishing, Inc.

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