A SEARCH FOR TEV GAMMA-RAYS FROM CASSIOPEIA GAMMA-1

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RANNOT, RC [1 ]
SAPRU, ML [1 ]
TICKOO, AK [1 ]
BHAT, CL [1 ]
KAUL, RK [1 ]
RAWAT, HS [1 ]
SENECHA, VK [1 ]
RAZDAN, H [1 ]
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[1] BHABHA ATOM RES CTR, BOMBAY 400085, INDIA
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PULSARS; BINARY STARS; GAMMA-RAYS; GENERAL;
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P1 [天文学];
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An analysis of 40 hours of data, collected at Gulmarg during 1987 and 1988, indicates absence of a significant d.c. or episodic periodic signal from 4U0115+63 (Cassiopeia gamma-1). We place an upper limit (at 99% confidence level) of 1.9x10(-11) photons cm-2 s-1 on the flux of a steady signal from this x-ray binary pulsar at primary energies greater-than-or-equal-to 3 TeV. This is consistent with the negative results reported recently by the Whipple group for the period 1985 -1988 but not with the detections claimed previously by Crimean and Durham groups.
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