CANGAROO-III Search for TeV Gamma-rays from Two Clusters of Galaxies

Kiuchi, R; Mori, Masaki; Bicknell, Geoffrey; Clay, Roger W; Edwards, P G; Enomoto, R; Gunji, S; Hara, S; Hara, T; Hattori, T; Hayashi, S; Higashi, Y; Itoh, Chie

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CANGAROO-III Search for TeV Gamma-rays from Two Clusters of Galaxies

Date

2009

Authors

Kiuchi, R

Mori, Masaki

Bicknell, Geoffrey

Clay, Roger W

Edwards, P G

Enomoto, R

Gunji, S

Hara, S

Hara, T

Hattori, T

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Abstract

Because accretion and merger shocks in clusters of galaxies may accelerate particles to high energies, clusters are candidate sites for the origin of ultra-high-energy (UHE) cosmic rays. A prediction was presented for gamma-ray emission from a cluster of