Carpet-3 detection of a photonlike air shower with estimated primary energy above 100 TeV in a spatial and temporal coincidence with GRB 221009A
D. D. Dzhappuev, I. M. Dzaparova, T. Dzhatdoev, Е. А. Горбачева, I. S. Karpikov, M. M. Khadzhiev, N. F. Klimenko, A. U. Kudzhaev, A. N. Kurenya, A. S. Lidvansky, О. И. Михайлова, V. B. Petkov, Egor Podlesnyi, N. A. Pozdnukhov, V. S. Romanenko, G. I. Rubtsov, S. Troitsky, I. B. Unatlokov, Nikita Vasiliev, A. F. Yanin, K. V. Zhuravleva, Carpet–3 Group
Abstract
The paper reports the detection of a ~300 TeV photon-like air shower with the Carpet-3 detector. It further makes a case for this to be spatially associated with the brightest known Gamma Ray Burst, which may be an indication for new fundamental physics.
Topics & Concepts
CoincidenceShowerAir showerGamma-ray burstEnergy (signal processing)PhysicsEnvironmental scienceNuclear physicsAstrophysicsCosmic rayMedicineNozzleThermodynamicsQuantum mechanicsPathologyAlternative medicineGamma-ray bursts and supernovaeAstrophysics and Cosmic PhenomenaNeutrino Physics Research