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A connection between star formation activity and cosmic rays in the starburst galaxy M82

I successfully argued, firstly within the extragalactic science working group and then to the collaboration’s science board, to allocate substantial observing time to the search for gamma-ray emission from M82 and other extragalactic objects (such as M87 above), which were not on the “safe choice” target list at the time, which largely consisting of radio and X-ray flux selected BL Lac objects. I was involved in the independent secondary analysis confirmation of the detection prior to final internal approval and submission of the paper. I participated in data collection as on-site observer.