Simultaneous measurements of air showers with the fluorescence and surface
detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory allow a sensitive search for EeV
photon point sources. Several Galactic and extragalactic candidate objects are
grouped in classes to avoid the statistical penalty for making many trials and
analyzed for a significant excess above the background expectation. The
presented search does not find any evidence for photon emission at candidate
sources, and combined $p$-values for every class are reported. Particle and
energy flux upper limits are given for selected candidate sources. These limits
significantly constrain predictions of EeV proton emission models from
non-transient Galactic and nearby extragalactic sources as illustrated for the
particular case of the Galactic center region.
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