Published July 2, 2003
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Full - sky search for ultrahigh - energy cosmic ray anisotropies
Description
Using data from the SUGAR and the AGASA experiments taken during a 10 yr period with nearly uniform exposure to the entire sky, we search for anisotropy patterns in the arrival directions of cosmic rays with energies > 1019.6 eV. We determine the angular power spectrum from an expansion in spherical harmonics for modes out to (ell) = 5. Based on available statistics, we find no significant deviation from isotropy. We compare the rather modest results which can be extracted from existing data samples with the results that should be forthcoming as new full-sky observatories begin operation
Availability note (English)
Available from PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/812151-nLYjQn/native/Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 306 Kilobytes
- Report number
- FERMILAB-Conf--03/187-A
Conference
- Title
- 28. International Cosmic Ray Conferences (ICRC 2003)
- Dates
- 31 Jul - 7 Aug 2003
- Place
- Tsukuba, Ibaraki (Japan)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 34054924
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ANISOTROPY; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RAY DETECTION; ENERGY SPECTRA; SKY; SPHERICAL HARMONICS; STATISTICS
- Descriptors DEC
- DETECTION; DISTRIBUTION; EVALUATION; FUNCTIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MATHEMATICS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATIONS; SPECTRA
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- AC--02-76CH03000
- Funding organization
- USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (United States)