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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

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)