Search for global dipole enhancements in the HiRes-I monocular data above 1018.5 eV

被引:17
作者
Abbasi, R
Abu-Zayyad, T
Amann, JF
Archbold, G
Bellido, JA
Belov, K
Belz, JW
Bergman, DR
Cao, Z
Clay, RW
Connolly, B
Cooper, MD
Dawson, BR
Finley, C
Hanlon, WF
Hoffman, CM
Holzscheiter, MH
Hüntemeyer, P
Jui, CCH
Kim, K
Kirn, MA
Loh, EC
Manago, N
Marek, LJ
Martens, K
Martin, G
Matthews, JAJ
Matthews, JN
Painter, CA
Perera, L
Reil, K
Riehle, R
Roberts, M
Sarracino, JS
Sasaki, M
Schnetzer, SR
Simpson, KM
Sinnis, C
Smith, JD
Sokolsky, P
Song, C
Springer, RW
Stokes, BT [1 ]
Thomas, SB
Thompson, TN
Thomson, GB
Tupa, D
Westerhoff, S
Wiencke, LR
Zech, A
机构
[1] Univ Utah, Dept Phys, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA
[2] Univ Utah, High Energy Astrophys Inst, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA
[3] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
[4] Univ Adelaide, Dept Phys, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
[5] Univ Montana, Dept Phys & Astron, Missoula, MT 59812 USA
[6] Rutgers State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
[7] Columbia Univ, Dept Phys, Irvington, NY 10533 USA
[8] Columbia Univ, Nevis Lab, Irvington, NY 10533 USA
[9] Inst Cosm Ray Res, Kashiwa, Chiba 2778582, Japan
[10] Univ New Mexico, Dept Phys & Astron, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA
基金
澳大利亚研究理事会; 美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
cosmic rays; anisotropy; galactic center; centaurus A; M87; dipole;
D O I
10.1016/j.astropartphys.2003.11.003
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Several proposed source models for ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) consist of dipole distributions oriented towards major astrophysical landmarks such as the galactic center, M87, or Centaurus A. We use a comparison between real data and simulated data to show that the HiRes-I monocular data for energies above 10(18.5) eV is, in fact, consistent with an isotropic source model. We then explore methods to quantify our sensitivity to dipole source models oriented towards the Galactic Center, M87, and Centaurus A. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:111 / 123
页数:13
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