New constraints from Haverah Park data on the photon and iron fluxes of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays

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Ave, M [1 ]
Hinton, JA
Vázquez, RA
Watson, AA
Zas, E
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[1] Univ Santiago, Dept Fis Particulas, Santiago De Compostela 15706, Spain
[2] Univ Leeds, Dept Phys & Astron, Leeds LS2 9JT, W Yorkshire, England
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.2244
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Using data from inclined events (60 degrees < theta < 80 degrees) recorded by the Haverah Park shower detector, we show that above 10(19) eV less than 41% (54%) of the primary cosmic rays can be photons (iron nuclei) at the 95% confidence level. Above 4 x 10(19) eV less than 65% of the cosmic rays can be photonic at the same confidence level. These limits place important constraints on some models of the origin of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays. Details of two new events above 10(20) eV are reported.
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