THE TRAJECTORIES OF COSMIC-RAYS AT THE HIGHEST ENERGIES .3. APPLICATIONS OF PREDICTIONS TO THE RESULTS FROM EXTENSIVE AIRE SHOWER ARRAYS

The predicted anisotropies from the calculations reported in the preceding paper, by Dudarewicz et al, are compared with our estimates of the experimental values from a number of EAS arrays: Sydney, Yakutsk, Haverah Park and Chacaltaya. The mass composition of galactic particles is inferred from the analysis and comparison is made with the results from other workers, using different techniques, most notably the Fly's Eye results of Bird et al (1993). The results indicate general agreement that the flux of galactic protons falls rapidly with increasing energy and that there is a considerable fraction of heavy nuclei above 10(18) eV with a transition to isotropic protons (presumed to be extragalactic) above 10(19) eV.