Search for patterns by combining cosmic-ray energy and arrival directions at the Pierre Auger Observatory
Abstract
Energy-dependent patterns in the arrival directions of cosmic rays are searched for using data of the Pierre Auger Observatory. We investigate local regions around the highest-energy cosmic rays with E ≥ 6×1019 eV by analyzing cosmic rays with energies above E ≥ 5×1018 eV arriving within an angular separation of approximately 15°. We characterize the energy distributions inside these regions by two independent methods, one searching for angular dependence of energy-energy correlations and one searching for collimation of energy along the local system of principal axes of the energy distribution. No significant patterns are found with this analysis. As a result, the comparison of these measurements with astrophysical scenarios can therefore be used to obtain constraints on related model parameters such as strength of cosmic-ray deflection and density of point sources.
- Authors:
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- Univ. Siegen, Siegen (Germany). et al.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- Contributing Org.:
- Pierre Auger Collaboration
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1226294
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-PUB-14-384-AD-AE-CD-TD
Journal ID: ISSN 1434-6044; arXiv eprint number arXiv:1410.0515
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 75; Journal ID: ISSN 1434-6044
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
Citation Formats
Aab, Alexander. Search for patterns by combining cosmic-ray energy and arrival directions at the Pierre Auger Observatory. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3471-0.
Aab, Alexander. Search for patterns by combining cosmic-ray energy and arrival directions at the Pierre Auger Observatory. United States. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3471-0
Aab, Alexander. Sat .
"Search for patterns by combining cosmic-ray energy and arrival directions at the Pierre Auger Observatory". United States. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3471-0. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1226294.
@article{osti_1226294,
title = {Search for patterns by combining cosmic-ray energy and arrival directions at the Pierre Auger Observatory},
author = {Aab, Alexander},
abstractNote = {Energy-dependent patterns in the arrival directions of cosmic rays are searched for using data of the Pierre Auger Observatory. We investigate local regions around the highest-energy cosmic rays with E ≥ 6×1019 eV by analyzing cosmic rays with energies above E ≥ 5×1018 eV arriving within an angular separation of approximately 15°. We characterize the energy distributions inside these regions by two independent methods, one searching for angular dependence of energy-energy correlations and one searching for collimation of energy along the local system of principal axes of the energy distribution. No significant patterns are found with this analysis. As a result, the comparison of these measurements with astrophysical scenarios can therefore be used to obtain constraints on related model parameters such as strength of cosmic-ray deflection and density of point sources.},
doi = {10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3471-0},
journal = {European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields},
number = ,
volume = 75,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
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