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Title: 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:
 [1]
  1. 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.
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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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Fig. 1 Fig. 1: Generation of anisotropically distributed UHECRs in a region of interest. a First, UHECRs are distributed symmetrically around the center of the ROI using a Fisher distribution with energy dependent concentration parameter according to Eq. (6). b The UHECRs are then deflected in one direction using Eq. (8). cmore » UHECRs deflected outside of the ROI are moved to a random position inside the region« less

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