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Measurement of the flux of ultra high energy cosmic rays by the stereo technique

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Publication Type Manuscript
School or College College of Science
Department Physics
Creator Sokolsky, Pierre
Other Author Abbasi, R. U.; Abu-Zayyad, T.; Al-Seady, M.; Allen, M.; Amann, J. F.; Archbold, G.; Belov, K.; Belz, J. W.; Bergman, D. R.; Blake, S. A.; Brusova, O. A.; Burt, G. W.; Cannon, C.; Cao, Z.; Deng, W.; Fedorova, Y.; Findlay, J.; Finley, C. B.; Gray, R. C.; Hanlon, W. F.; Hoffman, C. M.; Holzscheiter, M. H.; Hughes, G.; Huntemeyer, P.; Ivanov, D.; Jones, B. F.; Jui, C. C. H.; Kim, K.; Kirn, M. A., Loh, E. C.; Maestas, M. M.; Manago, N.; Marek, L. J.; Martens, K.; Matthews, J. A. J.; Matthews, J. N.; Moore, S. A.; O'Neill, A.; Painter, C. A.; Perera, L.; Reil, K.; Riehle, R.; Roberts, M. D.; Rodriguez, D.; Sasaki, M.; Schnetzer, S. R.; Scott, L. M.; Sinnis, G.; Smith, J. D.; Snow, R.; Springer, R. W.; Stokes, B. T.; Stratton, S. R.; Thomas, J. R.; Thomas, S. B.; Thomson, G. B.; Tupa, D.; Wiencke, L. R.; Zech, A.; Zhang, B. K.; Zhang, X.; Zhang, Y.
Title Measurement of the flux of ultra high energy cosmic rays by the stereo technique
Date 2009-08
Description The High Resolution Fly's Eye (HiRes) experiment has measured the flux of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays using the stereoscopic air fluorescence technique. The HiRes experiment consists of two detectors that observe cosmic ray showers via the fluorescence light they emit. HiRes data can be analyzed in monocular mode, where each detector is treated separately, or in stereoscopic mode where they are considered together. Using the monocular mode the HiRes collaboration measured the cosmic ray spectrum and made the first observation of the Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cutoff. In this paper we present the cosmic ray spectrum measured by the stereoscopic technique. Good agreement is found with the monocular spectrum in all details.
Type Text
Publisher Elsevier
Journal Title Astroparticle Physics
Volume 32
Issue 1
First Page 53
Last Page 60
DOI 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2009.06.001
citatation_issn 9276505
Subject Ultrahigh energy cosmic rays; Fluorescence; Energy spectrum; GZK cutoff
Subject LCSH Cosmic rays; Cosmic ray showers
Language eng
Bibliographic Citation Abbasi, R.U., Abu-Zayyad, T., Al-Seady, M., Allen, M., Amann, J.F., Archbold, G., Belov, K., Belz, J. W., Bergman, D. R., Blake, S.A., Brusova, O. A., Burt, G. W., Cannon, C., Cao, Z., Deng, W., Fedorova, Y., Findlay, J., Finley, C. B., Gray, R. C., Hanlon, W. F., Hoffman, C. M., Holzscheiter, M. H., Hughes, G., Huntemeyer, P., Ivanov, D., Jones, B. F., Jui, C. C. H., Kim, K., Kirn, M. A., Loh, E. C., Maestas, M. M., Manago, N., Marek, L. J., Martens, K., Matthews, J. A. J., Matthews, J. N., Moore, S. A., O'Neill, A., Painter, C. A., Perera, L., Reil, K., Riehle, R., Roberts, M. D., Rodriguez, D., Sasaki, M., Schnetzer, S. R., Scott, L. M., Sinnis, G., Smith, J. D., Snow, R., Sokolsky, P., Springer, R., Stokes, B. T., Stratton, S. R., Thomas, J. R., Thomas, S. B., Thomson, G. B., Tupa, D., Wiencke, L. R., Zech, A., Zhang, B. K., Zhang, X., & Zhang, Y. (2010). Measurement of the flux of ultra high energy cosmic rays by the stereo technique. Astroparticle Physics, 32(1), 1-20.
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