Spherical harmonic moments are well-suited for capturing anisotropy at any scale in the flux of cosmic rays. An unambiguous measurement of the full set of spherical harmonic coefficients requires full-sky coverage. This can be achieved by combining data from observatories located in both the northern and southern hemispheres. To this end, a joint analysis using data recorded at the Telescope Array and the Pierre Auger Observatory above 10 19 eV is presented in this work. The resulting multipolar expansion of the flux of cosmic rays allows us to perform a series of anisotropy searches, and in particular to report on the angular power spectrum of cosmic rays above 10 19 eV. No significant deviation from isotropic expectations is found throughout the analyses performed. Upper limits on the amplitudes of the dipole and quadrupole moments are derived as a function of the direction in the sky, varying between 7% and 13% for the dipole and between 7% and 10% for a symmetric quadrupole. © 2014. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.
Documento: | Artículo |
Título: | Searches for large-scale anisotropy in the arrival directions of cosmic rays detected above energy of 1019 eV at the Pierre auger observatory and the telescope array |
Autor: | Multitudinario:607 |
Filiación: | Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany Laboratorio de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Particulas-LIP, Instituto Superior Técnico-IST, Universidade de Lisboa-UL, Portugal Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy Fermilab, Batavia, IL, United States Institut de Physique Nucléaire D'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física, São Paulo, SP, Brazil Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro, CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina New York University, New York, NY, United States Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas, CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM, Buenos Aires, Argentina Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, D. F., Mexico Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Università di Napoli 'Federico II' and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States Department of Physics and Astronomy, Lehman College, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, France Observatorio Pierre Auger and Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Malargüe, Argentina University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia Karlsruhe Institute of Technology-Campus South, Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany Karlsruhe Institute of Technology-Campus North, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic INFN, Laboratori Nazionali Del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila), Italy Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States 'Horia Hulubei' National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania Colorado State University, Pueblo, CO, United States Universidad de Granada and C. A.F. P.E., Granada, Spain Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados Del IPN (CINVESTAV), México, Mexico Università di Milano and Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy Università di Roma II 'Tor Vergata' and Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy Università di Catania and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica 'E. de Giorgi' Dell'Universita Del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP, Brazil Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States Observatorio Pierre Auger, Malargüe, Argentina Laboratoire de L'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, France Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago, IL, United States SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, France Station de Radioastronomie de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS/INSU, France Instituto de Astronomía y Física Del Espacio (CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina Departamento de Física, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires y CONICET, Argentina Universidade Federal Fluminense, EEIMVR, Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche Dell'Università Dell'Aquila, INFN, Italy KVI - Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, Netherlands IFLP, Universidad Nacional de la Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina RWTH Aachen University, III, Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany ASTRON, Dwingeloo, Netherlands Experimental Particle Physics Department, J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas, CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM, National Technological University, Faculty Mendoza, CONICET/CNEA, Mendoza, Argentina Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North, Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Brazil Palacky University, RCPTM, Olomouc, Czech Republic Institute of Space Sciences, Bucharest, Romania Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo (INAF), Palermo, Italy University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States Faculdade Independente Do Nordeste, Vitória da Conquista, Brazil Universidade Federal Do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, United Kingdom Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States Rudjer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia Instituto de Física de Rosario (IFIR), CONICET/U. N.R., Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas U. N.R., Rosario, Argentina Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Prague, Czech Republic Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CITEDEF and CONICET, Argentina Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil Dipartimento di Fisica Dell'Università, INFN, Genova, Italy University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, United States Gran Sasso Science Institute (INFN), L'Aquila, Italy University of Bucharest, Physics Department, Romania Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Engenharia de Lorena, Lorena, SP, Brazil Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States High Energy Astrophysics Institute, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, Saitama, Japan Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan Department of Physics, Institute for the Early Universe, Ewha Womans University, Seodaaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea Department of Physics, Research Institute of Natural Science, Hanyang University, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba, Japan Department of Physics, Kinki University, Higashi Osaka, Osaka, Japan Department of Physics, Yonsei University, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), Todai Institutes for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Osaka, Japan Faculty of Engineering, Kanagawa University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan Astrophysical Big Bang Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan Department of Physics, Tokyo City University, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan Institute for Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan Department of Physics, Chiba University, Chiba, Chiba, Japan Department of Physics, School of Natural Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, UNIST-gil, Ulsan, South Korea Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, KEK, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan Faculty of Science, Kochi University, Kochi, Kochi, Japan Department of Physical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Jang-an-gu, Suwon, South Korea Service de Physique Théorique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, United States Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan Graduate School of Information Sciences, Hiroshima City University, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan Advanced Science Institute, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan National Institute of Radiological Science, Chiba, Chiba, Japan Department of Physics, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan Konan University, Japan NYU Abu Dhabi, Japan Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas on Leave of Absence from Cinvestav, Japan |
Palabras clave: | Astroparticle physics; Cosmic rays |
Año: | 2014 |
Volumen: | 794 |
Número: | 2 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/794/2/172 |
Título revista: | Astrophysical Journal |
Título revista abreviado: | Astrophys. J. |
ISSN: | 0004637X |
Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_0004637X_v794_n2_p_Multitudinario |