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We present the results of an analysis of the large angular scale distribution of the arrival directions of cosmic rays with energy above 4 EeV detected at the Pierre Auger Observatory including for the first time events with zenith angle between 60° and 80°. We perform two Rayleigh analyses, one in the right ascension and one in the azimuth angle distributions, that are sensitive to modulations in right ascension and declination, respectively. The largest departure from isotropy appears in the 98 E > 8 EeV energy bin, with an amplitude for the first harmonic in right ascension r 1 α = (4.4 ± 1.0) × 10 -2 , that has a chance probability P (≥ 1 α ) = 6.4 × 10 -5 , reinforcing the hint previously reported with vertical events alone. © 2015, The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Large scale distribution of ultra high energy cosmic rays detected at the Pierre Auger observatory with zenith angles up to 80 °
Autor:Multitudinario:481
Filiación:Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CITEDEF, CONICET, Argentina
Departamento de Física, FCEyN, Argentina Universidad de Buenos Aires and CONICET, Argentina
IFLP, Universidad Nacional de la Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (IAFE, CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Instituto de Física de Rosario (IFIR)-CONICET/U.N.R, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas U.N.R, Rosario, Argentina
Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Universidad Tecnológica Nacional-Facultad Regional Mendoza (CONICET, CNEA), Mendoza, Argentina
Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Observatorio Pierre Auger, Malargüe, Argentina
Observatorio Pierre Auger, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Malargüe, Argentina
Universidad Tecnológica Nacional-Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
1Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Faculdade Independente do Nordeste, Vitória da Conquista, Brazil
Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Engenharia de Lorena, Lorena, SP, Brazil
Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP, Brazil
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Brazil
Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo AndréSP, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Universidade Federal Fluminense, EEIMVR, Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil
Rudjer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia
Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Palacky University, RCPTM, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, France
Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, France
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), Universite Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, France
Station de Radioastronomie de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS/INSU, France
SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, Université de Nantes, France
Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South, Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North, Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany
Università di Milano, Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy
Università di Napoli Federico II, Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
Università di Roma II Tor Vergat, Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy
Università di Catania, Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
Università di Torino, Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
Dipartimento di Matemat. E Fis. E. de Giorgi Dell 'Universita del Salento, Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche dell'Università Dell' Aquila, INFN, Italy
Gran Sasso Science Institute (INFN), L'Aquila, Italy
Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo (INAF), Palermo, Italy
INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila), Italy
Osservatorio Astro Fisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino, Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV), México, Mexico
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F, Mexico
IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands
KVI-Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands
ASTRON, Dwingeloo, Netherlands
Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland
University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland
Laboratorio de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Particulas-LIP, Instituto Superior Técnico-IST, Universidade de Lisboa-UL, Portugal
Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
Institute of Space Sciences, Bucharest, Romania
University of Bucharest, Physics Department, Romania
University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Experimental Particle Physics Department, J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
Universidad de Granada, C.A.F.P.E, Granada, Spain
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, OH, United States
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Colorado State University, Pueblo, CO, United States
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Lehman College, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States
Fermilab, Batavia, IL, United States
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States
New York University, New York, NY, United States
Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago, IL, United States
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, United States
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Konan University, Japan
Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas, Mexico
Unidad Professional Interdisciplinaría y Tecnologícas Avanzadas del IPN, México, D.F., Mexico
Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico
Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium
Palabras clave:Astroparticle physics; Cosmic rays
Año:2015
Volumen:802
Número:2
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/802/2/111
Título revista:Astrophysical Journal
Título revista abreviado:Astrophys. J.
ISSN:0004637X
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_0004637X_v802_n2_p_Multitudinario

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(2015) . Large scale distribution of ultra high energy cosmic rays detected at the Pierre Auger observatory with zenith angles up to 80 °. Astrophysical Journal, 802(2).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/802/2/111
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Multitudinario:481. "Large scale distribution of ultra high energy cosmic rays detected at the Pierre Auger observatory with zenith angles up to 80 °" . Astrophysical Journal 802, no. 2 (2015).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/802/2/111
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Multitudinario:481. "Large scale distribution of ultra high energy cosmic rays detected at the Pierre Auger observatory with zenith angles up to 80 °" . Astrophysical Journal, vol. 802, no. 2, 2015.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/802/2/111
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Multitudinario:481. Large scale distribution of ultra high energy cosmic rays detected at the Pierre Auger observatory with zenith angles up to 80 °. Astrophys. J. 2015;802(2).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/802/2/111