Search for correlations of the arrival directions of ultra-high energy cosmic ray with extragalactic objects as observed by the telescope array experiment

Autor: Abu-Zayyad, T., Aida, R., Allen, M., Anderson, R., Azuma, R., Barcikowski, E., Belz, J. W., Bergman, D. R., Blake, S. A., Cady, R., Cheon, B. G., Chiba, J., Chikawa, M., Cho, E. J., Cho, W. R., Fujii, H., Fujii, T., Fukuda, T., Fukushima, M., Hanlon, W., Hayashi, K., Hayashi, Y., Hayashida, N., Hibino, K., Hiyama, K., Honda, K., Iguchi, T., Ikeda, D., Ikuta, K., Inoue, N., Ishii, T., Ishimori, R., Ito, H., Ivanov, D., Iwamoto, S., Jui, C. C. H., Kadota, K., Kakimoto, F., Kalashev, O., Kanbe, T., Kasahara, K., Kawai, H., Kawakami, S., Kawana, S., Kido, E., Kim, H. B., Kim, H. K., Kim, J. H., Kitamoto, K., Kitamura, S., Kitamura, Y., Kobayashi, K., Kobayashi, Y., Kondo, Y., Kuramoto, K., Kuzmin, V., Kwon, Y. J., Lan, J., Lim, S. I., Lundquist, J. P., Machida, S., Martens, K., Matsuda, T., Matsuura, T., Matsuyama, T., Matthews, J. N., Minamino, M., Miyata, K., Murano, Y., Myers, I., Nagasawa, K., Nagataki, S., Nakamura, T., Nam, S. W., Nonaka, T., Ogio, S., Ohnishi, M., Ohoka, H., Oki, K., Oku, D., Okuda, T., Ono, M., Oshima, A., Ozawa, S., Park, I. H., Pshirkov, M. S., Rodriguez, D. C., Roh, S. Y., Rubtsov, G., Ryu, D., Sagawa, H., Sakurai, N., Sampson, A. L., Scott, L. M., Shah, P. D., Shibata, F., Shibata, T., Shimodaira, H., Shin, B. K., Shin, J. I., Shirahama, T., Smith, J. D., Sokolsky, P., Springer, R. W., Stokes, B. T., Stratton, S. R., Stroman, T., Suzuki, S., Takahashi, Y., Takeda, M., Taketa, A., Takita, M., Tameda, Y., Tanaka, H., Tanaka, K., Tanaka, M., Thomas, S. B., Thomson, G. B., Tinyakov, P., Tkachev, I., Tokuno, H., Tomida, T., Troitsky, S., Tsunesada, Y., Tsutsumi, K., Tsuyuguchi, Y., Uchihori, Y., Udo, S., Ukai, H., Urban, F., Vasiloff, G., Wada, Y., Wong, T., Yamakawa, Y., Yamane, R., Yamaoka, H., Yamazaki, K., Yang, J., Yoneda, Y., Yoshida, S., Yoshii, H., Zhou, X., Zollinger, R., Zundel, Z.

We search for correlations between positions of extragalactic objects and arrival directions of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) with primary energy $E \ge 40$ EeV as observed by the surface detector array of the Telescope Array (TA) experiment

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.5808

The Energy Spectrum of Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays Measured by the Telescope Array FADC Fluorescence Detectors in Monocular Mode

Autor: The Telescope Array Collaboration, Abu-Zayyad, T., Aida, R., Allen, M., Anderson, R., Azuma, R., Barcikowski, E., Belz, J. W., Bergman, D. R., Blake, S. A., Cady, R., Cheon, B. G., Chiba, J., Chikawa, M., Cho, E. J., Cho, W. R., Fujii, H., Fujii, T., Fukuda, T., Fukushima, M., Hanlon, W., Hayashi, K., Hayashi, Y., Hayashida, N., Hibino, K., Hiyama, K., Honda, K., Iguchi, T., Ikeda, D., Ikuta, K., Inoue, N., Ishii, T., Ishimori, R., Ito, H., Ivanov, D., Iwamoto, S., Jui, C. C. H., Kadota, K., Kakimoto, F., Kalashev, O., Kanbe, T., Kasahara, K., Kawai, H., Kawakami, S., Kawana, S., Kido, E., Kim, H. B., Kim, H. K., Kim, J. H., Kitamoto, K., Kitamura, S., Kitamura, Y., Kobayashi, K., Kobayashi, Y., Kondo, Y., Kuramoto, K., Kuzmin, V., Kwon, Y. J., Lan, J., Lim, S. I., Lundquist, J. P., Machida, S., Martens, K., Matsuda, T., Matsuura, T., Matsuyama, T., Matthews, J. N., Myers, I., Minamino, M., Miyata, K., Murano, Y., Nagataki, S., Nakamura, T., Nam, S. W., Nonaka, T., Ogio, S., Ogura, J., Ohnishi, M., Ohoka, H., Oki, K., Oku, D., Okuda, T., Ono, M., Oshima, A., Ozawa, S., Park, I. H., Pshirkov, M. S., Rodriguez, D. C., Roh, S. Y., Rubtsov, G., Ryu, D., Sagawa, H., Sakurai, N., Sampson, A. L., Scott, L. M., Shah, P. D., Shibata, F., Shibata, T., Shimodaira, H., Shin, B. K., Shin, J. I., Shirahama, T., Smith, J. D., Sokolsky, P., Sonley, T. J., Springer, R. W., Stokes, B. T., Stratton, S. R., Stroman, T. A., Suzuki, S., Takahashi, Y., Takeda, M., Taketa, A., Takita, M., Tameda, Y., Tanaka, H., Tanaka, K., Tanaka, M., Thomas, S. B., Thomson, G. B., Tinyakov, P., Tkachev, I., Tokuno, H., Tomida, T., Troitsky, S., Tsunesada, Y., Tsutsumi, K., Tsuyuguchi, Y., Uchihori, Y., Udo, S., Ukai, H., Vasiloff, G., Wada, Y., Wong, T., Yamakawa, Y., Yamane, R., Yamaoka, H., Yamazaki, K., Yang, J., Yoneda, Y., Yoshida, S., Yoshii, H., Zollinger, R., Zundel, Z.

We present a measurement of the energy spectrum of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays performed by the Telescope Array experiment using monocular observations from its two new FADC-based fluorescence detectors. After a short description of the experiment,

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.6079

Search for Anisotropy of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays with the Telescope Array Experiment

Autor: Abu-Zayyad, T., Aida, R., Allen, M., Anderson, R., Azuma, R., Barcikowski, E., Belz, J. W., Bergman, D. R., Blake, S. A., Cady, R., Cheon, B. G., Chiba, J., Chikawa, M., Cho, E. J., Cho, W. R., Fujii, H., Fujii, T., Fukuda, T., Fukushima, M., Hanlon, W., Hayashi, K., Hayashi, Y., Hayashida, N., Hibino, K., Hiyama, K., Honda, K., Iguchi, T., Ikeda, D., Ikuta, K., Inoue, N., Ishii, T., Ishimori, R., Ivanov, D., Iwamoto, S., Jui, C. C. H., Kadota, K., Kakimoto, F., Kalashev, O., Kanbe, T., Kasahara, K., Kawai, H., Kawakami, S., Kawana, S., Kido, E., Kim, H. B., Kim, H. K., Kim, J. H., Kitamoto, K., Kitamura, S., Kitamura, Y., Kobayashi, K., Kobayashi, Y., Kondo, Y., Kuramoto, K., Kuzmin, V., Kwon, Y. J., Lim, S. I., Machida, S., Martens, K., Martineau, J., Matsuda, T., Matsuura, T., Matsuyama, T., Matthews, J. N., Minamino, M., Miyata, K., Murano, Y., Myers, I., Nagasawa, K., Nagataki, S., Nakamura, T., Nam, S. W., Nonaka, T., Ogio, S., Ohnishi, M., Ohoka, H., Oki, K., Oku, D., Okuda, T., Oshima, A., Ozawa, S., Park, I. H., Pshirkov, M. S., Rodriguez, D. C., Roh, S. Y., Rubtsov, G., Ryu, D., Sagawa, H., Sakurai, N., Sampson, A. L., Scott, L. M., Shah, P. D., Shibata, F., Shibata, T., Shimodaira, H., Shin, B. K., Shin, J. I., Shirahama, T., Smith, J. D., Sokolsky, P., Sonley, T. J., Springer, R. W., Stokes, B. T., Stratton, S. R., Stroman, T., Suzuki, S., Takahashi, Y., Takeda, M., Taketa, A., Takita, M., Tameda, Y., Tanaka, H., Tanaka, K., Tanaka, M., Thomas, S. B., Thomson, G. B., Tinyakov, P., Tkachev, I., Tokuno, H., Tomida, T., Troitsky, S., Tsunesada, Y., Tsutsumi, K., Tsuyuguchi, Y., Uchihori, Y., Udo, S., Ukai, H., Vasiloff, G., Wada, Y., Wong, T., Wood, M., Yamakawa, Y., Yamane, R., Yamaoka, H., Yamazaki, K., Yang, J., Yoneda, Y., Yoshida, S., Yoshii, H., Zhou, X., Zollinger, R., Zundel, Z.

We study the anisotropy of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray (UHECR) events collected by the Telescope Array (TA) detector in the first 40 months of operation. Following earlier studies, we examine event sets with energy thresholds of 10 EeV, 40 EeV, and

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.5984

The Energy Spectrum of Telescope Array's Middle Drum Detector and the Direct Comparison to the High Resolution Fly's Eye Experiment

Autor: Abu-Zayyad, T., Aida, R., Allen, M., Anderson, R., Azuma, R., Barcikowski, E., Belz, J. W., Bergman, D. R., Blake, S. A., Cady, R., Cheon, B. G., Chiba, J., Chikawa, M., Cho, E. J., Cho, W. R., Fujii, H., Fujii, T., Fukuda, T., Fukushima, M., Gorbunov, D., Hanlon, W., Hayashi, K., Hayashi, Y., Hayashida, N., Hibino, K., Hiyama, K., Honda, K., Iguchi, T., Ikeda, D., Ikuta, K., Inoue, N., Ishii, T., Ishimori, R., Ivanov, D., Iwamoto, S., Jui, C. C. H., Kadota, K., Kakimoto, F., Kalashev, O., Kanbe, T., Kasahara, K., Kawai, H., Kawakami, S., Kawana, S., Kido, E., Kim, H. B., Kim, H. K., Kim, J. H., Kitamoto, K., Kitamura, S., Kitamura, Y., Kobayashi, K., Kobayashi, Y., Kondo, Y., Kuramoto, K., Kuzmin, V., Kwon, Y. J., Lim, S. I., Machida, S., Martens, K., Martineau, J., Matsuda, T., Matsuura, T., Matsuyama, T., Matthews, J. N., Minamino, M., Miyata, K., Murano, Y., Nagataki, S., Nakamura, T., Nam, S. W., Nonaka, T., Ogio, S., Ohnishi, M., Ohoka, H., Oki, K., Oku, D., Okuda, T., Oshima, A., Ozawa, S., Park, I. H., Pshirkov, M. S., Rodriguez, D. C., Roh, S. Y., Rubtsov, G., Ryu, D., Sagawa, H., Sakurai, N., Sampson, A. L., Scott, L. M., Shah, P. D., Shibata, F., Shibata, T., Shimodaira, H., Shin, B. K., Shin, J. I., Shirahama, T., Smith, J. D., Sokolsky, P., Sonley, T. J., Springer, R. W., Stokes, B. T., Stratton, S. R., Stroman, T., Suzuki, S., Takahashi, Y., Takeda, M., Taketa, A., Takita, M., Tameda, Y., Tanaka, H., Tanaka, K., Tanaka, M., Thomas, S. B., Thomson, G. B., Tinyakov, P., Tkachev, I., Tokuno, H., Tomida, T., Troitsky, S., Tsunesada, Y., Tsutsumi, K., Tsuyuguchi, Y., Uchihori, Y., Udo, S., Ukai, H., Vasiloff, G., Wada, Y., Wong, T., Wood, M., Yamakawa, Y., Yamane, R., Yamaoka, H., Yamazaki, K., Yang, J., Yoneda, Y., Yoshida, S., Yoshii, H., Zollinger, R., Zundel, Z.

The Telescope Array's Middle Drum fluorescence detector was instrumented with telescopes refurbished from the High Resolution Fly's Eye's HiRes-1 site. The data observed by Middle Drum in monocular mode was analyzed via the HiRes-1 profile-constraine

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1202.5141

New air fluorescence detectors employed in the Telescope Array experiment

Autor: Tokuno, H., Tameda, Y., Takeda, M., Kadota, K., Ikeda, D., Chikawa, M., Fujii, T., Fukushima, M., Honda, K., Inoue, N., Kakimoto, F., Kawana, S., Kido, E., Matthews, J. N., Nonaka, T., Ogio, S., Okuda, T., Ozawa, S., Sagawa, H., Sakurai, N., Shibata, T., Taketa, A., Thomas, S. B., Tomida, T., Tsunesada, Y., Udo, S., Abu-zayyad, T., Aida, R., Allen, M., Anderson, R., Azuma, R., Barcikowski, E., Belz, J. W., Bergman, D. R., Blake, S. A., Cady, R., Cheon, B. G., Chiba, J., Cho, E. J., Cho, W. R., Fujii, H., Fukuda, T., Gorbunov, D., Hanlon, W., Hayashi, K., Hayashi, Y., Hayashida, N., Hibino, K., Hiyama, K., Iguchi, T., Ikuta, K., Ishii, T., Ishimori, R., Ivanov, D., Iwamoto, S., Jui, C. C. H., Kalashev, O., Kanbe, T., Kasahara, K., Kawai, H., Kawakami, S., Kim, H. B., Kim, H. K., Kim, J. H., Kitamoto, K., Kobayashi, K., Kobayashi, Y., Kondo, Y., Kuramoto, K., Kuzmin, V., Kwon, Y. J., Lim, S. I., Machida, S., Martens, K., Martineau, J., Matsuda, T., Matsuura, T., Matsuyama, T., Myers, I., Minamino, M., Miyata, K., Miyauchi, H., Murano, Y., Nakamura, T., Nam, S. W., Ohnishi, M., Ohoka, H., Oki, K., Oku, D., Oshima, A., Park, I. H., Pshirkov, M. S., Rodriguez, D., Roh, S. Y., Rubtsov, G., Ryu, D., Sampson, A. L., Scott, L. M., Shah, P. D., Shibata, F., Shimodaira, H., Shin, B. K., Shin, J. I., Shirahama, T., Smith, J. D., Sokolsky, P., Sonley, T. J., Springer, R. W., Stokes, B. T., Stratton, S. R., Stroman, T., Suzuki, S., Takahashi, Y., Takita, M., Tanaka, H., Tanaka, K., Tanaka, M., Thomson, G. B., Tinyakov, P., Tkachev, I., Troitsky, S., Tsutsumi, K., Tsuyuguchi, Y., Uchihori, Y., Ukai, H., Vasiloff, G., Wada, Y., Wong, T., Wood, M., Yamakawa, Y., Yamaoka, H., Yamazaki, K., Yang, J., Yoshida, S., Yoshii, H., Zollinger, R., Zundel, Z.

Since 2007, the Telescope Array (TA) experiment, based in Utah, USA, has been observing ultra high energy cosmic rays to understand their origins. The experiment involves a surface detector (SD) array and three fluorescence detector (FD) stations. FD

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1201.0002