| Title: |
Observation of cosmic-ray anisotropy with the IceTop air shower array |
| Authors: |
Aartsen, MG; Abbasi, R; Abdou, Yasser; Ackermann, M; Adams, J; Aguilar, JA; Ahlers, M; Altmann, D; Andeen, K; Auffenberg, J; Bai, X; Baker, M; Barwick, SW; Baum, V; Bay, R; Beattie, K; Beatty, JJ; Bechet, S; Tjus, JB; Becker, KH; Bell, M; Benabderrahmane, ML; BenZvi, S; Berdermann, J; Berghaus, P; Berley, D; Bernardini, E; Bertrand, D; Besson, DZ; Bindig, D; Bissok, M; Blaufuss, E; Blumenthal, J; Boersma, DJ; Bohaichuk, S; Bohm, C; Bose, D; Boser, S; Botner, O; Brayeur, L; Brown, AM; Bruijn, R; Brunner, J; Carson, Michael; Casey, J; Casier, M; Chirkin, D; Christy, B; Clark, K; Clevermann, F; Cohen, S; Cowen, DF; Silva, AHC; Danninger, M; Daughhetee, J; Davis, JC; De Clercq, C; De Ridder, Sam; Descamps, Freija; Desiati, P; De Vries-Uiterweerd, Garmt; DeYoung, T; Diaz-Velez, JC; Dreyer, J; Dumm, JP; Dunkman, M; Eagan, R; Eisch, J; Ellsworth, RW; Engdegard, O; Euler, S; Evenson, PA; Fadiran, O; Fazely, AR; Fedynitch, A; Feintzeig, J; Feusels, Tom; Filimonov, K; Finley, C; Fischer-Wasels, T; Flis, S; Franckowiak, A; Franke, R; Frantzen, K; Fuchs, T; Gaisser, TK; Gallagher, J; Gerhardt, L; Gladstone, L; Glusenkamp, T; Goldschmidt, A; Golup, G; Goodman, JA; Gora, D; Grant, D; Gross, A; Grullon, S; Gurtner, M; Ha, C; Haj Ismail, Abd Al Karim; Hallgren, A; Halzen, F; Hanson, K; Heereman, D; Heimann, P; Heinen, D; Helbing, K; Hellauer, R; Hickford, S; Hill, GC; Hoffman, KD; Hoffmann, R; Homeier, A; Hoshina, K; Huelsnitz, W; Hulth, PO; Hultqvist, K; Hussain, S; Ishihara, A; Jacobi, E; Jacobsen, J; Japaridze, GS; Jlelati, Ola; Kappes, A; Karg, T; Karle, A; Kiryluk, J; Kislat, F; Klas, J; Klein, SR; Kohne, JH; Kohnen, G; Kolanoski, H; Kopke, L; Kopper, C; Kopper, S; Koskinen, DJ; Kowalski, M; Krasberg, M; Kroll, G; Kunnen, J; Kurahashi, N; Kuwabara, T; Labare, Mathieu; Landsman, H; Larson, MJ; Lauer, R; Lesiak-Bzdak, M; Unemann, JL; Madsen, J; Maruyama, R; Mase, K; Matis, HS; McNally, F; Meagher, K; Merck, M; Meszaros, P; Meures, T; Miarecki, S; Middell, E; Milke, N; Miller, J; Mohrmann, L; Montaruli, T; Morse, R; Nahnhauer, R; Naumann, U; Nowicki, SC; Nygren, DR; Obertacke, A; Odrowski, S; Olivas, A; Olivo, M; O'Murchadha, A; Panknin, S; Paul, L; Pepper, JA; de los Heros, CP; Pieloth, D; Pirk, N; Posselt, J; Price, PB; Przybylski, GT; Radel, L; Rawlins, K; Redl, P; Resconi, E; Rhode, W; Ribordy, M; Richman, M; Riedel, B; Rodrigues, JP; Rothmaier, F; Rott, C; Ruhe, T; Ruzybayev, B; Ryckbosch, Dirk; Saba, SM; Salameh, T; Sander, HG; Santander, M; Sarkar, S; Schatto, K; Scheel, M; Scheriau, F; Schmidt, T; Schmitz, M; Schoenen, S; Schoneberg, S; Schonherr, L; Schonwald, A; Schukraft, A; Schulte, L; Schulz, O; Seckel, D; Seo, SH; Sestayo, Y; Seunarine, S; Sheremata, C; Smith, MWE; Soiron, M; Soldin, D; Spiczak, GM; Spiering, C; Stamatikos, M; Stanev, T; Stasik, A; Stezelberger, T; Stokstad, RG; Stossl, A; Strahler, EA; Strom, R; Sullivan, GW; Taavola, H; Taboada, I; Tamburro, A; Ter-Antonyan, S; Tilav, S; Toale, PA; Toscano, S; Usner, M; van der Drift, D; van Eijndhoven, N; Van Overloop, Arne; van Santen, J; Vehring, M; Voge, M; Vraeghe, Matthias; Walck, C; Waldenmaier, T; Wallraff, M; Walter, M; Wasserman, R; Weaver, C; Wendt, C; Westerhoff, S; Whitehorn, N; Wiebe, K; Wiebusch, CH; Williams, DR; Wissing, H; Wolf, M; Wood, TR; Woschnagg, K; Xu, C; Xu, DL; Xu, XW; Yanez, JP; Yodh, G; Yoshida, S; Zarzhitsky, P; Ziemann, J; Zierke, S; Zilles, A; Zoll, M |
| Source: |
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL ; ISSN: 0004-637X |
| Publication Year: |
2013 |
| Collection: |
Ghent University Academic Bibliography |
| Subject Terms: |
Physics and Astronomy; ARRIVAL DIRECTIONS; ASTRONOMY; cosmic rays; ICECUBE; SPECTRUM; astroparticle physics |
| Description: |
We report on the observation of anisotropy in the arrival direction distribution of cosmic rays at PeV energies. The analysis is based on data taken between 2009 and 2012 with the IceTop air shower array at the south pole. IceTop, an integral part of the IceCube detector, is sensitive to cosmic rays between 100 TeV and 1 EeV. With the current size of the IceTop data set, searches for anisotropy at the 10(-3) level can, for the first time, be extended to PeV energies. We divide the data set into two parts with median energies of 400 TeV and 2 PeV, respectively. In the low energy band, we observe a strong deficit with an angular size of about 30 degrees and an amplitude of (-1.58 +/- 0.46(stat) +/- 0.52(sys)) x 10(-3) at a location consistent with previous observations of cosmic rays with the IceCube neutrino detector. The study of the high energy band shows that the anisotropy persists to PeV energies and increases in amplitude to (-3.11 +/- 0.38(stat) +/- 0.96(sys)) x 10(-3). |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/3243062; https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/3243062/file/3248299 |
| DOI: |
10.1088/0004-637X/765/1/55 |
| Availability: |
https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/3243062; https://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-3243062; https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/765/1/55; https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/3243062/file/3248299 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.73272432 |
| Database: |
BASE |