Testing for uniformity of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray arrival directions
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2016-05-24 v1
Abstract
Arrival directions of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) exhibit mainly an isotropic distribution with some small deviations in particular energy bins. In this paper, the Yakutsk array data are tested for circular uniformity of arrival directions in right ascension using 2 methods appropriate for the energy ranges below and above eV. No statistically significant deviation from uniformity is found in the arrival directions of cosmic rays (CRs) detected within the observation period 1974--2000.
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@article{arxiv.1602.08814,
title = {Testing for uniformity of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray arrival directions},
author = {A. A. Ivanov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.08814},
year = {2016}
}
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Preprint of an article submitted for consideration in IJMPD \c{opyright} 2016 [copyright World Scientific Publishing Company] http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/ijmpd