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We present a summary of the measurements of mass sensitive parameters at the highest cosmic ray energies done by several experiments. The Xmax distribution as a function of energy has been measured with fluorescence telescopes by the HiRes,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 E. Barcikowski , J. Bellido , J. Belz , Y. Egorov , S. Knurenko , V. de Souza , Y. Tameda , Y. Tsunesada , M. Unger

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)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 T. Abu-Zayyad , R. Aida , M. Allen , R. Anderson , R. Azuma , E. Barcikowski , J. W. Belz , D. R. Bergman , S. A. Blake , R. Cady , B. G. Cheon , J. Chiba , M. Chikawa , E. J. Cho , W. R. Cho , H. Fujii , T. Fujii , T. Fukuda , M. Fukushima , W. Hanlon , K. Hayashi , Y. Hayashi , N. Hayashida , K. Hibino , K. Hiyama , K. Honda , T. Iguchi , D. Ikeda , K. Ikuta , N. Inoue , T. Ishii , R. Ishimori , H. Ito , D. Ivanov , S. Iwamoto , C. C. H. Jui , K. Kadota , F. Kakimoto , O. Kalashev , T. Kanbe , K. Kasahara , H. Kawai , S. Kawakami , S. Kawana , E. Kido , H. B. Kim , H. K. Kim , J. H. Kim , J. H. Kim , K. Kitamoto , S. Kitamura , Y. Kitamura , K. Kobayashi , Y. Kobayashi , Y. Kondo , K. Kuramoto , V. Kuzmin , Y. J. Kwon , J. Lan , S. I. Lim , J. P. Lundquist , S. Machida , K. Martens , T. Matsuda , T. Matsuura , T. Matsuyama , J. N. Matthews , M. Minamino , K. Miyata , Y. Murano , I. Myers , K. Nagasawa , S. Nagataki , T. Nakamura , S. W. Nam , T. Nonaka , S. Ogio , M. Ohnishi , H. Ohoka , K. Oki , D. Oku , T. Okuda , M. Ono , A. Oshima , S. Ozawa , I. H. Park , M. S. Pshirkov , D. C. Rodriguez , S. Y. Roh , G. Rubtsov , D. Ryu , H. Sagawa , N. Sakurai , A. L. Sampson , L. M. Scott , P. D. Shah , F. Shibata , T. Shibata , H. Shimodaira , B. K. Shin , J. I. Shin , T. Shirahama , J. D. Smith , P. Sokolsky , R. W. Springer , B. T. Stokes , S. R. Stratton , T. Stroman , S. Suzuki , Y. Takahashi , M. Takeda , A. Taketa , M. Takita , Y. Tameda , H. Tanaka , K. Tanaka , M. Tanaka , S. B. Thomas , G. B. Thomson , P. Tinyakov , I. Tkachev , H. Tokuno , T. Tomida , S. Troitsky , Y. Tsunesada , K. Tsutsumi , Y. Tsuyuguchi , Y. Uchihori , S. Udo , H. Ukai , F. Urban , G. Vasiloff , Y. Wada , T. Wong , Y. Yamakawa , R. Yamane , H. Yamaoka , K. Yamazaki , J. Yang , Y. Yoneda , S. Yoshida , H. Yoshii , X. Zhou , R. Zollinger , Z. Zundel

Using the Auger mass-composition analysis of ultra high energy cosmic rays, based on the shape-fitting of $X_{max}$ distributions, we demonstrate that mass composition and energy spectra measured by Auger, Telescope Array and HiRes can be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-11 R. Aloisio , V. Berezinsky

We report on the cosmic ray mass composition measured by the Telescope Array Low-energy Extension (TALE) hybrid detector. The TALE detector consists of a fluorescence detector (FD) station with 10 FD telescopes located at the Telescope…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-30 Telescope Array Collaboration , R. U. Abbasi , T. Abu-Zayyad , M. Allen , J. W. Belz , D. R. Bergman , F. Bradfield , I. Buckland , W. Campbell , B. G. Cheon , K. Endo , A. Fedynitch , T. Fujii , K. Fujisue , K. Fujita , M. Fukushima , G. Furlich , A. Gálvez Ureña , Z. Gerber , N. Globus , T. Hanaoka , W. Hanlon , N. Hayashida , H. He , K. Hibino , R. Higuchi , D. Ikeda , D. Ivanov , S. Jeong , C. C. H. Jui , K. Kadota , F. Kakimoto , O. Kalashev , K. Kasahara , Y. Kawachi , K. Kawata , I. Kharuk , E. Kido , H. B. Kim , J. H. Kim , J. H. Kim , S. W. Kim , R. Kobo , I. Komae , K. Komatsu , K. Komori , A. Korochkin , C. Koyama , M. Kudenko , M. Kuroiwa , Y. Kusumori , M. Kuznetsov , Y. J. Kwon , K. H. Lee , M. J. Lee , B. Lubsandorzhiev , J. P. Lundquist , H. Matsushita , A. Matsuzawa , J. A. Matthews , J. N. Matthews , K. Mizuno , M. Mori , S. Nagataki , K. Nakagawa , M. Nakahara , H. Nakamura , T. Nakamura , T. Nakayama , Y. Nakayama , K. Nakazawa , T. Nonaka , S. Ogio , H. Ohoka , N. Okazaki , M. Onishi , A. Oshima , H. Oshima , S. Ozawa , I. H. Park , K. Y. Park , M. Potts , M. Przybylak , M. S. Pshirkov , J. Remington , C. Rott , G. I. Rubtsov , D. Ryu , H. Sagawa , N. Sakaki , R. Sakamoto , T. Sako , N. Sakurai , S. Sakurai , D. Sato , K. Sekino , T. Shibata , J. Shikita , H. Shimodaira , H. S. Shin , K. Shinozaki , J. D. Smith , P. Sokolsky , B. T. Stokes , T. A. Stroman , H. Tachibana , K. Takahashi , M. Takeda , R. Takeishi , A. Taketa , M. Takita , Y. Tameda , K. Tanaka , M. Tanaka , M. Teramoto , S. B. Thomas , G. B. Thomson , P. Tinyakov , I. Tkachev , T. Tomida , S. Troitsky , Y. Tsunesada , S. Udo , F. R. Urban , M. Vrábel , D. Warren , K. Yamazaki , Y. Zhezher , Z. Zundel , J. Zvirzdin

The atmospheric depth where the energy deposit profile of secondary particles from extensive air showers (EAS) reaches its maximum, $X_{\rm max}$, is related to the primary particle mass. The mass composition of the ultra-high energy cosmic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-19 Nicusor Arsene , Octavian Sima

The mass composition of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) is usually inferred from the depth of the shower maximum ($X_{\rm{max}}$) of cosmic-ray showers, which is only ambiguously determined by modern hadronic interaction models. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-09 Jakub Vícha , Alena Bakalová , Ana L. Müller , Olena Tkachenko , Maximilian K. Stadelmaier

The Telescope Array (TA) is the largest ultrahigh energy (UHE) cosmic ray observatory in the northern hemisphere TA is a hybrid experiment with a unique combination of fluorescence detectors and a stand-alone surface array of scintillation…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Charles C. H. Jui

The energy spectrum of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) provides essential information on the most energetic phenomena in the Universe. Beyond EeV energies, the Telescope Array and Pierre Auger Observatory have the largest exposures…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-27 O. Deligny

The determination of the mass composition of the highest energy cosmic rays is one of the greatest challenges in cosmic ray experiments. The highest energy cosmic rays are only detected indirectly because of their very low flux. Using the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 J. A. Bellido

One of the main goals of investigations using present and future giant extensive air shower (EAS) arrays is the mass composition of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). A new approach to the problem is presented, combining analysis of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-21 A. A. Ivanov

We report on a measurement of the cosmic ray composition by the Telescope Array Low-Energy Extension (TALE) air fluorescence detector (FD). By making use of the Cherenkov light signal in addition to air fluorescence light from cosmic ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-22 Telescope Array Collaboration

The Telescope Array (TA) experiment is located in the western desert of Utah, USA, and observes ultra high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) in the Northern hemisphere. At the highest energies, $E>10$~EeV, the shape of cosmic ray energy spectrum…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-14 R. U. Abbasi , M. Abe , T. Abu-Zayyad , M. Allen , R. Azuma , E. Barcikowski , J. W. Belz , D. R. Bergman , S. A. Blake , R. Cady , B. G. Cheon , J. Chiba , M. Chikawa , T. Fujii , M. Fukushima , T. Goto , W. Hanlon , Y. Hayashi , M. Hayashi , N. Hayashida , K. Hibino , K. Honda , D. Ikeda , N. Inoue , T. Ishii , R. Ishimori , H. Ito , D. Ivanov , C. C. H. Jui , K. Kadota , F. Kakimoto , O. Kalashev , K. Kasahara , H. Kawai , S. Kawakami , S. Kawana , K. Kawata , E. Kido , H. B. Kim , J. H. Kim , J. H. Kim , S. Kishigami , S. Kitamura , Y. Kitamura , V. Kuzmin , M. Kuznetsov , Y. J. Kwon , J. Lan , B. Lubsandorzhiev , J. P. Lundquist , K. Machida , K. Martens , T. Matsuda , T. Matsuyama , J. N. Matthews , M. Minamino , K. Mukai , I. Myers , K. Nagasawa , S. Nagataki , T. Nakamura , T. Nonaka , A. Nozato , S. Ogio , J. Ogura , M. Ohnishi , H. Ohoka , K. Oki , T. Okuda , M. Ono , R. Onogi , A. Oshima , S. Ozawa , I. H. Park , M. S. Pshirkov , D. C. Rodriguez , G. Rubtsov , D. Ryu , H. Sagawa , K. Saito , Y. Saito , N. Sakaki , N. Sakurai , L. M. Scott , K. Sekino , P. D. Shah , T. Shibata , F. Shibata , H. Shimodaira , B. K. Shin , H. S. Shin , J. D. Smith , P. Sokolsky , B. T. Stokes , S. R. Stratton , T. A. Stroman , T. Suzawa , Y. Takahashi , M. Takamura , M. Takeda , R. Takeishi , A. Taketa , M. Takita , Y. Tameda , M. Tanaka , K. Tanaka , H. Tanaka , S. B. Thomas , G. B. Thomson , P. Tinyakov , I. Tkachev , H. Tokuno , T. Tomida , S. Troitsky , Y. Tsunesada , K. Tsutsumi , Y. Uchihori , S. Udo , F. Urban , T. Wong , R. Yamane , H. Yamaoka , K. Yamazaki , J. Yang , K. Yashiro , Y. Yoneda , S. Yoshida , H. Yoshii , Y. Zhezher , R. Zollinger , Z. Zundel

The Telescope Array (TA) experiment is the largest detector to observe ultra-high-energy cosmic rays in the northern hemisphere. The fluorescence detectors at southern two stations of TA are newly constructed and have now completed seven…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-28 The Telescope Array Collaboration

We show that the maximum shower depth distributions of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs), as measured by fluorescence telescopes, can be augmented by building a mapping to observables collected by surface detectors. The resulting…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-28 Blaž Bortolato , Jernej F. Kamenik , Michele Tammaro

Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) refer to cosmic rays with energy above 10^{18} eV. UHECR experiments utilize simulations of extensive air shower to estimate the properties of UHECRs. The Telescope Array (TA) experiment employs the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Soonyoung Roh , Jihee Kim , Katsuaki Kasahara , Eiji Kido , Akimichi Taketa , Dongsu Ryu , Hyesung Kang

We have used recently published data from the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array Project to conclude some inferences concerning the origin and composition of ultra high-energy cosmic rays (UHECR). We advocate for model the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-20 Tadeusz Wibig , Arnold W. Wolfendale

Ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) are particles, likely protons and/or nuclei, with energies up to $10^{20}$ eV that are observed through the giant air showers they produce in the atmosphere. These particles carry the information on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-24 O. Deligny , K. Kawata , P. Tinyakov

Measurements of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR) suggest a complex composition with significant contributions from heavy nuclei at the highest energies. We systematically explore how the selection and number of primary nuclei included…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-12 Blaž Bortolato , Jernej F. Kamenik , Michele Tammaro

The Pierre Auger and Telescope Array joint Working Group on the UHECR energy spectrum was established in 2012 to analyze energy scale uncertainties in both experiments and to in vestigate their systematic differences, particularly in the…