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Measurement of Anisotropy and Search for UHECR Sources

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

A search for anisotropy in the arrival directions of ultra high energy cosmic rays recorded at the Pierre Auger Observatory

Observations of cosmic ray arrival directions made with the Pierre Auger Observatory have previously provided evidence of anisotropy at the 99% CL using the correlation of ultra high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) with objects drawn from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-10-15 Pierre Auger Collaboration

Cosmic-ray anisotropies in right ascension measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory

We present measurements of the large-scale cosmic-ray anisotropies in right ascension, using data collected by the surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory over more than 14 years. We determine the equatorial dipole component,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-11 The Pierre Auger Collaboration , A. Aab , P. Abreu , M. Aglietta , I. F. M. Albuquerque , J. M. Albury , I. Allekotte , A. Almela , J. Alvarez Castillo , J. Alvarez-Muñiz , G. A. Anastasi , L. Anchordoqui , B. Andrada , S. Andringa , C. Aramo , P. R. Araújo Ferreira , H. Asorey , P. Assis , G. Avila , A. M. Badescu , A. Bakalova , A. Balaceanu , F. Barbato , R. J. Barreira Luz , K. H. Becker , J. A. Bellido , C. Berat , M. E. Bertaina , X. Bertou , P. L. Biermann , T. Bister , J. Biteau , A. Blanco , J. Blazek , C. Bleve , M. Boháčová , D. Boncioli , C. Bonifazi , L. Bonneau Arbeletche , N. Borodai , A. M. Botti , J. Brack , T. Bretz , F. L. Briechle , P. Buchholz , A. Bueno , S. Buitink , M. Buscemi , K. S. Caballero-Mora , L. Caccianiga , L. Calcagni , A. Cancio , F. Canfora , I. Caracas , J. M. Carceller , R. Caruso , A. Castellina , F. Catalani , G. Cataldi , L. Cazon , M. Cerda , J. A. Chinellato , K. Choi , J. Chudoba , L. Chytka , R. W. Clay , A. C. Cobos Cerutti , R. Colalillo , A. Coleman , M. R. Coluccia , R. Conceição , A. Condorelli , G. Consolati , F. Contreras , F. Convenga , C. E. Covault , S. Dasso , K. Daumiller , B. R. Dawson , J. A. Day , R. M. de Almeida , J. de Jesús , S. J. de Jong , G. De Mauro , J. R. T. de Mello Neto , I. De Mitri , J. de Oliveira , D. de Oliveira Franco , V. de Souza , J. Debatin , M. del Río , O. Deligny , N. Dhital , A. Di Matteo , M. L. Díaz Castro , C. Dobrigkeit , J. C. D'Olivo , Q. Dorosti , R. C. dos Anjos , M. T. Dova , J. Ebr , R. Engel , I. Epicoco , M. Erdmann , C. O. Escobar , A. Etchegoyen , H. Falcke , J. Farmer , G. Farrar , A. C. Fauth , N. Fazzini , F. Feldbusch , F. Fenu , B. Fick , J. M. Figueira , A. Filipčič , M. M. Freire , T. Fujii , A. Fuster , C. Galea , C. Galelli , B. García , A. L. Garcia Vegas , H. Gemmeke , F. Gesualdi , A. Gherghel-Lascu , P. L. Ghia , U. Giaccari , M. Giammarchi , M. Giller , J. Glombitza , F. Gobbi , G. Golup , M. Gómez Berisso , P. F. Gómez Vitale , J. P. Gongora , N. González , I. Goos , D. Góra , A. Gorgi , M. Gottowik , T. D. Grubb , F. Guarino , G. P. Guedes , E. Guido , S. Hahn , R. Halliday , M. R. Hampel , P. Hansen , D. Harari , V. M. Harvey , A. Haungs , T. Hebbeker , D. Heck , G. C. Hill , C. Hojvat , J. R. Hörandel , P. Horvath , M. Hrabovský , T. Huege , J. Hulsman , A. Insolia , P. G. Isar , J. A. Johnsen , J. Jurysek , A. Kääpä , K. H. Kampert , B. Keilhauer , J. Kemp , H. O. Klages , M. Kleifges , J. Kleinfeller , M. Köpke , G. Kukec Mezek , A. Kuotb Awad , B. L. Lago , D. LaHurd , R. G. Lang , M. A. Leigui de Oliveira , V. Lenok , A. Letessier-Selvon , I. Lhenry-Yvon , D. Lo Presti , L. Lopes , R. López , A. López Casado , R. Lorek , Q. Luce , A. Lucero , A. Machado Payeras , M. Malacari , G. Mancarella , D. Mandat , B. C. Manning , J. Manshanden , P. Mantsch , A. G. Mariazzi , I. C. Mariş , G. Marsella , D. Martello , H. Martinez , O. Martínez Bravo , M. Mastrodicasa , H. J. Mathes , J. Matthews , G. Matthiae , E. Mayotte , P. O. Mazur , G. Medina-Tanco , D. Melo , A. Menshikov , K. -D. Merenda , S. Michal , M. I. Micheletti , L. Miramonti , D. Mockler , S. Mollerach , F. Montanet , C. Morello , G. Morlino , M. Mostafá , A. L. Müller , M. A. Muller , S. Müller , R. Mussa , M. Muzio , W. M. Namasaka , L. Nellen , M. Niculescu-Oglinzanu , M. Niechciol , D. Nitz , D. Nosek , V. Novotny , L. Nožka , A Nucita , L. A. Núñez , M. Palatka , J. Pallotta , M. P. Panetta , P. Papenbreer , G. Parente , A. Parra , M. Pech , F. Pedreira , J. Pękala , R. Pelayo , J. Peña-Rodriguez , L. A. S. Pereira , J. Perez Armand , M. Perlin , L. Perrone , C. Peters , S. Petrera , T. Pierog , M. Pimenta , V. Pirronello , M. Platino , B. Pont , M. Pothast , P. Privitera , M. Prouza , A. Puyleart , S. Querchfeld , J. Rautenberg , D. Ravignani , M. Reininghaus , J. Ridky , F. Riehn , M. Risse , P. Ristori , V. Rizi , W. Rodrigues de Carvalho , J. Rodriguez Rojo , M. J. Roncoroni , M. Roth , E. Roulet , A. C. Rovero , P. Ruehl , S. J. Saffi , A. Saftoiu , F. Salamida , H. Salazar , G. Salina , J. D. Sanabria Gomez , F. Sánchez , E. M. Santos , E. Santos , F. Sarazin , R. Sarmento , C. Sarmiento-Cano , R. Sato , P. Savina , C. Schäfer , V. Scherini , H. Schieler , M. Schimassek , M. Schimp , F. Schlüter , D. Schmidt , O. Scholten , P. Schovánek , F. G. Schröder , S. Schröder , S. J. Sciutto , M. Scornavacche , R. C. Shellard , G. Sigl , G. Silli , O. Sima , R. Šmída , P. Sommers , J. F. Soriano , J. Souchard , R. Squartini , M. Stadelmaier , D. Stanca , S. Stanič , J. Stasielak , P. Stassi , A. Streich , M. Suárez-Durán , T. Sudholz , T. Suomijärvi , A. D. Supanitsky , J. Šupík , Z. Szadkowski , A. Taboada , O. A. Taborda , A. Tapia , C. Timmermans , P. Tobiska , C. J. Todero Peixoto , B. Tomé , G. Torralba Elipe , A. Travaini , P. Travnicek , C. Trimarelli , M. Trini , M. Tueros , R. Ulrich , M. Unger , M. Urban , L. Vaclavek , J. F. Valdés Galicia , I. Valiño , L. Valore , A. van Vliet , E. Varela , B. Vargas Cárdenas , A. Vásquez-Ramírez , D. Veberič , C. Ventura , I. D. Vergara Quispe , V. Verzi , J. Vicha , L. Villaseñor , J. Vink , S. Vorobiov , H. Wahlberg , A. A. Watson , M. Weber , A. Weindl , L. Wiencke , H. Wilczyński , T. Winchen , M. Wirtz , D. Wittkowski , B. Wundheiler , A. Yushkov , E. Zas , D. Zavrtanik , M. Zavrtanik , L. Zehrer , A. Zepeda , M. Ziolkowski , F. Zuccarello

Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Observing Strategy Assessment

I develop a method for assessing the ability of an instrument, coupled with an observing strategy, to measure the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). It allows for efficient calculation of expected parameter…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Lloyd Knox

Observation of Cosmic-Ray Anisotropy in the Southern Hemisphere with 12 yr of Data Collected by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

We analyzed the 7.92$\times 10^{11}$ cosmic-ray-induced muon events collected by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory from May 13, 2011, when the fully constructed experiment started to take data, to May 12, 2023. This dataset provides an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-30 R. Abbasi , M. Ackermann , J. Adams , S. K. Agarwalla , T. Aguado , J. A. Aguilar , M. Ahlers , J. M. Alameddine , N. M. Amin , K. Andeen , C. Argüelles , Y. Ashida , S. Athanasiadou , S. N. Axani , R. Babu , X. Bai , A. Balagopal V. , M. Baricevic , S. W. Barwick , S. Bash , V. Basu , R. Bay , J. J. Beatty , J. Becker Tjus , J. Beise , C. Bellenghi , S. BenZvi , D. Berley , E. Bernardini , D. Z. Besson , E. Blaufuss , L. Bloom , S. Blot , F. Bontempo , J. Y. Book Motzkin , C. Boscolo Meneguolo , S. Böser , O. Botner , J. Böttcher , J. Braun , B. Brinson , Z. Brisson-Tsavoussis , J. Brostean-Kaiser , L. Brusa , R. T. Burley , D. Butterfield , M. A. Campana , I. Caracas , K. Carloni , J. Carpio , S. Chattopadhyay , N. Chau , Z. Chen , D. Chirkin , S. Choi , B. A. Clark , C. Cochling , A. Coleman , P. Coleman , G. H. Collin , A. Connolly , J. M. Conrad , R. Corley , D. F. Cowen , C. De Clercq , J. J. DeLaunay , D. Delgado , S. Deng , A. Desai , P. Desiati , K. D. de Vries , G. de Wasseige , T. DeYoung , A. Diaz , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , P. Dierichs , M. Dittmer , A. Domi , L. Draper , H. Dujmovic , D. Durnford , K. Dutta , M. A. DuVernois , T. Ehrhardt , L. Eidenschink , A. Eimer , P. Eller , E. Ellinger , S. El Mentawi , D. Elsässer , R. Engel , H. Erpenbeck , W. Esmail , J. Evans , P. A. Evenson , K. L. Fan , K. Fang , K. Farrag , A. R. Fazely , A. Fedynitch , N. Feigl , S. Fiedlschuster , C. Finley , L. Fischer , D. Fox , A. Franckowiak , S. Fukami , P. Fürst , J. Gallagher , E. Ganster , A. Garcia , M. Garcia , G. Garg , E. Genton , L. Gerhardt , A. Ghadimi , C. Girard-Carillo , C. Glaser , T. Glüsenkamp , J. G. Gonzalez , S. Goswami , A. Granados , D. Grant , S. J. Gray , S. Griffin , S. Griswold , K. M. Groth , D. Guevel , C. Günther , P. Gutjahr , K. Gruchot , C. Ha , C. Haack , A. Hallgren , L. Halve , F. Halzen , L. Hamacher , H. Hamdaoui , M. Ha Minh , M. Handt , K. Hanson , J. Hardin , A. A. Harnisch , P. Hatch , A. Haungs , J. Häußler , A. Hardy , W. Hayes , K. Helbing , J. Hellrung , J. Hermannsgabner , L. Heuermann , N. Heyer , S. Hickford , A. Hidvegi , C. Hill , G. C. Hill , R. Hmaid , K. D. Hoffman , S. Hori , K. Hoshina , M. Hostert , W. Hou , T. Huber , K. Hultqvist , M. Hünnefeld , R. Hussain , K. Hymon , A. Ishihara , W. Iwakiri , M. Jacquart , S. Jain , O. Janik , M. Jansson , M. Jeong , M. Jin , B. J. P. Jones , N. Kamp , D. Kang , W. Kang , X. Kang , A. Kappes , D. Kappesser , L. Kardum , T. Karg , M. Karl , A. Karle , A. Katil , U. Katz , M. Kauer , J. L. Kelley , M. Khanal , A. Khatee Zathul , A. Kheirandish , J. Kiryluk , S. R. Klein , Y. Kobayashi , A. Kochocki , R. Koirala , H. Kolanoski , T. Kontrimas , L. Köpke , C. Kopper , D. J. Koskinen , P. Koundal , M. Kowalski , T. Kozynets , N. Krieger , J. Krishnamoorthi , K. Kruiswijk , E. Krupczak , A. Kumar , E. Kun , N. Kurahashi , N. Lad , C. Lagunas Gualda , M. Lamoureux , M. J. Larson , F. Lauber , J. P. Lazar , J. W. Lee , K. Leonard DeHolton , A. Leszczyńska , J. Liao , M. Lincetto , Y. T. Liu , M. Liubarska , C. Love , L. Lu , F. Lucarelli , W. Luszczak , Y. Lyu , J. Madsen , E. Magnus , K. B. M. Mahn , Y. Makino , E. Manao , S. Mancina , A. Mand , W. Marie Sainte , I. C. Mariş , S. Marka , Z. Marka , M. Marsee , I. Martinez-Soler , R. Maruyama , F. Mayhew , F. McNally , J. V. Mead , K. Meagher , S. Mechbal , A. Medina , M. Meier , Y. Merckx , L. Merten , J. Mitchell , T. Montaruli , R. W. Moore , Y. Morii , R. Morse , M. Moulai , A. Moy , T. Mukherjee , R. Naab , M. Nakos , U. Naumann , J. Necker , A. Negi , L. Neste , M. Neumann , H. Niederhausen , M. U. Nisa , K. Noda , A. Noell , A. Novikov , A. Obertacke Pollmann , V. O'Dell , A. Olivas , R. Orsoe , J. Osborn , E. O'Sullivan , V. Palusova , H. Pandya , N. Park , G. K. Parker , V. Parrish , E. N. Paudel , L. Paul , C. Pérez de los Heros , T. Pernice , J. Peterson , A. Pizzuto , M. Plum , A. Pontén , Y. Popovych , M. Prado Rodriguez , B. Pries , R. Procter-Murphy , G. T. Przybylski , L. Pyras , C. Raab , J. Rack-Helleis , N. Rad , M. Ravn , K. Rawlins , Z. Rechav , A. Rehman , E. Resconi , S. Reusch , W. Rhode , B. Riedel , A. Rifaie , E. J. Roberts , S. Robertson , S. Rodan , G. Roellinghoff , M. Rongen , A. Rosted , C. Rott , T. Ruhe , L. Ruohan , D. Ryckbosch , I. Safa , J. Saffer , D. Salazar-Gallegos , P. Sampathkumar , A. Sandrock , M. Santander , S. Sarkar , S. Sarkar , J. Savelberg , P. Savina , P. Schaile , M. Schaufel , H. Schieler , S. Schindler , L. Schlickmann , B. Schlüter , F. Schlüter , N. Schmeisser , E. Schmidt , T. Schmidt , J. Schneider , F. G. Schröder , L. Schumacher , S. Schwirn , S. Sclafani , D. Seckel , L. Seen , M. Seikh , M. Seo , S. Seunarine , P. Sevle Myhr , R. Shah , S. Shefali , N. Shimizu , M. Silva , A. Simmons , B. Skrzypek , B. Smithers , R. Snihur , J. Soedingrekso , A. Søgaard , D. Soldin , P. Soldin , G. Sommani , C. Spannfellner , G. M. Spiczak , C. Spiering , J. Stachurska , M. Stamatikos , T. Stanev , T. Stezelberger , T. Stürwald , T. Stuttard , G. W. Sullivan , I. Taboada , S. Ter-Antonyan , A. Terliuk , M. Thiesmeyer , W. G. Thompson , A. Thorpe , J. Thwaites , S. Tilav , K. Tollefson , C. Tönnis , S. Toscano , D. Tosi , A. Trettin , R. Turcotte , M. A. Unland Elorrieta , A. K. Upadhyay , K. Upshaw , A. Vaidyanathan , N. Valtonen-Mattila , J. Vandenbroucke , N. van Eijndhoven , D. Vannerom , J. van Santen , J. Vara , F. Varsi , J. Veitch-Michaelis , M. Venugopal , M. Vereecken , S. Vergara Carrasco , S. Verpoest , D. Veske , A. Vijai , C. Walck , A. Wang , C. Weaver , P. Weigel , A. Weindl , J. Weldert , A. Y. Wen , C. Wendt , J. Werthebach , M. Weyrauch , N. Whitehorn , C. H. Wiebusch , D. R. Williams , L. Witthaus , M. Wolf , H. Woodward , G. Wrede , X. W. Xu , J. P. Yanez , E. Yildizci , S. Yoshida , R. Young , S. Yu , T. Yuan , A. Zegarelli , S. Zhang , Z. Zhang , P. Zhelnin , P. Zilberman , M. Zimmerman

Anisotropy in the all-sky distribution of galaxy morphological types

We present the first study of the isotropy of the distribution of morphological types of galaxies in the Local Universe out to around 200 Mpc using more than 60,000 galaxies from the HyperLeda database. We divide the sky into two opposite…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-18 Behnam Javanmardi , Pavel Kroupa

Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays & Super-heavy Dark Matter

We reanalyse the prospects for upcoming Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray experiments in connection with the phenomenology of Super-heavy Dark Matter. We identify a set of observables well suited to reveal a possible anisotropy in the High…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-30 Luca Marzola , Federico R Urban

Anisotropies of ultra-high energy cosmic rays diffusing from extragalactic sources

We obtain the dipolar anisotropies in the arrival directions of ultra-high energy cosmic rays diffusing from nearby extragalactic sources. We discuss both the energy regime of spatial diffusion and the quasi-rectilinear one leading to just…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-06-11 Diego Harari , Silvia Mollerach , Esteban Roulet

Direct Measurements of Galactic Cosmic Rays

This paper reviews recent progress in the field of direct measurements of Galactic cosmic rays. High-statistic measurements of cosmic ray energy spectra, chemical and isotopic composition, and the rare antimatter components have been made…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-02 Nicola Tomassetti

A composition-informed search for large-scale anisotropy with the Pierre Auger Observatory

The large-scale dipolar structure in the arrival directions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with energies above $8\,$EeV observed by the Pierre Auger Collaboration is a well-established anisotropy measurement. This anisotropy is understood…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-24 G. Golup

Cosmic ray spectra and anisotropy under anisotropic propagation model with spiral galactic sources

In our previous work, we have investigated Galactic cosmic ray (GCR) spectra and anisotropy from 100 GeV to PeV, under anisotropic propagation model with axisymmetric distributed galactic sources. Numerous observational evidence have…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-24 Aifeng Li , Zhaodong Lv , Wei Liu , Yiqing Guo , Fangheng Zhang

Cosmic ray anisotropy study by means of detection of muon bundles

In this work, we use muon bundles which are formed in extensive air showers and detected at the ground level as a tool for searching anisotropy of high energy cosmic rays. Such choice is explained by the penetrating ability of muons which…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-26 G. Trinchero , M. B. Amelchakov , A. G. Bogdanov , A. Chiavassa , A. N. Dmitrieva , G. Mannocchi , S. S. Khokhlov , R. P. Kokoulin , K. G. Kompaniets , A. A. Petrukhin , V. V. Shutenko , I. A. Shulzhenko , I. I. Yashin , E. A. Yurina

Extended clustering analyses to constrain the deflection angular scale and source density of the ultra-high-energy cosmic rays

The search of a clustering signal in the arrival directions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) is a standard method to assess the level of anisotropy of the data sets under investigation. Here, we first show how to quantify the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 Guillaume Decerprit , Nicolas G. Busca , Etienne Parizot

Towards Cosmography of the Local Universe

Anisotropies in the distance-redshift relation of cosmological sources are expected due to large-scale inhomogeneities in the local Universe. When the observed sources are tracing a large-scale matter flow in a general spacetime geometry,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-05 Julian Adamek , Chris Clarkson , Ruth Durrer , Asta Heinesen , Martin Kunz , Hayley J. Macpherson

Direct detection of cosmic rays: through a new era of precision measurements of particle fluxes

In the last years the direct measurement of cosmic rays received a push forward by the possibility of conducting experiments on board long duration balloon flights, satellites and on the International Space Station. The increase in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Emiliano Mocchiutti

The Compton-Getting origin of the large-scale anisotropy of Galactic cosmic rays

Recent studies suggest that the anisotropy in cosmic-ray arrival directions can provide insight into local acceleration sites and propagation conditions. We developed a unified framework to interpret both the observed energy spectra and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-25 Bing-qiang Qiao , Wei Liu , Huirong Yan , Yi-qing Guo

Probing cosmic isotropy with Gamma-ray bursts: A dipole and quadrupole analysis of BATSE and Fermi GBM data

The cosmological principle, asserting large-scale homogeneity and isotropy, underpins the standard model of cosmology. Testing its validity using independent astronomical probes remains crucial for understanding the global structure of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-13 Debosi Mondal , Biswajit Pandey , Amit Mondal

Anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background

We review the present status of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropy observations and discuss the main related astrophysical issues, instrumental effects and data analysis techniques. We summarise the balloon-borne and ground-based…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Bersanelli , D. Maino , A. Mennella

AMS Observations of Light Cosmic Ray Isotopes and Implications for their Production in the Galaxy

Observations of light isotopes in cosmic rays provide information on their origin and propagation in the Galaxy. Using the data collected by AMS-01 in the STS- 91 space mission, we compare the measurements on 1H, 2H, 3He and 4He with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-23 N. Tomassetti

Distortion of the ultrahigh energy cosmic ray flux from rare transient sources in inhomogeneous extragalactic magnetic fields

Detecting and characterizing the anisotropy pattern of the arrival directions of the highest energy cosmic rays are crucial steps towards the identification of their sources. We discuss a possible distortion of the cosmic ray flux induced…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Sihem Kalli , Martin Lemoine , Kumiko Kotera