Measurement of the flux of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays from monocular observations by the High Resolution Fly's Eye experiment
Aug, 20024 pages
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- Phys.Rev.Lett. 92 (2004) 151101
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- astro-ph/0208243 [astro-ph]
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We have measured the cosmic ray spectrum above 10^17.2 eV using the two air fluorescence detectors of the High Resolution Fly's Eye observatory operating in monocular mode. We describe the detector, photo-tube and atmospheric calibrations, as well as the analysis techniques for the two detectors. We fit the spectrum to a model consisting of galactic and extra-galactic sources.Note:
- 4 pages, 4 figures. Uses 10pt.rtx, amsmath.sty, aps.rtx, revsymb.sty, revtex4.cls
- cosmic radiation: energy spectrum
- cosmic radiation: particle source
- cosmic radiation: flux
- GZK effect
- showers: air
- counters and detectors: fluorescence
- photomultiplier
- calibration
- data analysis method
- experimental results
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