Measurement of the Anisotropy of Cosmic Ray Arrival Directions with IceCube
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Measurement of the Anisotropy of Cosmic Ray Arrival Directions with IceCube. / IceCube Collaboration, The; Abbasi, R.; Abdou, Y.; Abu-Zayyad, T.; Admas, J.; Koskinen, David Jason.
In: Astrophysics Journal Letters, Vol. 718, No. 2, L194, 17.05.2010.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Measurement of the Anisotropy of Cosmic Ray Arrival Directions with IceCube
AU - IceCube Collaboration, The
AU - Abbasi, R.
AU - Abdou, Y.
AU - Abu-Zayyad, T.
AU - Admas, J.
AU - Koskinen, David Jason
PY - 2010/5/17
Y1 - 2010/5/17
N2 - We report the first observation of an anisotropy in the arrival direction of cosmic rays with energies in the multi TeV region in the Southern sky using data from the IceCube detector. Between June 2007 and March 2008, the partially-deployed IceCube detector was operated in a configuration with 1320 digital optical sensors distributed over 22 strings at depths between 1450 and 2450 meters inside the Antarctic ice. IceCube is a neutrino detector, but the data are dominated by a large background of cosmic ray muons. Therefore, the background data are suitable for high-statistics studies of cosmic rays in the Southern sky. The data include 4.3 billion muons produced by downgoing cosmic ray interactions in the atmosphere; these events were reconstructed with a median angular resolution of 3 degrees and a median energy of $\sim20$ TeV. Their arrival direction distribution exhibits an anisotropy in right ascension with a first harmonic amplitude of $(6.4\pm0.2 $stat$. \pm 0.8 $syst$.)\times10^{-4}$.
AB - We report the first observation of an anisotropy in the arrival direction of cosmic rays with energies in the multi TeV region in the Southern sky using data from the IceCube detector. Between June 2007 and March 2008, the partially-deployed IceCube detector was operated in a configuration with 1320 digital optical sensors distributed over 22 strings at depths between 1450 and 2450 meters inside the Antarctic ice. IceCube is a neutrino detector, but the data are dominated by a large background of cosmic ray muons. Therefore, the background data are suitable for high-statistics studies of cosmic rays in the Southern sky. The data include 4.3 billion muons produced by downgoing cosmic ray interactions in the atmosphere; these events were reconstructed with a median angular resolution of 3 degrees and a median energy of $\sim20$ TeV. Their arrival direction distribution exhibits an anisotropy in right ascension with a first harmonic amplitude of $(6.4\pm0.2 $stat$. \pm 0.8 $syst$.)\times10^{-4}$.
KW - astro-ph.HE
U2 - 10.1088/2041-8205/718/2/L194
DO - 10.1088/2041-8205/718/2/L194
M3 - Journal article
VL - 718
JO - The Astrophysical Journal Letters
JF - The Astrophysical Journal Letters
SN - 2041-8205
IS - 2
M1 - L194
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