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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Constraints on the origin of cosmic rays above 10^18 eV from large-scale anisotropy searches in data of the Pierre Auger Observatory

G. Torralba ElipeL. ValoreAmin AminaeiM.e. OrtizJörg R. HörandelG. GarilliI. Lhenry-yvonRalf UlrichS. GambettaR. PiegaiaL. Del PeralA. CreusotO. RavelW. J. M. De Mello JuniorJ. Rodriguez MartinoL. Molina-buenoD. MeloA. Van VlietG. P. GuedesD. MaurizioC. AramoPham Ngoc DiepH. H. Silva LopezDusan MandatN. ScharfDavid WalzM. AveM. Gómez BerissoD. Pakk Selmi-deiR. SatoR. C. ShellardHeino FalckeHeino FalckeA. ShadkamL. BurokerJ. VichaE. KempA. F. GrilloJuan Carlos D'olivoT. PierogO. TaşcǎuPhilipp MertschEun-joo AhnT. RosslerW. DoctersD. Monnier RagaigneF. WernerC. PfendnerJ. OehlschlägerG. WieczorekM. ProuzaP. L. GhiaP. AbreuS. Van VelzenM. ZavrtanikN. NierstenhoeferMichael UrbanM. WommerD. RavignaniH. MartinezG. CoccioloJ. L. NavarroCarola DobrigkeitM. PlumR. F. GamarraP. WahrlichLuis A. AnchordoquiT. HuegeHernán Gonzalo AsoreyA. ParraJeffrey BrackOlaf ScholtenM. L. Díaz CastroG. FarrarI. ZawL. NellenC. MorelloRémi BardenetAlan WatsonHumberto Ibarguen SalazarPetr TravnicekK. D. De VriesJ. Alvarez CastilloA. F. BarbosaA. ItalianoG. NavarraG. NavarraMarcus NiechciolY. GuardincerriD. HuberR. MussaJ. J. BeattyF. DiogoM. PlatinoMatthias BalzerW. TkaczykM. MonasorPetr SchovanekAlain HervéJ. CoppensH. DembinskiN. FazziniC. De DonatoR. M. De AlmeidaJuan Manuel FigueiraMarkus AhlersE. VarelaA. G. MariazziN. GriffithG. MüllerR. BruijnMaurice StephanK. LouedecMariangela SettimoK. H. KampertC. RühleB. Zamorano GarciaFrancisco J. BlancoPeter L. BiermannAlexey YushkovI. C. MarişHernan WahlbergR. PelayoR. E. BurtonH. BlümerM. C. MaccaroneJ. ChauvinJulien AublinA. SegretoGünter SiglF. Gomez AlbarracinC. A. MouraS. L.c. BarrosoS. QuerchfeldJ. L. KelleyBrian FickSamo StaničAlberto Daniel SupanitskyPaolo PriviteraE. D. FraenkelPiotr HomolaS. WesterhoffP. Facal San LuisBruno DanielR. J. LauerT. YapiciA. TonachiniJ. J. Masías MezaD. MaurelElton J. G. SantosK. LinkP.f. Gómez VitaleS. Le CozP. RistoriL. NiemietzN. PachecoJ. RobertsD. MartraireR. ConceiçãoKai DaumillerMiroslav HrabovskýA. HaungsC. L. WilliamsH. M. SpinkaS. JansenG. RodriguezO. KrömerJ. KleinfellerRadomir SmidaJ. Chirinos DiazJ. A.j. MatthewsXavier BertouJ. L. HartonL. TomankovaMarkus RothA. TapiaP. MantschS. GrebeA. ZepedaPedro AssisZ. SzadkowskiB. CaccianigaI. AllekotteDaniel KuempelF. SalamidaH. GemmekeA. EtchegoyenCarlos EscobarM. UngerJavier TiffenbergJ. StasielakS. CoutuA. C. RoveroR. SquartiniB. Vargas CárdenasT. SuomijärviA. CordierS. MalderaC. BleveJ. PallottaE. J. QuelT. PaulR. GaiorV. De SouzaBéatrice FuchsB. WilczynskaIvone F. M. AlbuquerqueKe FangP. BrogueiraN. T. ThaoNiraj DhitalI. ValiñoE. MenichettiH. J. MathesJ. NeuserPaul SommersP. GouffonVincenzo RiziD. Kruppke-hansenG. De La VegaP. N. DongM. J. CooperF. SánchezD. MartelloM. De DomenicoF. SuarezThomas HebbekerSergio DassoM. ZiolkowskiSilvia MollerachO. Martínez BravoRichard DallierA. GorgiG. Medina-tancoMartina BohacovaV. PirronelloG. Van AarA. BellétoileMarcio Aparecido MullerP. T. NhungSasa MicanovicPatrick AllisonA. CrissLuca LatronicoJ. Rodriguez RojoM. PontzSubir SarkarK.-h. BeckerM. PimentaIuri Muniz PepeJ. SorokinF.g. SchröderEnrique ZasA. C. FauthC. JarneN. PalmieriC. J. Todero PeixotoG. GolupN. KunkaDenise BoncioliC. Di GiulioH. LyberisV. MarinCarla BonifaziM. Zimbres SilvaJose A. BellidoGerman RosM. VidelaJ. StapletonMaria Rita ColucciaFernando ContrerasYogendra N. SrivastavaM. I. MichelettiA. MenshikovJaime RosadoN. KrohmB. SarkarR. CesterM. GoldK. WeidenhauptH. RiveraM. BlancoJ. EspadanalB. MoralesB. GarcíaMario ScuderiH. WilczyńskiS. JiraskovaTobias WinchenP. LebrunR. LópezKaren S. Caballero-moraA. DorofeevG. YuanS. NavasM. LudwigMatias TuerosE. GrashornA.m. Van Den BergM. MelissasS. RiggiMartin ErdmannR. A. VázquezDarko VeberičM. TartareT. AntičićI. Rodriguez CaboIgor KatkovA. FilipčičRoger W ClayF. SarazinS. PetreraMarc WeberJ. C. MarinL. VillaseñorL. MartinM. AmbrosioR. BoninoA. PetroliniC. MacolinoC. HojvatJan EbrJ. K. KulbartzC. J.w.p. TimmermansH. SchoorlemmerH.o. KlagesMarco CilmoD. AllardS. MessinaD. NosekT. YamamotoB. RevenuU. FröhlichA. P. FergusonJ. R. VázquezD. Garcia-gamezD. HarariJ. SchovancovaJ. MallerC. LachaudG. MarsellaAlina Mihaela BadescuIván SidelnikA. SmialkowskiA. WeindlKreso KadijaN. HollonV. VerziH. CookP. GoncalvesA. PorcelliErnesto ArgandaS. J. De JongPierre BilloirD. ThomasA. CurutiuJ. R. T. De Mello NetoBalázs KéglF. IonitaE. MorenoA. NellesAzadeh KeivaniJaime Alvarez-muñizD. SchusterLu LuW. Rodrigues De CarvalhoJ. W. CroninI. A. MinayaB. KeilhauerD. B. TridapalliJ. AllenS. J. SciuttoR. PesceG. TomaD. NitzA. ChiavassaK. B. BarberL. R. WienckeNataliia BorodaiYingchun ZhuF. Salesa GreusM. AvenierL. NožkaL. CarameteG. TristramC. MeurerE. TrovatoG. CataldiPeter SchifferV. ScheriniB. GookinP. KarhanAlexandra SaftoiuA. SchmidtJ. D. SwainE. M. SantosA. InsoliaM. KleifgesD. ZavrtanikJ. GittoE. PetermannJ. PȩkalaMiroslav PechPavel HorvathS. H. ChengM. S. SutherlandJ. F. Valdés GaliciaBruce R. DawsonP.o. MazurSofia AndringaI. De MitriA. Gascon BravoB. Rouillé-d'orfeuilB. TomeS. T. Garcia RocaJ. KnappA. Lopez AgüeraAlberto FilevichPeter HansenEsteban RouletC. E. FracchiollaF. GuarinoJohn MatthewsPeter BuchholzD. D'ursoM. SzubaCorinne BeratM. GillerE. ParizotC. E. SantoI.m. BrancusH. GlassMarco AgliettaM. A. Leigui De OliveiraR. TcaciucF. MontanetJ. C. Dos AnjosMaria-teresa DovaR. Alves BatistaJing ZhouOctavian FratuB. M. BaughmanB. M. BaughmanM. PalatkaP. W. YounkD. Garcia-pintoM. S. A. B. LeãoG. MatthiaeAntonio BuenoSergio PastorM. JosebachuiliGualberto AvilaR. M. KieckhaferJuan MorenoAngela V. OlintoJ. RautenbergO. WainbergW. C. BrownOnofrio A. CatalanoB. WundheilerGregory R SnowP. H. KasperJ. BäumlRossella CarusoA. LuceroG. La RosaJose ChinellatoP. LautridouJ. Lozano BahiloSegev BenzviS. Dagoret-campagneA. WidomA. Letessier-selvonLorenzo CazonV. H. PonceCorbin CovaultY. PetrovL. PerroneJiri ChudobaG. SalinaDanielle LahurdOlivier DelignyS. FliescherLino MiramontiR. MeyhandanM. D. Rodríguez-fríasThomas HarrisonMoritz MünchmeyerG. C. HillRalph EngelD. H. KoangK. KoteraJ. RidkyP. PieroniT. SusaA. StutzB. J. WhelanF. ArquerosP. NecesalMiguel MostafáOctavian SimaJ. G. GonzalezV. C. HolmesD. LebrunI. DutanD. HeckM. Del RíoColin BausH. SchielerAntonella CastellinaM. RisseM. WillL. CollicaG. ParenteH. R. Marquez FalconAlejandro Almela

subject

[PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE]AstronomyAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaFOS: Physical sciencesCosmic rayAstrophysics01 natural sciencesMAGNETIC-FIELDScosmic raysObservatory0103 physical sciencesUltra-high-energy cosmic rayAnisotropyastroparticle physics – cosmic rays010303 astronomy & astrophysicsCiencias ExactasHigh Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)Pierre Auger ObservatoryAstroparticle physicsPhysicsCOSMIC cancer database010308 nuclear & particles physicsOBSERVATÓRIOS[SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE]Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsAstronomyastroparticle physicFísicaAstronomy and AstrophysicsRadiación cósmica13. Climate actionSpace and Planetary Scienceastroparticle physicsExperimental High Energy PhysicsQuadrupoleComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSINGFísica de partículasFísica nuclearAstroparticle physicsAstrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

description

A thorough search for large-scale anisotropies in the distribution of arrival directions of cosmic rays detected above 10(18) eV at the Pierre Auger Observatory is reported. For the first time, these large-scale anisotropy searches are performed as a function of both the right ascension and the declination and expressed in terms of dipole and quadrupole moments. Within the systematic uncertainties, no significant deviation from isotropy is revealed. Upper limits on dipole and quadrupole amplitudes are derived under the hypothesis that any cosmic ray anisotropy is dominated by such moments in this energy range. These upper limits provide constraints on the production of cosmic rays above 10(18) eV, since they allow us to challenge an origin from stationary galactic sources densely distributed in the galactic disk and emitting predominantly light particles in all directions

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2012-12-13
10.1088/2041-8205/762/1/l13https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/762/1/l13