Title of article :
Anisotropy of TeV and PeV cosmic rays with IceCube and IceTop
Author/Authors :
Santander، نويسنده , , M.، نويسنده ,
Pages :
4
From page :
85
To page :
88
Abstract :
The interaction of high energy cosmic rays with the Earthʹs atmosphere produces extensive air showers of secondary particles with a large muon component. By exploiting the sensitivity of neutrino telescopes to high energy muons, it is possible to use these detectors for precision cosmic ray studies. The high rate of cosmic-ray muon events provides a high-statistics data sample that can be used to look for anisotropy in the arrival directions of the parent particles at the per-mille level. This paper will report on the observation of anisotropy in the cosmic ray data collected with the IceCube neutrino telescope in the 20-400 TeV energy range at multiple angular scales. New data from the IceTop air shower array, located on the ice surface above IceCube, shows an anisotropy that is consistent with the high-energy IceCube results. The sensitivity of IceTop to all the components of the extensive air shower will allow us to explore in more detail the characteristics of the primary cosmic rays associated with the observed anisotropy.
Keywords :
Galactic , Anisotropy , Cosmic ray
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
Record number :
2014187
Link To Document :
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