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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | The effect of the geomagnetic field on cosmic ray energy estimates and large scale anisotropy searches on data from the Pierre Auger Observatory |
Author: | Barber, K. Bellido Caceres, J. Cooper, M. Dawson, B. Herve, A. Holmes, V. Sorokin, J. Wahrlich, P. Whelan, B. Winnick, M. Clay, R. Harrison, T. |
Citation: | Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2011; 2011(11):1-23 |
Publisher: | Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
ISSN: | 1475-7516 1475-7516 |
Statement of Responsibility: | The Pierre Auger collaboration |
Abstract: | We present a comprehensive study of the influence of the geomagnetic field on the energy estimation of extensive air showers with a zenith angle smaller than 60°, detected at the Pierre Auger Observatory. The geomagnetic field induces an azimuthal modulation of the estimated energy of cosmic rays up to the ~ 2% level at large zenith angles. We present a method to account for this modulation of the reconstructed energy. We analyse the effect of the modulation on large scale anisotropy searches in the arrival direction distributions of cosmic rays. At a given energy, the geomagnetic effect is shown to induce a pseudo-dipolar pattern at the percent level in the declination distribution that needs to be accounted for. |
Keywords: | ultra high energy cosmic rays cosmic ray experiments cosmic rays detectors |
Rights: | Copyright 2011 IOP Publishing Ltd and SISSA |
DOI: | 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/11/022 |
Grant ID: | ARC |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2011/11/022 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest IPAS publications |
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