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OBSERVATION OF ANISOTROPY IN THE GALACTIC COSMIC-RAY ARRIVAL DIRECTIONS AT 400 TeV WITH ICECUBE

Abbasi, R.
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Abdou, Y.
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Abu-Zayyad, T.
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2012
The Astrophysical Journal

In this paper we report the first observation in the Southern hemisphere of an energy dependence in the Galactic cosmic-ray anisotropy up to a few hundred TeV. This measurement was performed using cosmic-ray-induced muons recorded by the partially deployed IceCube observatory between 2009 May and 2010 May. The data include a total of 33 x 10(9) muon events with a median angular resolution of similar to 3 degrees. A sky map of the relative intensity in arrival direction over the Southern celestial sky is presented for cosmic-ray median energies of 20 and 400 TeV. The same large-scale anisotropy observed at median energies around 20 TeV is not present at 400 TeV. Instead, the high-energy sky map shows a different anisotropy structure including a deficit with a post-trial significance of -6.3 sigma. This anisotropy reveals a new feature of the Galactic cosmic-ray distribution, which must be incorporated into theories of the origin and propagation of cosmic rays.

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DOI
10.1088/0004-637X/746/1/33
Web of Science ID

WOS:000302861300033

Author(s)
Abbasi, R.
Abdou, Y.
Abu-Zayyad, T.
Ackermann, M.
Adams, J.
Aguilar, J. A.
Ahlers, M.
Allen, M. M.
Altmann, D.
Andeen, K.
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Date Issued

2012

Published in
The Astrophysical Journal
Volume

746

Start page

33

Subjects

astroparticle physics

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cosmic rays

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neutrinos

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Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence

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Interstellar-Medium

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Magnetic-Field

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Milagro

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Diffusion

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Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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May 18, 2012
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