20–22 Jun 2007
University of Roma "La Sapienza"
Europe/Zurich timezone

Ultra High Energy Cosmic Ray Spectrum Measurement with HiRes Experiment

21 Jun 2007, 15:20
25m
Aula Magna Rettorato (University of Roma "La Sapienza")

Aula Magna Rettorato

University of Roma "La Sapienza"

Piazzale Aldo Moro 2 00185 Roma - Italy

Speaker

Zhen Cao (IHEP, Beijing, China)

Description

The UHECR energy spectrum above 10^18.2 eV is measured by the HiRes stereo experiment using data taken from December 1999 to November 2006. A fully efficient aperture with minimal weather dependence is defined from 100 km^2 sr (at 10^18.2 eV) to 10000km^2 sr (at 10^20.5 eV). A clear "ankle" structure is observed at 10^18.7 eV with a confidence level of 99.7%. A GZK feature above 10^19.7 eV is observed as a 4.3 sigma deviation from an extension of a two component power law spectrum.

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