Jihyun Kim (Author), R. U. Abbasi (Author), Y. Abe (Author), T. Abu-Zayyad (Author), M. Allen (Author), Yasuhiko Arai (Author), R. Arimura (Author), E. Barcikowski (Author), J. W. Belz (Author), D. R. Bergman (Author)

Abstract

The Telescope Array (TA) is the largest ultra-high energy cosmic ray (UHECR) observatory in the Northern Hemisphere. Together with the TA Low Energy Extension (TALE), TA×4, and TALE infill detector, the TA measures the properties of UHECR-induced extensive air showers (EAS) in the energy region from 10^15 eV to over 10^20 eV. Each of these uses a hybrid system with an array of scintillators to sample the footprint of the EAS at the Earth’s surface along with telescopes that measure the fluorescence and Cherenkov light from the EAS. The statistics at the highest energies are being enhanced with the TA×4 detector, half completed but still under construction, which will quadruple the surface detector area with telescopes. The TALE infill surface detectors were recently deployed to further lower the hybrid energy threshold of TALE. We present the status of the experiment and recent results on the energy spectrum, mass composition, and anisotropy, including new features in the energy spectrum at about 10^19.2 eV and in the UHECR arrival direction anisotropy.

Keywords

Telescope Array;TALE;low energy extension;TAx4;indirect detection;hybrid detection;ground array;surface detection;fluorescence detection;cerenkov light;ultra-high energy;cosmic rays;energy spectrum;composition;anisotropy;

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Language: English
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Typology: 1.06 - Published Scientific Conference Contribution (invited lecture)
Organization: UNG - University of Nova Gorica
UDC: 539.1
COBISS: 167767043 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 1824-8039
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Type (COBISS): Not categorized
Pages: str. 1-18
Chronology: 2023
DOI: 10.22323/1.444.0008
ID: 20154379