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Name : | Masahiro, TAKEDA |
Institute : | ICRR |
E-mail : | mtakeda@icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
TITLE : | AGASA results (Anisotropy) |
ABSTRACT : | |
| Arrival direction distribution of extremely high energy cosmic rays
observed with the Akeno Giant Air Shower Array (AGASA) is studied.
While no statistically significant large-scale anisotropy is found
on the celestial sphere,
some small-scale anisotropy -- clustering of cosmic rays --
is observed.
Above 4 x 10$^{19}$eV, there are one triplet and six doublets
within separation angle of 2.5$^{\circ}$ and
the probability of observing these clusters by a chance coincidence
under an isotropic distribution is now order of 10$^{-3}$.
The self-correlation separation angle distribution shows
a sharp peak within 2.5$^{\circ}$,
which is consistent with the angular resolution
of the AGASA experiment.
So, the clusters of AGASA events look like point-sources.
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