Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-07-17
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 8 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of the 20th Recontres de Blois, Blois, France, May 2008
Scientific paper
HiRes has made the first statistically significant observation of the Griessen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin suppression, by fitting the ultra high energy cosmic ray spectrum observed in monocular mode by the two HiRes detectors to a broken power law model. We find the break to be at an energy of $5.6\times10^{19}$ eV, with a significance of $5.3\sigma$;. The significance is determined by Poisson statistics where we expect 43.2 events above the break point, but observe only 13. We have also looked for correlations between HiRes stereo events and active galactic nuclei. We observe no statistically significant correlation in a number of different tests. We have performed a search for upward going showers, which would be indicative of neutrinos propagating through the Earth and interacting just below the surface. Observing no such events, we set a limit on the electron neutrino flux. This limit is significantly lower in this topology than limits on the other types of neutrinos due to the LPM effect greatly increasing the available target mass for neutrino interactions. Finally we look forward to improving these and other results in our work in the Telescope Array.
Bergman Douglas R.
for the HiRes Collaboration
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