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First upper limits on the radar cross section of cosmic-ray induced extensive air showers
Abbasi, R.U.,Abe, M.,Abou Bakr Othman, M.,Abu-Zayyad, T.,Allen, M.,Anderson, R.,Azuma, R.,Barcikowski, E.,Belz, J.W.,Bergman, D.R.,Besson, D.,Blake, S.A.,Byrne, M.,Cady, R.,Chae, M.J.,Cheon, B.G.,Chib North-Holland 2017 Astroparticle physics Vol.87 No.-
<P>TARA (Telescope Array Radar) is a cosmic ray radar detection experiment colocated with Telescope Array, the conventional surface scintillation detector (SD) and fluorescence telescope detector (FD) near Delta, Utah, U.S.A. The TARA detector combines a 40 kW, 54.1 MHz VHF transmitter and high-gain transmitting antenna which broadcasts the radar carrier over the SD array and within the FD field of view, towards a 250 MS/s DAQ receiver. TARA has been collecting data since 2013 with the primary goal of observing the radar signatures of extensive air showers (EAS). Simulations indicate that echoes are expected to be short in duration (similar to 10 mu s) and exhibit rapidly changing frequency, with rates on the order 1 MHz/mu s. The EAS radar cross-section (RCS) is currently unknown although it is the subject of over 70 years of speculation. A novel signal search technique is described in which the expected radar echo of a particular air shower is used as a matched filter template and compared to waveforms obtained by triggering the radar DAQ using the Telescope Array fluorescence detector. No evidence for the scattering of radio frequency radiation by EAS is obtained to date. We report the first quantitative RCS upper limits using EAS that triggered the Telescope Array Fluorescence Detector. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</P>
Abu-Zayyad, T.,Aida, R.,Allen, M.,Anderson, R.,Azuma, R.,Barcikowski, E.,Belz, J.W.,Bergman, D.R.,Blake, S.A.,Cady, R.,Cheon, B.G.,Chiba, J.,Chikawa, M.,Cho, E.J.,Cho, W.R.,Fujii, H.,Fujii, T.,Fukuda, North-Holland ; Elsevier Science Ltd 2012 Astroparticle physics Vol.39 No.-
The Telescope Array's Middle Drum fluorescence detector was instrumented with telescopes refurbished from the High Resolution Fly's Eye's HiRes-1 site. The data observed by Middle Drum in monocular mode was analyzed via the HiRes-1 profile-constrained geometry reconstruction technique and utilized the same calibration techniques enabling a direct comparison of the energy spectra and energy scales between the two experiments. The spectrum measured using the Middle Drum telescopes is based on a three-year exposure collected between December 16, 2007 and December 16, 2010. The calculated difference between the spectrum of the Middle Drum observations and the published spectrum obtained by the data collected by the HiRes-1 site allows the HiRes-1 energy scale to be transferred to Middle Drum. The HiRes energy scale is applied to the entire Telescope Array by making a comparison between Middle Drum monocular events and hybrid events that triggered both Middle Drum and the Telescope Array's scintillator ground array.
Abu-Zayyad, T.,Aida, R.,Allen, M.,Anderson, R.,Azuma, R.,Barcikowski, E.,Belz, J.W.,Bergman, D.R.,Blake, S.A.,Cady, R.,Cheon, B.G.,Chiba, J.,Chikawa, M.,Cho, E.J.,Cho, W.R.,Fujii, H.,Fujii, T.,Fukuda, North-Holland ; Elsevier Science Ltd 2013 Astroparticle physics Vol.48 No.-
We present a measurement of the energy spectrum of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays performed by the Telescope Array experiment using monocular observations from its two new FADC-based fluorescence detectors. After a short description of the experiment, we describe the data analysis and event reconstruction procedures. Since the aperture of the experiment must be calculated by Monte Carlo simulation, we describe this calculation and the comparisons of simulated and real data used to verify the validity of the aperture calculation. Finally, we present the energy spectrum calculated from the merged monocular data sets of the two FADC-based detectors, and also the combination of this merged spectrum with an independent, previously published monocular spectrum measurement performed by Telescope Array's third fluorescence detector [T. Abu-Zayyad et al., The energy spectrum of Telescope Array's middle drum detector and the direct comparison to the high resolution fly's eye experiment, Astroparticle Physics 39 (2012) 109-119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.05.012, Available from: <arXiv:1202.5141>]. This combined spectrum corroborates the recently published Telescope Array surface detector spectrum [T. Abu-Zayyad, et al., The cosmic-ray energy spectrum observed with the surface detector of the Telescope Array experiment, ApJ 768 (2013) L1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/768/1/L1, Available from: <arXiv:1205.5067>] with independent systematic uncertainties.
Key Ne19 States Identified Affecting γ -Ray Emission from F18 in Novae
Hall, M. R.,Bardayan, D. W.,Baugher, T.,Lepailleur, A.,Pain, S. D.,Ratkiewicz, A.,Ahn, S.,Allen, J. M.,Anderson, J. T.,Ayangeakaa, A. D.,Blackmon, J. C.,Burcher, S.,Carpenter, M. P.,Cha, S. M.,Chae, K American Physical Society 2019 Physical Review Letters Vol.122 No.5
New γ -ray transitions observed in Ne19 with implications for the O15(α,γ)Ne19 reaction rate
Hall, M. R.,Bardayan, D. W.,Baugher, T.,Lepailleur, A.,Pain, S. D.,Ratkiewicz, A.,Ahn, S.,Allen, J. M.,Anderson, J. T.,Ayangeakaa, A. D.,Blackmon, J. C.,Burcher, S.,Carpenter, M. P.,Cha, S. M.,Chae, K American Physical Society 2019 Physical Review C Vol.99 No.3
SEARCH FOR ANISOTROPY OF ULTRAHIGH ENERGY COSMIC RAYS WITH THE TELESCOPE ARRAY EXPERIMENT
Abu-Zayyad, T.,Aida, R.,Allen, M.,Anderson, R.,Azuma, R.,Barcikowski, E.,Belz, J. W.,Bergman, D. R.,Blake, S. A.,Cady, R.,Cheon, B. G.,Chiba, J.,Chikawa, M.,Cho, E. J.,Cho, W. R.,Fujii, H.,Fujii, T.,F IOP Publishing 2012 The Astrophysical journal Vol.757 No.1
<P>We study the anisotropy of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray (UHECR) events collected by the Telescope Array (TA) detector in the first 40 months of operation. Following earlier studies, we examine event sets with energy thresholds of 10 EeV, 40 EeV, and 57 EeV. We find that the distributions of the events in right ascension and declination are compatible with an isotropic distribution in all three sets. We then compare with previously reported clustering of the UHECR events at small angular scales. No significant clustering is found in the TA data. We then check the events with E > 57 EeV for correlations with nearby active galactic nuclei. No significant correlation is found. Finally, we examine all three sets for correlations with the large-scale structure (LSS) of the universe. We find that the two higher-energy sets are compatible with both an isotropic distribution and the hypothesis that UHECR sources follow the matter distribution of the universe (the LSS hypothesis), while the event set with E > 10 EeV is compatible with isotropy and is not compatible with the LSS hypothesis at 95% CL unless large deflection angles are also assumed. We show that accounting for UHECR deflections in a realistic model of the Galactic magnetic field can make this set compatible with the LSS hypothesis.</P>
The hybrid energy spectrum of Telescope Array's Middle Drum Detector and surface array
Abbasi, R.U.,Abe, M.,Abu-Zayyad, T.,Allen, M.G.,Anderson, R.,Azuma, R.,Barcikowski, E.,Belz, J.W.,Bergman, D.R.,Blake, S.A.,Cady, R.,Chae, M.J.,Cheon, B.G.,Chiba, J.,Chikawa, M.,Cho, W.R.,Fujii, T.,Fu North-Holland ; Elsevier Science Ltd 2015 Astroparticle physics Vol.68 No.-
The Telescope Array experiment studies ultra high energy cosmic rays using a hybrid detector. Fluorescence telescopes measure the longitudinal development of the extensive air shower generated when a primary cosmic ray particle interacts with the atmosphere. Meanwhile, scintillator detectors measure the lateral distribution of secondary shower particles that hit the ground. The Middle Drum (MD) fluorescence telescope station consists of 14 telescopes from the High Resolution Fly's Eye (HiRes) experiment, providing a direct link back to the HiRes measurements. Using the scintillator detector data in conjunction with the telescope data improves the geometrical reconstruction of the showers significantly, and hence, provides a more accurate reconstruction of the energy of the primary particle. The Middle Drum hybrid spectrum is presented and compared to that measured by the Middle Drum station in monocular mode. Further, the hybrid data establishes a link between the Middle Drum data and the surface array. A comparison between the Middle Drum hybrid energy spectrum and scintillator Surface Detector (SD) spectrum is also shown.
Abu-Zayyad, T.,Aida, R.,Allen, M.,Anderson, R.,Azuma, R.,Barcikowski, E.,Belz, J.W.,Bergman, D.R.,Blake, S.A.,Cady, R.,Cheon, B.G.,Chiba, J.,Chikawa, M.,Cho, E.J.,Cho, W.R.,Fujii, H.,Fujii, T.,Fukuda, Elsevier 2015 Astroparticle physics Vol.61 No.-
<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>We measure the spectrum of cosmic rays with energies greater than <SUP> 10 18.2 </SUP> eV with the fluorescence detectors (FDs) and the surface detectors (SDs) of the Telescope Array Experiment using the data taken in our first 2.3-year observation from May 27, 2008 to September 7, 2010. A hybrid air shower reconstruction technique is employed to improve accuracies in determination of arrival directions and primary energies of cosmic rays using both FD and SD data. The energy spectrum presented here is in agreement with our previously published spectra and the HiRes results.</P>
THE COSMIC-RAY ENERGY SPECTRUM OBSERVED WITH THE SURFACE DETECTOR OF THE TELESCOPE ARRAY EXPERIMENT
Abu-Zayyad, T.,Aida, R.,Allen, M.,Anderson, R.,Azuma, R.,Barcikowski, E.,Belz, J. W.,Bergman, D. R.,Blake, S. A.,Cady, R.,Cheon, B. G.,Chiba, J.,Chikawa, M.,Cho, E. J.,Cho, W. R.,Fujii, H.,Fujii, T.,F IOP Publishing 2013 ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS - Vol.768 No.1