Status and prospect of telescope array (TA) experiment

Kasahara, K.; Kawai, H.; Yoshida, S.; Yoshii, H.; Chung, T.; Nam, S.W.; Oh, S.; Park, I.H.; Park, J.H.; Yang, J.; Cheon, Byung Gu; Unno, Y.; Yun, Y.H.; Tanaka, K.; Cohen, F.; Fukushima, M.; Hayashida, N.; Hiyama, K.; Ikeda, D.; Kido, E.; Kondo, Y.; Nonaka, T.; Ohnishi, M.; Ohoka, H.; Ozawa, S.; Sagawa, H.; Sakurai, N.; Shibata, T.; Shimodaira, H.; Takeda, M.; Taketa, A.; Takita, M.; Tokuno, H.; Torii, R.; Udo, S.; Yamakawa, Y.; Fujii, H.; Matsuda, T.; Tanaka, M.; Yamaoka, H.; Hibino, K.; Benno, T.; Chikawa, M.; Doura, K.; Nakamura, T.; Huentemeyer, P.; Sinnis, G.; Teshima, M.; Kadota, K.; Uchihori, Y.; Hayashi, K.; Hayashi, Y.; Kawakami, S.; Matsuyama, T.; Minamino, M.; Ogio, S.; Ohshima, A.; Okuda, T.; Shimizu, N.; Tanaka, H.; Bergman, D.R.; Hughes, G.A.; Scott, L.M.; Stratton, S.R.; Thomson, G.B.; Endo, A.; Inoue, N.; Kawana, S.; Wada, Y.; Azuma, R.; Fukuda, T.; Iguchi, T.; Kakimoto, F.; Machida, S.; Murano, Y.; Tameda, Y.; Tsunesada, Y.; Chiba, J.; Miyata, K.; Ormes, J.; Matthews, J.A.J.; Abbasi, R.U.; Abu-Zayyad, T.; Belz, J.W.; Blake, S.A.; Brusova, O.; Cady, R.; Cao, Z.; Jui, C.C.H.; Martens, K.; Mostafa, M.; Matthews, J.N.; Rodriguez, D.; Smith, J.D.; Sokolsky, P.; Springer, R.W.; Thomas, J.R.; Thomas, S.B.; Wiencke, L.R.; Doyle, T.; Taylor, M.J.; Wickwar, V.B.; Wilkerson, T.D.; Honda, K.; Ikuta, K.; Ishii, T.; Kanbe, T.; Tomida, T.; Cho, I.S.; Kwon, Y.

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Status and prospect of telescope array (TA) experiment

Kasahara, K.;
Kawai, H.;
Yoshida, S.;
Yoshii, H.;
Chung, T.;
... Cheon, Byung Gu;
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초록

Telescope Array (TA) is an air shower experiment composed of an array of ground particle detectors and 3 sets of fluorescence telescopes installed in Utah, USA. It aims at drawing a conclusion on the (non-)existence of the GZK cutoff reported controversially by AGASA and HiRes experiments. An anisotropy of the UHECR arrival directions will be studied in the northern hemisphere where the galactic disturbances are small. The plastic scintillator is useful for the determination of the air shower energy independent of the hadronic interaction model and the primary composition. Various calibration methods will be applied for the accurate determination of event energy scale. A total acceptance of the ground array and the telescope will be more than 20 times larger than that of AGASA. An operation of partial detector has started in spring 2007. The status of the experiment is reported and prospects for the physics are given.

키워드

Cosmic rays; Experiments; Air shower experiments; Arrival direction; Calibration method; Fluorescence telescopes; Hadronic interaction models; Northern Hemispheres; Plastic scintillator; Status and prospect; Telescopes

제목: Status and prospect of telescope array (TA) experiment

저자: Kasahara, K.; Kawai, H.; Yoshida, S.; Yoshii, H.; Chung, T.; Nam, S.W.; Oh, S.; Park, I.H.; Park, J.H.; Yang, J.; Cheon, Byung Gu; Unno, Y.; Yun, Y.H.; Tanaka, K.; Cohen, F.; Fukushima, M.; Hayashida, N.; Hiyama, K.; Ikeda, D.; Kido, E.; Kondo, Y.; Nonaka, T.; Ohnishi, M.; Ohoka, H.; Ozawa, S.; Sagawa, H.; Sakurai, N.; Shibata, T.; Shimodaira, H.; Takeda, M.; Taketa, A.; Takita, M.; Tokuno, H.; Torii, R.; Udo, S.; Yamakawa, Y.; Fujii, H.; Matsuda, T.; Tanaka, M.; Yamaoka, H.; Hibino, K.; Benno, T.; Chikawa, M.; Doura, K.; Nakamura, T.; Huentemeyer, P.; Sinnis, G.; Teshima, M.; Kadota, K.; Uchihori, Y.; Hayashi, K.; Hayashi, Y.; Kawakami, S.; Matsuyama, T.; Minamino, M.; Ogio, S.; Ohshima, A.; Okuda, T.; Shimizu, N.; Tanaka, H.; Bergman, D.R.; Hughes, G.A.; Scott, L.M.; Stratton, S.R.; Thomson, G.B.; Endo, A.; Inoue, N.; Kawana, S.; Wada, Y.; Azuma, R.; Fukuda, T.; Iguchi, T.; Kakimoto, F.; Machida, S.; Murano, Y.; Tameda, Y.; Tsunesada, Y.; Chiba, J.; Miyata, K.; Ormes, J.; Matthews, J.A.J.; Abbasi, R.U.; Abu-Zayyad, T.; Belz, J.W.; Blake, S.A.; Brusova, O.; Cady, R.; Cao, Z.; Jui, C.C.H.; Martens, K.; Mostafa, M.; Matthews, J.N.; Rodriguez, D.; Smith, J.D.; Sokolsky, P.; Springer, R.W.; Thomas, J.R.; Thomas, S.B.; Wiencke, L.R.; Doyle, T.; Taylor, M.J.; Wickwar, V.B.; Wilkerson, T.D.; Honda, K.; Ikuta, K.; Ishii, T.; Kanbe, T.; Tomida, T.; Cho, I.S.; Kwon, Y.

발행일: 2007-07

유형: Conference Paper

저널명: Proceedings of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2007

권: 4

호: HE PART 1

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