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Search for Point Sources of Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays above 4.0 × 1019 eV Using a Maximum Likelihood Ratio Test

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R. U. Abbasi1, T. Abu-Zayyad1, J. F. Amann2, G. Archbold1, R. Atkins1, J. A. Bellido3, K. Belov1, J. W. Belz4, S. Y. Ben-Zvi5, D. R. Bergman6, J. H. Boyer5, G. W. Burt1, Z. Cao1, R. W. Clay3, B. M. Connolly5, B. R. Dawson3, W. Deng1, G. R. Farrar7, Y. Fedorova1, J. Findlay1, C. B. Finley5, W. F. Hanlon1, C. M. Hoffman2, M. H. Holzscheiter2, G. A. Hughes6, P. Hüntemeyer1, C. C. H. Jui1, K. Kim1, M. A. Kirn4, B. C. Knapp5, E. C. Loh1, M. M. Maestas1, N. Manago8, E. J. Mannel5, L. J. Marek2, K. Martens1, J. A. J. Matthews9, J. N. Matthews1, A. O'Neill5, C. A. Painter2, L. Perera6, K. Reil1, R. Riehle1, M. D. Roberts9, M. Sasaki8, S. R. Schnetzer6, M. Seman5, K. M. Simpson3, G. Sinnis2, J. D. Smith1, R. Snow1, P. Sokolsky1, C. Song5, R. W. Springer1, B. T. Stokes1, J. R. Thomas1, S. B. Thomas1, G. B. Thomson6, D. Tupa2, S. Westerhoff5, L. R. Wiencke1 and A. Zech6

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We present the results of a search for cosmic-ray point sources at energies in excess of 4.0 × 1019 eV in the combined data sets recorded by the Akeno Giant Air Shower Array and High Resolution Fly's Eye stereo experiments. The analysis is based on a maximum likelihood ratio test using the probability density function for each event rather than requiring an a priori choice of a fixed angular bin size. No statistically significant clustering of events consistent with a point source is found.


Subject headings

acceleration of particles; cosmic rays; large-scale structure of universe


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Issue 1 (2005 April 10)

Received 2004 November 9, accepted for publication 2004 December 23



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