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Exploring energy spectrum anisotropies in ultra-high energy cosmic rays with the Telescope Array

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18H03705
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Medium-sized Section 15:Particle-, nuclear-, astro-physics, and related fields
Research InstitutionOsaka Metropolitan University (2022-2023)
Osaka City University (2018-2021)

Principal Investigator

Tsunesada Yoshiki  大阪公立大学, 大学院理学研究科, 教授 (50401526)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 竹田 成宏  東京大学, 宇宙線研究所, 助教 (40360581)
有働 慈治  神奈川大学, 工学部, 准教授 (50506714)
冨田 孝幸  信州大学, 学術研究院工学系, 助教 (70632975)
多米田 裕一郎  大阪電気通信大学, 工学部, 准教授 (90467019)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥43,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥33,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥10,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥7,670,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,770,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥7,670,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,770,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥7,670,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,770,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥10,530,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,430,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥10,270,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,370,000)
Keywords超高エネルギー宇宙線 / アマテラス粒子 / 異方性 / 宇宙線 / エネルギースペクトル
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project aims at carrying out long-term operation of the Telescope Array (TA), the largest cosmic ray observatory in the northern hemisphere constructed at Utah, USA, and at measuring energy spectrum of cosmic rays from different sky regions. We found that the energy spectra of cosmic rays observed at the Telescope Array (TA), the northern hemisphere, and that observed at the Pierre Auger Observatory, the southern hemisphere, agree well in the common declination band, but not in the northern and southern skies. This discrepancy improves if some cosmic-ray-intense regions like the "hot spot" and "PSCC" region are removed from the analysis. This is interpreted that the cosmic ray energy spectrum is uniform as a whole, however, there are some regions where the cosmic ray intensity is different from others. This may suggest the two regions contain origin of cosmic ray sources. We also found an extremely energetic event, 244EeV cosmic ray named the "Amaterasu particle" on May 2021.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

超高エネルギー宇宙線のエネルギースペクトルは観測事例も少なく、そのエネルギースペクトルは全天方向からのイベントを合算して得られるのが常であった。TAの長期安定稼働を異実現させることにより、到来方向ごとのエネルギースペクトルを行うだけの統計量を実現するとともに、その解析手法を開発することで宇宙線の異方性と起源天体を議論する基盤を確立した。またTAでの最高エネルギーイベント「アマテラス粒子」(観測史上では2番目の高エネルギー)を発見することとなった。このイベントの到来方向には起源となりそうな天体が見つかっておらず、このイベントは宇宙線の起源について我々に課題を突き付けることにもなった。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2023 Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Annual Research Report
  • 2021 Annual Research Report
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (56 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (8 results) Journal Article (21 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 20 results,  Peer Reviewed: 21 results,  Open Access: 6 results) Presentation (26 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 23 results,  Invited: 20 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] ユタ大学(米国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Hanyang University/Sungkyunkwan University(韓国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] INR of the Russian Academy of Sciences(ロシア連邦)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ブリュッセル自由大学(ベルギー)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Utah(米国)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Institute of Nuclear Research/Moscow State University(ロシア連邦)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Sungyunkhan University/Hanyang University(韓国)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Universite Libre de Bruxelles(ベルギー)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] An extremely energetic cosmic ray observed by a surface detector array2023

    • Author(s)
      Telescope Array Collaboration
    • Journal Title

      Science

      Volume: 382 Issue: 6673 Pages: 903-907

    • DOI

      10.1126/science.abo5095

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Ultra high energy cosmic rays The intersection of the Cosmic and Energy Frontiers2023

    • Author(s)
      Coleman A., et al.
    • Journal Title

      Astroparticle Physics

      Volume: 149 Pages: 102819-102819

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.astropartphys.2023.102819

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Search for Spatial Correlations of Neutrinos with Ultra-high-energy Cosmic Rays2022

    • Author(s)
      Albert A. et al.
    • Journal Title

      The Astrophysical Journal

      Volume: 934 Issue: 2 Pages: 164-164

    • DOI

      10.3847/1538-4357/ac6def

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Deep learning method for identifying mass composition of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays2022

    • Author(s)
      Kalashev O.、Kharuk I.、Kuznetsov M.、Rubtsov G.、Sako T.、Tsunesada Y.、Zhezher Ya.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Instrumentation

      Volume: 17 Issue: 05 Pages: P05008-P05008

    • DOI

      10.1088/1748-0221/17/05/p05008

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Observation of variations in cosmic ray single count rates during thunderstorms and implications for large-scale electric field changes2022

    • Author(s)
      Abbasi R.U. et al.
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review D

      Volume: 105 Issue: 6 Pages: 062002-062002

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevd.105.062002

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report 2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Surface detectors of the TAx4 experiment2021

    • Author(s)
      R.U.Abbasi et al. (Telescope Array Collaboration)
    • Journal Title

      Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

      Volume: 1019 Pages: 165726-165726

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.nima.2021.165726

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The Cosmic-Ray Composition between 2 PeV and 2 EeV Observed with the TALE Detector in Monocular Mode2021

    • Author(s)
      Abbasi R. U. et al. (Telescope Array collaboration)
    • Journal Title

      The Astrophysical Journal

      Volume: 909 Issue: 2 Pages: 178-178

    • DOI

      10.3847/1538-4357/abdd30

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report 2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Measurement of the proton-air cross section with Telescope Array’s Black Rock Mesa and Long Ridge fluorescence detectors, and surface array in hybrid mode2020

    • Author(s)
      Abbasi R.U. et al. (Telescope Array collboration)
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review D

      Volume: 102 Issue: 6 Pages: 1-13

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevd.102.062004

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Evidence for a Supergalactic Structure of Magnetic Deflection Multiplets of Ultra-high-energy Cosmic Rays2020

    • Author(s)
      Abbasi R. U. et al. (Telescope Array collboration)
    • Journal Title

      The Astrophysical Journal

      Volume: 899 Issue: 1 Pages: 86-86

    • DOI

      10.3847/1538-4357/aba26c

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Observations of the Origin of Downward Terrestrial Gamma‐Ray Flashes2020

    • Author(s)
      Belz J. W. et al. (Telescope Array collboration)
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

      Volume: 125 Issue: 23 Pages: 1-26

    • DOI

      10.1029/2019jd031940

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Search for Large-scale Anisotropy on Arrival Directions of Ultra-high-energy Cosmic Rays Observed with the Telescope Array Experiment2020

    • Author(s)
      Abbasi R. U. et al. (Telescope Array collboration)
    • Journal Title

      The Astrophysical Journal

      Volume: 898 Issue: 2 Pages: L28-L28

    • DOI

      10.3847/2041-8213/aba0bc

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Search for Ultra-High-Energy Neutrinos with the Telescope Array Surface Detector2020

    • Author(s)
      R.U. Abbasi et al.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Experimental And Theoretical Physics

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Search for point sources of ultra-high-energy photons with the Telescope Array surface detector2020

    • Author(s)
      R.U. Abbasi et al.
    • Journal Title

      Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society

      Volume: 492 Pages: 3984-3993

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Constraints on the diffuse photon flux with energies above 1018?eV using the surface detector of the Telescope Array experiment2019

    • Author(s)
      R.U. Abbasi et. al.
    • Journal Title

      Astroparticle Physics

      Volume: 110 Pages: 8-14

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.astropartphys.2019.03.003

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report 2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Telescope Arrayによる最高エネルギー宇宙線観測 -兆候の発見から精密観測へ-2019

    • Author(s)
      荻尾彰一、常定芳基、佐川宏行
    • Journal Title

      Radioisotopes

      Volume: 68 Pages: 843-856

    • NAID

      130007761351

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Study of muons from ultrahigh energy cosmic ray air showers measured with the Telescope Array experiment2018

    • Author(s)
      R. U. Abbasi et al.
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review D

      Volume: 98 Issue: 2 Pages: 022002-022002

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevd.98.022002

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Depth of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Ray Induced Air Shower Maxima Measured by the Telescope Array Black Rock and Long Ridge FADC Fluorescence Detectors and Surface Array in Hybrid Mode2018

    • Author(s)
      R.U. Abbasi et. al.
    • Journal Title

      Astrophysical Journal

      Volume: 858 Pages: 76-76

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Testing a Reported Correlation between Arrival Directions of Ultra-high-energy Cosmic Rays and a Flux Pattern from nearby Starburst Galaxies using Telescope Array Data2018

    • Author(s)
      R.U. Abbasi et. al.
    • Journal Title

      Astrophysical Journal Letters

      Volume: 867

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Evidence of Intermediate-scale Energy Spectrum Anisotropy of Cosmic Rays E >= 10(19.2)eV with the Telescope Array Surface Detector2018

    • Author(s)
      R.U. Abbasi et. al.
    • Journal Title

      Astrophysical Journal

      Volume: 862 Pages: 91-91

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Gamma Ray Showers Observed at Ground Level in Coincidence With Downward Lightning Leaders2018

    • Author(s)
      R.U. Abbasi et. al.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

      Volume: 123 Issue: 13 Pages: 6864-6879

    • DOI

      10.1029/2017jd027931

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The Cosmic Ray Energy Spectrum between 2PeV and 2EeV Observed with the TALE Detector in Monocular Mode2018

    • Author(s)
      R.U. Abbasi et. al.
    • Journal Title

      Astrophysical Journal

      Volume: 865 Pages: 1-1

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Measurement of UHECR energy spectrum with the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array2023

    • Author(s)
      Yoshiki Tsunesada
    • Organizer
      ICRC2023 Nagoya
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Recent results from the Telescope Array2022

    • Author(s)
      Yoshiki Tsunesada
    • Organizer
      THE GOLDEN UNIVERSE: Nuclear Astrophysics and Cosmic Rays in the Multimessenger Era ICISE Quy Nhon Vietnam
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The energy spectrum of ultra-high energy cosmic rays measured at the Pierre Auger Observatory and at the Telescope Array2019

    • Author(s)
      O.Deligny, D.Ikeda, E.Kido, S.Ogio, S.Nagataki, H.Sagawa, T.Nonaka, M.Takeda, Y.Tsunesada, S.Udo et al. (Telescope Array Collaboration)
    • Organizer
      International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2019)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] SUPERGALACTIC STRUCTURE OF ENERGY-ANGLE CORRELATIONS2019

    • Author(s)
      J.P.Lundquist, D.Ikeda, E.Kido, S.Ogio, S.Nagataki, H.Sagawa, T.Nonaka, M.Takeda, Y.Tsunesada, S.Udo et al. (Telescope Array Collaboration)
    • Organizer
      International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2019)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] TA実験327:地表粒子検出器アレイによるTAホットスポットの最新結果2019

    • Author(s)
      川田和正、池田大輔、有働慈治、荻尾彰一、木戸英治、佐川宏行、竹田成宏、常定芳基、長瀧重博、野中敏幸、他Telescope Array Collaboration
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会 2019年秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] TA実験329:TAx4実験全体報告52019

    • Author(s)
      木戸英治、池田大輔、有働慈治、荻尾彰一、佐川宏行、竹田成宏、常定芳基、野中敏幸、他Telescope Array Collaboration
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会 2019年秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Recent results and status of the Telescope Array Experiment2019

    • Author(s)
      E.Kido, D.Ikeda, S.Ogio, S.Nagataki, H.Sagawa, T.Nonaka, M.Takeda, Y.Tsunesada, S.Udo et al. (Telescope Array Collaboration)
    • Organizer
      The 2019 TeV Particle Astrophysics conference(TeVPA 2019)(国際学会)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] TA実験336:10^{18.5}eV以上のEAS粒子ディスク時空間構造とEAS発達(5)2019

    • Author(s)
      仲田海人、常定芳基、野中敏幸、佐川宏行、他Telescope Array Collaboration
    • Organizer
      "日本物理学会 第75回年次大会"
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Latest results form TA2018

    • Author(s)
      Yoshiki Tsunesada
    • Organizer
      "AMS Days at La Palma", La Palma, Spain
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Telescope Array Experiment2018

    • Author(s)
      Shoichi Ogio
    • Organizer
      ISVHECRI2018, Nagoya, Japan
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Recent results from the Telescope Array2018

    • Author(s)
      Yoshiki Tsunesada
    • Organizer
      "QCD at Cosmic Energies VII", Riga, Latvia
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Results from the Telescope Array Experiment2018

    • Author(s)
      Charles Jui
    • Organizer
      CRIS2018, Scitilia, Italy
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] TA/Lightning2018

    • Author(s)
      John Belz
    • Organizer
      ICAE, Nara, Japan
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Highlights from the Telescope Array Experiment2018

    • Author(s)
      Il Park
    • Organizer
      The 39th ICHEP, Seoul, Korea
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Observation of EHE Cosmic Rays with the Telescope Array Experiment2018

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Takeda
    • Organizer
      ICNFP2018, Crete, Greece
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Summary of Results from the Telescope Array Experiment2018

    • Author(s)
      Maxim Prishkov
    • Organizer
      The 26th E+CRS/35th RCRC
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Latest results and current status of theTelescope Array Experiment2018

    • Author(s)
      Shoichi Ogio
    • Organizer
      VHEPU 2018, Quy Nhon, Vietnam
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Telescope Array Experiment2018

    • Author(s)
      Dmitri Ivanov
    • Organizer
      TeVPA 2018, Berlin, Germany
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Recent results of the Telescope Array Experiment on ultra-high energy cosmic rays and TA extension2018

    • Author(s)
      Hiroyuki Sagawa
    • Organizer
      PACIFIC2018, Moorea, French Polynesia
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Observation of Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays with the Telescope Array Experiment2018

    • Author(s)
      Kazumasa Kawata
    • Organizer
      IWARA2018, Peru
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Status and results of the Telescope Array Observatory2018

    • Author(s)
      Grigory Rubtsov
    • Organizer
      WASDHA2018, Moscow, Russia
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] TA/Lightning2018

    • Author(s)
      Rasha Abbasi
    • Organizer
      AtmoHEAD2018, Capri, Italy
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] TA Spectrum2018

    • Author(s)
      Dmtri Ivanov
    • Organizer
      UHECR2018, Paris, France
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The Telescope Array experiment2018

    • Author(s)
      Armando di Matteo
    • Organizer
      eXtreme2019
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Recent results from the Telescope Array experiment2018

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Takeda
    • Organizer
      The 10th VHEPA Workshop, ICRR, Japan
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Report on the discrepancy of muon densities between data and MC from cosmic ray air shower experiments2018

    • Author(s)
      Ryuji Takeishi
    • Organizer
      Workshop for Atmospheric Neutrino Production in the MeV to PeV range, Nagoya, Japan
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Book] 宇宙の観測III 第2版 (シリーズ現代の天文学)2019

    • Author(s)
      井上、小山、高橋、水本、常定ほか
    • Total Pages
      324
    • Publisher
      日本評論社
    • ISBN
      4535607672
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report

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