ar X iv : a st ro - p h / 02 08 30 1 v 1 1 5 A ug 2 00 2 Measurement of the Spectrum of UHE Cosmic Rays by the FADC Detector of the HiRes Experiment
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Preprint submitted to Elsevier Preprint 17 February 2008 We have measured the spectrum of UHE cosmic rays using the flash ADC (FADC) detector (called HiRes-II) of the High Resolution Fly’s Eye experiment running in monocular mode. We describe in detail the data analysis, development of the Monte Carlo simulation program, and results. We also describe the results of our other detector, HiRes-I. We present our measured spectra and compare them with a model incorporating galactic and extragalactic cosmic rays.
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تاریخ انتشار 2002