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Main results of the study of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays in the Yakutsk Extensive Air Shower Array

A.A. Ivanov, S.P. Knurenko, M.I. Pravdin, I.E. Sleptsov

Moscow University Physics Bulletin 2010. 65. N 4. P. 292

Article

Annotation

This paper describes the current state of the Yakutsk Extensive Air Shower Array (EASA) and the prospects for its modernization. The main results of the study of the energy spectrum, mass composition, and anisotropy of the ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) that were obtained recently by the array are given.

Received: 2009 December 17

Approved: 2010 November 13

PACS:

96.50.S- Cosmic rays
96.50.sb Composition, energy spectra and interactions
96.50.sd Extensive air showers

Authors

A.A. Ivanov, S.P. Knurenko, M.I. Pravdin, I.E. Sleptsov
Institute of Cosmophysical Research and Aeronomy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk, 677980, Russia

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