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Zhaoyang Feng
Bio: Zhaoyang Feng is an academic researcher from Chinese Academy of Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Air shower & Cosmic ray. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 10 publications receiving 281 citations.
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Hirosaki University1, Saitama University2, Chinese Academy of Sciences3, Yokohama National University4, Hebei Normal University5, Tibet University6, Shandong University7, Southwest Jiaotong University8, Yunnan University9, Kanagawa University10, Utsunomiya University11, University of Tokyo12, Konan University13, Shibaura Institute of Technology14, Shinshu University15, Tsinghua University16, Waseda University17, National Institute of Informatics18, College of Industrial Technology19, Shonan Institute of Technology20
TL;DR: Two-dimensional high-precision anisotropy measurement for energies from a few to several hundred teraelectronvolts (TeV) is presented, using the large data sample of the Tibet Air Shower Arrays, revealing finer details of the known anisotropies.
Abstract: The intensity of Galactic cosmic rays is nearly isotropic because of the influence of magnetic fields in the Milky Way. Here, we present two-dimensional high-precision anisotropy measurement for energies from a few to several hundred teraelectronvolts (TeV), using the large data sample of the Tibet Air Shower Arrays. Besides revealing finer details of the known anisotropies, a new component of Galactic cosmic ray anisotropy in sidereal time is uncovered around the Cygnus region direction. For cosmic-ray energies up to a few hundred TeV, all components of anisotropies fade away, showing a corotation of Galactic cosmic rays with the local Galactic magnetic environment. These results have broad implications for a comprehensive understanding of cosmic rays, supernovae, magnetic fields, and heliospheric and Galactic dynamic environments.
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Hirosaki University1, Saitama University2, Chinese Academy of Sciences3, Yokohama National University4, Hebei Normal University5, Tibet University6, Shandong University7, Yunnan University8, Kanagawa University9, Utsunomiya University10, University of Tokyo11, Konan University12, Shibaura Institute of Technology13, Shinshu University14, Waseda University15, National Institute of Informatics16, College of Industrial Technology17, Shonan Institute of Technology18
TL;DR: In this article, a water-Cherenkov-type muon-detector array (Tibet MD array) was built around the 37 000 m2 Tibet air shower array, which is already constructed at 4300 m above sea level in Tibet, China.
Abstract: We propose to build a large water-Cherenkov-type muon-detector array (Tibet MD array) around the 37 000 m2 Tibet air shower array (Tibet AS array) already constructed at 4300 m above sea level in Tibet, China. Each muon detector is a waterproof concrete pool, 6 m wide × 6 m long × 1.5 m deep in size, equipped with a 20 inch-in-diameter PMT. The Tibet MD array consists of 240 muon detectors set up 2.5 m underground. Its total effective area will be 8640 m2 for muon detection. The Tibet MD array will significantly improve gamma-ray sensitivity of the Tibet AS array in the 100 TeV region (10–1000 TeV) by means of gamma/hadron separation based on counting the number of muons accompanying an air shower. The Tibet AS+MD array will have the sensitivity to gamma rays in the 100 TeV region by an order of magnitude better than any other previous existing detectors in the world.
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Hirosaki University1, Chinese Academy of Sciences2, Yokohama National University3, Hebei Normal University4, Tibet University5, Shandong University6, Southwest Jiaotong University7, Yunnan University8, Kanagawa University9, Utsunomiya University10, University of Tokyo11, Konan University12, Waseda University13, Shinshu University14, Tsinghua University15, National Institute of Informatics16, Saitama University17, College of Industrial Technology18, Max Planck Society19, Shonan Institute of Technology20
TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce the recent gamma-ray observation with the present Tibet air shower array and their future plan which is called the Tibet muon detector (MD) project.
Abstract: The Tibet air shower array, which has an effective area of 36,900 m2, has been in operation at Yangbajing in Tibet, China at an altitude of 4,300 m above sea level. In this paper, we will briefly introduce the recent gamma-ray observation with the present Tibet air shower array and our future plan which is called the Tibet muon detector (MD) project.
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Hirosaki University1, University of Tokyo2, Hebei Normal University3, Tibet University4, Shandong University5, Southwest Jiaotong University6, Kanagawa University7, Utsunomiya University8, Konan University9, Waseda University10, Yokohama National University11, Shinshu University12, Shandong Agricultural University13, Saitama University14, National Institute of Informatics15, Sakushin Gakuin University16, Max Planck Society17, Nihon University18, Shonan Institute of Technology19
TL;DR: In this article, a burstdetector-grid (YAC-I) is used to check hadronic interaction models currently used for air-shower simulations such as QGSJET, SIBYLL, EPOS etc.
Abstract: A hybrid experiment has been started by ASγ collaboration at Tibet, China, since May 2009, that consists of a burst-detector-grid (YAC, Yangbajing Air shower Core array) and the Tibet air-shower array (Tibet-III). The first step of YAC, called YAC-I, contains 16 detector units and observes high energy electromagnetic particles in air-shower cores within several meters from the shower axis, and Tibet-III array measures the total energy and the arrival direction of air showers. YAC-I is used to check hadronic interaction models currently used for air-shower simulations such as QGSJET, SIBYLL , EPOS etc. through the multi-parameter measurement in air-shower cores. In this paper, we used a data set collected from May 1st 2009 through February 23rd 2010 by the YAC-I. The effective live time used for the present analysis is 169.65 days. The preliminary results of the interaction model checking at *10 TeV energy region is reported in this paper.
3 citations
Hirosaki University1, University of Tokyo2, Hebei Normal University3, Tibet University4, Shandong University5, Southwest Jiaotong University6, Yunnan University7, Kanagawa University8, Utsunomiya University9, Konan University10, Yokohama National University11, Shinshu University12, China Meteorological Administration13, Tsinghua University14, Saitama University15, National Institute of Informatics16, Sakushin Gakuin University17, Waseda University18, Nihon University19, Shonan Institute of Technology20, Max Planck Society21, Chinese Academy of Sciences22
Abstract: We have analyzed the large scale sidereal anisotropy of multi-TeV Galactic cosmic rays by Tibet Air Shower Array, with the data taken from Nov. 1999 to Nov. 2005. To study the temporal variation of the anisotropy, the data set is divided into 6 samples, each in a time scale of one year.It is shown that the sidereal anisotropy with the magnitude about 0.1% is fairly stable from year to year over the entire observation period. This indicates that the anisotropy of TeV galactic cosmic rays is insensitive to solar activities.
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TL;DR: PAMELA data challenge the current paradigm of cosmic-ray acceleration in supernova remnants followed by diffusive propagation in the Galaxy and find that the spectral shapes of these two species are different and cannot be described well by a single power law.
Abstract: Protons and helium nuclei are the most abundant components of the cosmic radiation Precise measurements of their fluxes are needed to understand the acceleration and subsequent propagation of cosmic rays in our Galaxy We report precision measurements of the proton and helium spectra in the rigidity range 1 gigavolt to 12 teravolts performed by the satellite-borne experiment PAMELA (payload for antimatter matter exploration and light-nuclei astrophysics) We find that the spectral shapes of these two species are different and cannot be described well by a single power law These data challenge the current paradigm of cosmic-ray acceleration in supernova remnants followed by diffusive propagation in the Galaxy More complex processes of acceleration and propagation of cosmic rays are required to explain the spectral structures observed in our data
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TL;DR: In this paper, a review summarizes recent developments in the understanding of high-energy cosmic rays focusing on galactic and presumably extragalactic particles in the energy range from the knee (1015 eV ) up to the highest energies observed ( > 10 20 eV).
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National Research Council1, United States Naval Research Laboratory2, University of California, Irvine3, University of California, Santa Cruz4, University of Maryland, College Park5, Los Alamos National Laboratory6, George Mason University7, New York University8, National Autonomous University of Mexico9, Michigan State University10, Goddard Space Flight Center11, University of New Hampshire12, Ohio State University13
TL;DR: In this article, a harmonic analysis of the large-scale cosmic-ray (CR) anisotropy as observed by the Milagro observatory is presented, which is a water Cherenkov detector located in the Jemez mountains near Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Abstract: Results are presented of a harmonic analysis of the large-scale cosmic-ray (CR) anisotropy as observed by the Milagro observatory. We show a two-dimensional display of the sidereal anisotropy projections in right ascension (R.A.) generated by the fitting of three harmonics to 18 separate declination bands. The Milagro observatory is a water Cherenkov detector located in the Jemez mountains near Los Alamos, New Mexico. With a high duty cycle and large field of view, Milagro is an excellent instrument for measuring this anisotropy with high sensitivity at TeV energies. The analysis is conducted using a seven-year data sample consisting of more than 95 billion events, the largest such data set in existence. We observe an anisotropy with a magnitude around 0.1% for CRs with a median energy of 6 TeV. The dominant feature is a deficit region of depth (2.49 ± 0.02 stat. ± 0.09 sys.) ×10–3 in the direction of the Galactic north pole centered at 189 deg R.A. We observe a steady increase in the magnitude of the signal over seven years.
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University of Florence1, University of Naples Federico II2, Lebedev Physical Institute3, University of Bari4, Stockholm University5, Royal Institute of Technology6, International Federation of Accountants7, University of Rome Tor Vergata8, University of Trieste9, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI10, Folkwang University of the Arts11, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana12, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)13
TL;DR: The PAMELA (Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics) satellite-borne experiment was launched onboard the Russian Resurs-DK1 satellite by a...
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Michigan State University1, University of California, Irvine2, University of Maryland, College Park3, Los Alamos National Laboratory4, University of California, Santa Cruz5, George Mason University6, New York University7, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology8, National Autonomous University of Mexico9, Goddard Space Flight Center10, Stanford University11, University of New Hampshire12, Ohio State University13, Max Planck Society14
TL;DR: In this article, the Milagro gamma-ray observatory was used to study the Cygnus region of the galactic plane, showing that it contains at least one new source, MGRO J2019+37 which is 10.9 σ above the isotropic background.
Abstract: The diffuse gamma radiation arising from the interaction of cosmic-ray particles with matter and radiation in the Galaxy is one of the few probes available to study the origin of the cosmic rays. Data from the Milagro gamma-ray observatory—a water Cerenkov detector that continuously views ~2 sr of the overhead sky—shows that the brightest extended region in the entire northern sky is the Cygnus region of the Galactic plane. The TeV image of the Cygnus region contains at least one new source, MGRO J2019+37, which is 10.9 σ above the isotropic background, as well as correlations with the matter density in the region. However, the gamma-ray flux from the Cygnus region (after excluding MGRO J2019+37) as measured at ~12 TeV exceeds that predicted from a model of cosmic-ray production and propagation. This observation indicates the existence of either hard-spectrum cosmic-ray sources and/or unresolved sources of TeV gamma rays in the region.
181 citations