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Energy spectrum and anisotropy of cosmic rays with E 0≥1017 eV from Yakutsk EAS array data

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Data from the Yakutsk extensive air shower array for the period 1974–2004 are used to analyze the energy spectrum and anisotropy of primary cosmic rays (PCRs) with energy E 0≥1017 eV. The spectra from different regions of the sky are shown to differ in shape. Enhanced and reduced particle fluxes come from the disks of the Galaxy and the Supergalaxy (the Local Supercluster of galaxies) at E 0≥5×1018 eV and E 0≤ (2−3)×1018 eV, respectively. This is interpreted as a manifestation of the possible interaction between extragalactic PCRs and the matter of these spatial structures.

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Translated from Zhurnal Éksperimental’no\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) i Teoretichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 128, No. 1, 2005, pp. 103–114.

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Glushkov, A.V., Pravdin, M.I. Energy spectrum and anisotropy of cosmic rays with E 0≥1017 eV from Yakutsk EAS array data. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 101, 88–97 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.2010665

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