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S-63 - Abbasi et al. 2008-2009- HiRes full monocular UHECR flux (Astropart. Phys. 30)

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type
source
id
S-63
source_type
journal-article
url
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2008.06.001
venue
Astroparticle Physics (30, 175)
publication_date
2008
citation_count
unknown
citation_count_asof
2026-07-21
field
astroparticle physics / cosmic-ray physics
authors
  • R.U. Abbasi
  • et al. (HiRes collaboration)
found_via
citation-chase from Abbasi et al. 2008 PRL
motivatedness
none known
trust_score
0.8
trust_reason
peer-reviewed HiRes monocular fluorescence flux; the companion GZK-suppression result cleared 5σ and was independently confirmed by Auger; ~17% fluorescence energy-scale systematic and monocular reconstruction cap it below the hybrid measurements
usefulness
2.8
usefulness_reason
an independent primary flux measurement feeding the natural-collision-rate estimate; corroborative with (not independent of) the Auger flux
method_read
monocular fluorescence detection, decent statistics, ~17% energy-scale systematic; the key spectral steepening is real and externally corroborated
standing
Astropart. Phys. 30; HiRes collaboration; GZK suppression at 5σ, independently confirmed by Auger
angle
cosmic-ray-flux
combined_score
0.14
curated
false
curation_reason
not curated: positive combined but outside the rank-25 cut.
data_basis

Full primary paper presenting HiRes-I and HiRes-II monocular flux measurements (energy spectra, systematics, event statistics) underlying the shorter PRL suppression announcement; the detailed dataset for the HiRes flux above ~10^19 eV. relevance_note: methods/data source for the HiRes flux measurement referenced by shorter announcement papers; needed to assess systematic uncertainty behind the GZK suppression claim.

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