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Multimessenger Approach To Search For Cosmic Ray Anisotropies, Larry David Buroker

Theses and Dissertations

The origin of the highest energy cosmic rays is still unknown. The discovery of their sources will reveal the workings of the most energetic astrophysical accelerators in the universe. Recent international efforts have brought us closer to unveiling this mystery. Possible ultra-high energy cosmic ray sources have been narrowed down with the confirmation of an "ankle" and the GZKlike spectral feature at the high-end of the energy spectrum. A clear resolution of the ultra-high energy mystery calls for the search of anisotropies in the distribution of arrival directions of cosmic rays. In this thesis, we adopt the so-called "multi-messenger" approach …