Monocular UHECR Spectra as Measured by HiRes
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We have measured the spectrum of UHE cosmic rays in monocular mode using separately both detectors the High Resolution Fly’s Eye experiment. We describe the two detectors and the basic methods of analysis, and we present our measured spectra. We compare these spectra with that produced by an astrophysical source model with galactic and uniformly distributed extra-galactic sources. We also compare our spectra to the spectra produced by the AGASA experiment.
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