Search for cross-correlations of ultra–high-energy cosmic rays with BL Lacertae objects
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The High Resolution Fly’s Eye (HiRes) experiment is a stereo air fluorescence detector for the study of cosmic rays with energies above 5×10 eV. Arrival directions of cosmic rays observed in stereo can be resolved with a typical uncertainty on the order of 0.5◦, making the experiment ideal for small-scale anisotropy studies. Here we present the results of searches for correlation with astronomical sources, in particular the recently observed correlations with objects of the BL Lac subclass of active galaxies.
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