Inhalt

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   Abstract
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   Contents
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   Introduction
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  Cosmic Rays
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   Energy Spectrum
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   Distribution of Arrival Directions
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   Small Scale Anisotropy
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   Large Scale Anisotropy
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   Detection Techniques at High Energy
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  Coordinate Systems
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   Spherical Coordinates
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   The Celestial Sphere
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   Horizontal Coordinates
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   Equatorial Coordinates
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   Ecliptic Coordinates
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   Galactic Coordinates
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   Precession, Nutation, Aberration and Refraction
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   Conversion Between Coordinate Systems
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  Reconstruction of Large Scale Anisotropies
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   Flux Distributions
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   Calculation of the Exposure
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  Rayleigh Analysis
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   The Formalism
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   Exposure Based Weighting
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   Applying the Rayleigh Formalism to a Two-Dimensional Dipole Distribution
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   The Rayleigh Analysis in Three Dimensions
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   Summary
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   The SAP Method for Dipole Reconstruction
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   Multipole Reconstruction
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   The East-West Method
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   Summary
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  Monte Carlo Simulation Studies
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   Display of Data Sets
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   The Monte Carlo Generator
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   Isotropic Distribution
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   Dipole Distribution
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   Higher Order Multipoles
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   Generation of Experiment-Like Data Sets
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   Tests of the Monte Carlo Generator
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   Tests of Reconstruction Methods
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   A Quantitative Measure of the Reconstruction Quality
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   The Standard Parameters for Simulated Data Sets
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   Rayleigh Analysis
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   The SAP Method
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   Multipole Expansion For Dipole Reconstruction
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   The Influence of Configuration Parameters
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   Number of Simulated Events
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   Zenith Angle Limit
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   Geographical Latitude
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   Dipole Amplitude
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   Dipole Declination
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   The Impact of Experimental Effects
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   Interruptions of the Measurements
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   Rate Variations Due To Metereological Effects
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   Angular Resolution
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   Inclination Dependent Efficiency Defect
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   Summary
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  New Methods for Dipole Reconstruction
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   Time Based Weighting
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   Monte Carlo Simulations
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   Summary
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   A Modified SAP Method
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   Derivation of a Dipole Estimator
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   Plausibility Checks
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   Time Based Weighting
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   Comparison of the Modified SAP Method and the Multipole Expansion Method
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   Monte Carlo Simulations
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   Summary
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   The Slice Method for Dipole Reconstruction
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   Monte Carlo Simulations
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   Summary
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   Rayleigh Analysis in Horizontal Coordinates
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   Monte Carlo Simulations
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  The Influence of Configuration Parameters and Experimental Effects
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   Standard configuration data sets
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   Number of Simulated Events
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   Zenith Angle Limit
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   Geographical Latitude
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   Dipole Amplitude
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   Dipole Declination
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   Rate Variations Due To Metereological Effects
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   Angular Resolution
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   Inclination Dependent Efficiency Defect
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   Summary
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   Concluding Comparison of the Available Methods
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   Summary and Conclusions
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   Definition of Spherical Harmonic Functions
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  An Unbiased Estimator for the Quality Measure
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   Derivation of the Estimators
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   Summary
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   Tabulated Results of the Monte Carlo Studies
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   List of Figures
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   List of Tables
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   Bibliography
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   Acknowledgement