Astrophysical models to interpret the Pierre Auger Observatory data

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://pos.sissa.it/484/015/pdf" target="_blank" >https://pos.sissa.it/484/015/pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/1.484.0015" target="_blank" >10.22323/1.484.0015</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Astrophysical models to interpret the Pierre Auger Observatory data

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The Pierre Auger Observatory has measured the spectrum of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with unprecedented precision, as well as the distribution of the depths of the maximum of the shower development in the atmosphere, which provide a reliable estimator of the mass composition. The measurements above 1017.8eV can be interpreted assuming two populations of uniformly distributed sources, one with a soft spectrum dominating the flux below few EeV, and another one with a very hard spectrum dominating above that energy. When considering the presence of intense extragalactic magnetic fields between our Galaxy and the closest sources and a high-energy population with low spatial density, a magnetic horizon appears, suppressing the cosmic ray's flux at low-energies, which could explain the very hard spectrum observed at Earth. The distribution of arrival directions, which at energies above 32 EeV shows indications of a correlation with a population of starburst galaxies or the radio galaxy Centaurus A (Cen A), are also important to constrain the sources. It is shown that adding a fractional contribution from these sources of about 20% on top of an homogeneous background leads to an improvement of the model likelihood.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Astrophysical models to interpret the Pierre Auger Observatory data

Popis výsledku anglicky

The Pierre Auger Observatory has measured the spectrum of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with unprecedented precision, as well as the distribution of the depths of the maximum of the shower development in the atmosphere, which provide a reliable estimator of the mass composition. The measurements above 1017.8eV can be interpreted assuming two populations of uniformly distributed sources, one with a soft spectrum dominating the flux below few EeV, and another one with a very hard spectrum dominating above that energy. When considering the presence of intense extragalactic magnetic fields between our Galaxy and the closest sources and a high-energy population with low spatial density, a magnetic horizon appears, suppressing the cosmic ray's flux at low-energies, which could explain the very hard spectrum observed at Earth. The distribution of arrival directions, which at energies above 32 EeV shows indications of a correlation with a population of starburst galaxies or the radio galaxy Centaurus A (Cen A), are also important to constrain the sources. It is shown that adding a fractional contribution from these sources of about 20% on top of an homogeneous background leads to an improvement of the model likelihood.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10303 - Particles and field physics

Projekt

Výsledek vznikl pri realizaci vícero projektů. Více informací v záložce Projekty.

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

Proceedings of Science

ISBN

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ISSN

1824-8039

e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

8

Strana od-do

015

Název nakladatele

Sissa Medilab srl

Místo vydání

Trieste

Místo konání akce

Malargüe

Datum konání akce

17. 11. 2024

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

Kód UT WoS článku

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