کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1770753 | 1020695 | 2010 | 9 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
On the heavy chemical composition of the ultra-high energy cosmic rays
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موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه
فیزیک و نجوم
نجوم و فیزیک نجومی
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چکیده انگلیسی
The Pierre Auger Observatory's (PAO) shower profile measurements can be used to constrain the chemical composition of the ultra-high energy cosmic ray (UHECR) spectrum. In particular, the PAO's measurements of the average depth of shower maximum and the fluctuations of the depth of shower maximum indicate that the cosmic ray spectrum is dominated by a fairly narrow distribution (in charge) of heavy or intermediate mass nuclei at the highest measured energies (Eâ³1019eV), and contains mostly lighter nuclei or protons at lower energies (Eâ¼1018eV). In this article, we study the propagation of UHECR nuclei with the goal of using these measurements, along with those of the shape of the spectrum, to constrain the chemical composition of the particles accelerated by the sources of the UHECRs. We find that with modest intergalactic magnetic fields, 0.3Â nG in strength with 1Â Mpc coherent lengths, good fits to the combined PAO data can be found for the case in which the sources accelerate primarily intermediate mass nuclei (such as nitrogen or silicon). Without intergalactic magnetic fields, we do not find any composition scenarios that can accommodate the PAO data. For a spectrum dominated by heavy or intermediate mass nuclei, the Galactic (and intergalactic) magnetic fields are expected to erase any significant angular correlation between the sources and arrival directions of UHECRs.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Astroparticle Physics - Volume 33, Issue 3, April 2010, Pages 151-159
Journal: Astroparticle Physics - Volume 33, Issue 3, April 2010, Pages 151-159
نویسندگان
Dan Hooper, Andrew M. Taylor,