Diffuse high energy neutrinos and cosmic rays from hyperflares of soft-gamma repeaters
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2014-11-20 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract
We calculate the diffuse high energy (TeV - PeV) neutrino emission from hyperflares of Soft-Gamma Repeaters (SGRs), like the hyperflare risen from \astrobj{SGR 1806-20} on December 27 of 2004, within the framework of the fireball model. The fireball model for gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) can explain well the main features of this hyperflare and the subsequent multi-frequency terglow emission. The expected rate, Gpcday, of such hyperflares is well in excess of the GRBs rate. Our result shows that the contribution to the diffuse TeV-PeV neutrino background from such hyperflares is less than 10% of the contribution from GRBs. We also discuss the high energy cosmic rays (CRs) from these sources.
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@article{arxiv.0908.4371,
title = {Diffuse high energy neutrinos and cosmic rays from hyperflares of soft-gamma repeaters},
author = {Xue-Wen Liu and Xue-Feng Wu and Tan Lu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0908.4371},
year = {2014}
}
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Accepted for publication in New Astronomy, 14 pages