On the shape of the UHE cosmic ray spectrum
Astrophysics
2011-05-12 v2
Abstract
We fit the ultra high energy cosmic ray spectra above 10 eV with different injection spectra at cosmic ray sources that are uniformly and homogeneously distributed in the Universe. We conclude that the current UHE spectra are consistent with power laws of index between 2.4 and 2.7. There is a slow dependence of these indices on the cosmological evolution of the cosmic ray sources, which in this model determines the end of the galactic cosmic rays spectrum.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0506318,
title = {On the shape of the UHE cosmic ray spectrum},
author = {Daniel De Marco and Todor Stanev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0506318},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
5 pages, version accepted in PRD