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Propagation of Ultra-high-energy Protons in Cosmic Magnetic Fields

Astrophysics 2007-06-26 v1

Abstract

We simulate the arrival distribution of ultra-high-energy (UHE) protons by following their propagation processes in several strengths of a structured extragalactic magnetic field (EGMF). Comparing our result to observational one by Akeno Giant Air Shower Array, we constrain the number density of UHE cosmic ray sources with the small-scale anisotropy. As a result, the source number density is 105Mpc3\sim 10^{-5} {\rm Mpc}^{-3} with uncertainty of about an order of magnitude due to the small number of observed events. This hardly depends on our structured EGMF strength. We also investigate future prospects for this approarch. The near future observations, such as Pierre Auger Observatory, can distinguish 106Mpc310^{-6} {\rm Mpc}^{-3} accurately from the more source densities. Number of events to discriminate between 10410^{-4} and 105Mpc310^{-5} {\rm Mpc}^{-3} is dependent on the EGMF strength.

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@article{arxiv.0706.3666,
  title  = {Propagation of Ultra-high-energy Protons in Cosmic Magnetic Fields},
  author = {Hajime Takami and Katsuhiko Sato and ;},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0706.3666},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

Contribution to the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Merida Mexico, July 2007, a corrected version; 4 pages, 3 figures