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Upper limit on the diffuse extragalactic radio background from GZK photon observation

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2022-06-02 v1

Abstract

Here we point out that an observation of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray (UHECR) photons, "GZK photons", could provide an upper limit on the level of the Extra-Galactic Radio Background, depending on the level of UHECR proton primaries (to be determined after a few years of data taking by the Pierre Auger Observatory upgrade AugerPrime). We also update our 2005 prediction of the range of GZK photon fluxes expected from proton primaries.

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@article{arxiv.2206.00408,
  title  = {Upper limit on the diffuse extragalactic radio background from GZK photon observation},
  author = {Graciela B. Gelmini and Oleg Kalashev and Dmitri Semikoz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.00408},
  year   = {2022}
}

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12 pages, 3 figures

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