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We have performed the detailed numerical simulations on the propagation of the UHE protons in the energy range $E=(10^{19.5} - 10^{22.0}$) eV in the relatively strong extra-galactic magnetic field with strength $B= (10, 100)$ nG within…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Y. Ide , S. Nagataki , S. Tsubaki , H. Yoshiguchi , K. Sato

We study the propagation of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECR) in the Galaxy, concentrating on the energy range below the ankle in the spectrum at 4 EeV. A Monte-Carlo method, based on analytical solutions to the time-dependent diffusion…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Martin Pohl , David Eichler

Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays, UHECR, are charged particles with energies between $\sim10^{18}\,{\rm eV}$ and $\sim3\times10^{20}\,{\rm eV}\sim50\,{\rm J}$. They exhibit fundamental physics at energies inaccessible to terrestrial…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-29 Noémie Globus , Roger Blandford

Motivated by recent Pierre Auger result on the correlation of the highest-energy cosmic rays with the nearby active galactic nuclei, we explore possible ultrahigh energy cosmic ray (UHECR) source distributions and their effects on GZK…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-07-23 Chia-Chun Lu , Guey-Lin Lin

We study the arrival directions of 69 ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) observed at the Pierre Auger Observatory (PAO) with energies exceeding 55 EeV. We investigate whether the UHECRs exhibit the anisotropy signal expected if the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-05-21 Foteini Oikonomou , Amy Connolly , Filipe B. Abdalla , Ofer Lahav , Shaun A. Thomas , David Waters , Eli Waxman

An anisotropy signal for the arrival directions of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR) of more than 99% confidence level was established using data collected by the Pierre Auger Observatory. Cosmic rays with energy above $\sim 6 \times…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 E. M. Santos

Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) are the most energetic particles known - and yet their origin is still an open question. However, with the precision and accumulated statistics of the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-10 Teresa Bister

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…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-06-26 Hajime Takami , Katsuhiko Sato , ;

The Pierre Auger Collaboration has reported evidence for anisotropy in the distribution of arrival directions of the cosmic rays with energies $E>E_{th}=5.5\times 10^{19}$ eV. These show a correlation with the distribution of nearby…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-07-03 The Pierre Auger Collaboration , P. Abreu , M. Aglietta , E. J. Ahn , I. F. M. Albuquerque , D. Allard , I. Allekotte , J. Allen , P. Allison , J. Alvarez Castillo , J. Alvarez-Muñiz , M. Ambrosio , A. Aminaei , L. Anchordoqui , S. Andringa , T. Antičić , A. Anzalone , C. Aramo , E. Arganda , F. Arqueros , H. Asorey , P. Assis , J. Aublin , M. Ave , M. Avenier , G. Avila , T. Bäcker , M. Balzer , K. B. Barber , A. F. Barbosa , R. Bardenet , S. L. C. Barroso , B. Baughman , J. Bäuml , J. J. Beatty , B. R. Becker , K. H. Becker , A. Bellétoile , J. A. Bellido , S. BenZvi , C. Berat , X. Bertou , P. L. Biermann , P. Billoir , F. Blanco , M. Blanco , C. Bleve , H. Blümer , M. Boháčová , D. Boncioli , C. Bonifazi , R. Bonino , N. Borodai , J. Brack , P. Brogueira , W. C. Brown , R. Bruijn , P. Buchholz , A. Bueno , R. E. Burton , K. S. Caballero-Mora , L. Caramete , R. Caruso , A. Castellina , O. Catalano , G. Cataldi , L. Cazon , R. 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The joint analysis of anisotropy signals and chemical composition of ultra-high energy cosmic rays offers strong potential for shedding light on the sources of these particles. Following up on an earlier idea, this paper studies the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Ruo-Yu Liu , Andrew Taylor , Martin Lemoine , Xiang-Yu Wang , Eli Waxman

After over 60 years, the powerful engines that accelerate ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) to the formidable energies at which we observe them from Earth remain mysterious. Assuming standard physics, we expect UHECR sources to lie…

Observation of clustering of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR) suggests that they are emitted by compact sources. Assuming small deflection of UHECR during the propagation, the statistical analysis of clustering allows to estimate the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-03 S. L. Dubovsky , P. G. Tinyakov , I. I. Tkachev

Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays, accelerated hadrons that can exceed energies of $10^{20}$ eV, are the highest-energy particles ever observed. While the sources producing UHECRs are still unknown, the Pierre Auger Observatory has detected a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-28 Angelina Sherman , Ke Fang , Rafael Alves Batista , Rogerio Menezes de Almeida

(abridged) The Pierre Auger Collaboration has reported 27 Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray Events (UHECRs) with energies above 56 EeV and well determined arrival directions as of 2007 August 31. They find that the arrival directions are not…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-10-18 Neil M. Nagar , Javier Matulich

Several explanations for the existence of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR) invoke the idea that they originate from the decay of massive particles created in the reheating following inflation. It has been suggested that the decay…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gustavo Medina Tanco , Alan A. Watson

Ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) may originate from the decay of massive relic particles in the dark halo of the Galaxy, or they may be produced by supermassive black holes in the nuclei of nearby galaxies. The anisotropy in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-16 Wyn Evans , Francesc Ferrer , Subir Sarkar

The sources of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) have been difficult to catch. It was recently pointed out that while sources of UHECR protons exhibit anisotropy patterns that become denser and compressed with rising energy,…

We present numerical simulations on propagation of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) above $10^{19}$ eV in a structured extragalactic magnetic field (EGMF) and simulate their arrival distributions at the earth. We use the IRAS PSCz…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Hajime Takami , Hiroyuki Yoshiguchi , Katsuhiko Sato

Motivated by recent Pierre Auger result on the correlation of the highest-energy cosmic rays with the nearby active galactic nuclei, we explore possible ultrahigh energy cosmic ray (UHECR) source distributions and their effects on GZK…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-05-08 Chia-Chun Lu , Guey-Lin Lin

Energetics of the ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) generated in the universe is crucial for pinning down their candidate sources. Using the recent Auger data on UHECR spectra, we calculate the UHECR energy generation rate density for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-25 Yu Jiang , B. Theodore Zhang , Kohta Murase