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Centaurus A as a source of extragalactic cosmic rays with arrival energies well beyond the GZK cutoff

The ultra--high energy cosmic rays recently detected by several air shower experiments could have an extragalactic origin. In this case, the nearest active galaxy Centaurus A might be the source of the most energetic particles ever detected…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-05-23 G. E. Romero , J. A. Combi , S. E. Perez Bergliaffa , L. A. Anchordoqui

Small Scale Anisotropy Predictions for the Auger Observatory

We study the small scale anisotropy signal expected at the Pierre Auger Observatory in the next 1, 5, 10, and 15 years of operation, from sources of ultra-high energy (UHE) protons. We numerically propagate UHE protons over cosmological…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Daniel De Marco , Pasquale Blasi , Angela V. Olinto

Combined fit above 0.1 EeV to the cosmic-ray spectrum and composition measured with the Pierre Auger Observatory

We fit the cosmic-ray spectrum measured with the Pierre Auger Observatory's surface detectors above an energy of $10^{17}$ eV, along with composition information inferred from the depth of shower maximum measured with its fluorescence…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-25 Esteban Roulet

Search for Nuclei Sources in the Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray Data

We present a new method to search for heavy nuclei sources, on top of background, in the Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray data. We apply it to the 69 events with energies E>55 EeV published by the Pierre Auger Collaboration. We find a set of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-07-13 G. Giacinti , D. V. Semikoz

Search for ultra-high energy neutrons from Galactic sources with the Pierre Auger Observatory

Deflections in the propagation of charged ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) caused by magnetic fields make the identification of their sources challenging. On the other hand, the arrival directions at Earth of neutrons point directly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-03 The Pierre Auger Collaboration , A. Abdul Halim , P. Abreu , M. Aglietta , I. Allekotte , K. Almeida Cheminant , A. Almela , R. Aloisio , J. Alvarez-Muñiz , A. Ambrosone , J. Ammerman Yebra , L. Anchordoqui , B. Andrada , L. Andrade Dourado , L. Apollonio , C. Aramo , E. Arnone , J. C. Arteaga Velázquez , P. Assis , G. Avila , E. Avocone , A. Bakalova , A. Baluta , F. Barbato , A. Bartz Mocellin , C. Berat , M. E. Bertaina , M. Bianciotto , P. L. Biermann , V. Binet , K. Bismark , T. Bister , J. Biteau , J. Blazek , J. Blümer , M. Boháčová , D. Boncioli , C. Bonifazi , N. Borodai , J. Brack , P. G. Brichetto Orchera , A. Bueno , S. Buitink , M. Büsken , A. Bwembya , K. S. Caballero-Mora , S. Cabana-Freire , L. Caccianiga , F. Campuzano , J. Caraça-Valente , R. Caruso , A. Castellina , F. Catalani , G. Cataldi , L. Cazon , M. Cerda , B. Čermáková , A. Cermenati , K. Cerny , J. A. Chinellato , J. Chudoba , L. Chytka , R. W. Clay , A. C. Cobos Cerutti , R. Colalillo , R. Conceição , G. Consolati , M. Conte , F. Convenga , D. Correia dos Santos , P. J. Costa , C. E. Covault , M. Cristinziani , C. S. Cruz Sanchez , S. Dasso , K. Daumiller , B. R. Dawson , R. M. de Almeida , E. -T. de Boone , B. de Errico , J. de Jesús , S. J. de Jong , J. R. T. de Mello Neto , I. De Mitri , D. de Oliveira Franco , F. de Palma , V. de Souza , E. De Vito , A. Del Popolo , O. Deligny , N. Denner , K. Denner Syrokvas , L. Deval , A. di Matteo , C. Dobrigkeit , J. C. D'Olivo , L. M. Domingues Mendes , Y. Dominguez Ballesteros , Q. Dorosti , R. C. dos Anjos , J. Ebr , F. Ellwanger , R. Engel , I. Epicoco , M. Erdmann , A. Etchegoyen , C. Evoli , H. Falcke , G. Farrar , A. C. Fauth , T. Fehler , F. Feldbusch , A. Fernandes , M. Fernández Alonso , B. Fick , J. M. Figueira , P. Filip , A. Filipčič , T. Fitoussi , B. Flaggs , T. Fodran , A. Franco , M. Freitas , T. Fujii , A. Fuster , C. Galea , B. García , C. Gaudu , P. L. Ghia , U. Giaccari , C. Glaser , F. Gobbi , F. Gollan , G. Golup , M. Gómez Berisso , P. F. Gómez Vitale , J. P. Gongora , J. M. González , N. González , D. Góra , A. Gorgi , M. Gottowik , F. Guarino , G. P. Guedes , L. Gülzow , S. Hahn , P. Hamal , M. R. Hampel , P. Hansen , V. M. Harvey , A. Haungs , T. Hebbeker , C. Hojvat , J. R. Hörandel , P. Horvath , M. Hrabovský , T. Huege , A. Insolia , P. G. Isar , M. Ismaiel , P. Janecek , V. Jilek , K. -H. Kampert , B. Keilhauer , A. Khakurdikar , V. V. Kizakke Covilakam , H. O. Klages , M. Kleifges , J. Köhler , F. Krieger , M. Kubatova , N. Kunka , B. L. Lago , N. Langner , N. Leal , M. A. Leigui de Oliveira , Y. Lema-Capeans , A. Letessier-Selvon , I. Lhenry-Yvon , L. Lopes , J. P. Lundquist , M. Mallamaci , S. Mancuso , D. Mandat , P. Mantsch , F. M. Mariani , A. G. Mariazzi , I. C. Mariş , G. Marsella , D. Martello , S. Martinelli , M. A. Martins , H. -J. Mathes , J. Matthews , G. Matthiae , E. Mayotte , S. Mayotte , P. O. Mazur , G. Medina-Tanco , J. Meinert , D. Melo , A. Menshikov , C. Merx , S. Michal , M. I. Micheletti , L. Miramonti , M. Mogarkar , S. Mollerach , F. Montanet , L. Morejon , K. Mulrey , R. Mussa , W. M. Namasaka , S. Negi , L. Nellen , K. Nguyen , G. Nicora , M. Niechciol , D. Nitz , D. Nosek , A. Novikov , V. Novotny , L. Nožka , A. Nucita , L. A. Núñez , S. E. Nuza , J. Ochoa , M. Olegario , C. Oliveira , L. Östman , M. Palatka , J. Pallotta , S. Panja , G. Parente , T. Paulsen , J. Pawlowsky , M. Pech , J. Pękala , R. Pelayo , V. Pelgrims , E. E. Pereira Martins , C. Pérez Bertolli , L. Perrone , S. Petrera , C. Petrucci , T. Pierog , M. Pimenta , M. Platino , B. Pont , M. Pourmohammad Shahvar , P. Privitera , C. Priyadarshi , M. Prouza , K. Pytel , S. Querchfeld , J. Rautenberg , D. Ravignani , J. V. Reginatto Akim , A. Reuzki , J. Ridky , F. Riehn , M. Risse , V. Rizi , E. Rodriguez , G. Rodriguez Fernandez , J. Rodriguez Rojo , S. Rossoni , M. Roth , E. Roulet , A. C. Rovero , A. Saftoiu , M. Saharan , F. Salamida , H. Salazar , G. Salina , P. Sampathkumar , N. San Martin , J. D. Sanabria Gomez , F. Sánchez , E. Santos , F. Sarazin , R. Sarmento , R. Sato , P. Savina , V. Scherini , H. Schieler , M. Schimassek , M. Schimp , D. Schmidt , O. Scholten , H. Schoorlemmer , P. Schovánek , F. G. Schröder , J. Schulte , T. Schulz , S. J. Sciutto , M. Scornavacche , A. Sedoski , S. Sehgal , S. U. Shivashankara , G. Sigl , K. Simkova , F. Simon , R. Šmída , S. Soares Sippert , P. Sommers , R. Squartini , M. Stadelmaier , S. Stanič , J. Stasielak , P. Stassi , S. Strähnz , M. Straub , T. Suomijärvi , A. D. Supanitsky , Z. Svozilikova , Z. Szadkowski , F. Tairli , M. Tambone , A. Tapia , C. Taricco , C. Timmermans , O. Tkachenko , P. Tobiska , C. J. Todero Peixoto , B. Tomé , A. Travaini , P. Travnicek , C. Trimarelli , M. Tueros , M. Unger , R. Uzeiroska , L. Vaclavek , M. Vacula , I. Vaiman , J. F. Valdés Galicia , L. Valore , P. van Dillen , E. Varela , V. Vašíčková , A. Vásquez-Ramírez , D. Veberič , I. D. Vergara Quispe , S. Verpoest , V. Verzi , J. Vicha , S. Vorobiov , J. B. Vuta , C. Watanabe , A. A. Watson , A. Weindl , M. Weitz , L. Wiencke , H. Wilczyński , B. Wundheiler , B. Yue , A. Yushkov , E. Zas , D. Zavrtanik , M. Zavrtanik

Compact Radio Emission from Nearby Galaxies with Mid-infrared Nuclear Outbursts

We present 5.5 GHz observations with the VLA of a sample of nearby galaxies with energetic nuclear outbursts at mid-infrared (MIR) bands. These observations reach a uniform depth down to a median rms of ~10 uJy, representing one of most…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-24 B. B. Dai , X. W. Shu , N. Jiang , L. M. Dou , D. Z. Liu , C. W. Yang , F. B. Zhang , T. G. Wang

Galaxy mergers up to z < 2.5 II: AGN incidence of merging galaxies at separations of 3-15 kpc

We present a study of the incidence of active galactic nucleus (AGN) in a sample of major merging systems at 0.3<z<2.5. Galaxies in this merger sample have projected separations between 3 to 15 kpc and are selected from the CANDELS/3D-HST…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-14 Andrea Silva , Danilo Marchesini , John D. Silverman , Nicholas Martis , Daisuke Iono , Daniel Espada , Rosalind Skelton

Detecting Obscured AGN in the Distant Universe with Spitzer

We present the results of a Spitzer search for obscured AGN in the Chandra Deep Field-North, using both radio-excess and mid-infrared power-law selection. AGN selected via the former technique tend to lie at z ~ 1, have SEDs dominated by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. L. Donley , G. H. Rieke , P. G. Perez-Gonzalez , J. R. Rigby , A. Alonso-Herrero

High energy radiation from Centaurus A

We calculate for the nearest active galactic nucleus (AGN), Centaurus A, the flux of high energy cosmic rays and of accompanying secondary photons and neutrinos expected from hadronic interactions in the source. We use as two basic models…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-05 M. Kachelriess , S. Ostapchenko , R. Tomas

Indication of anisotropy in arrival directions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays through comparison to the flux pattern of extragalactic gamma-ray sources

A new analysis of the dataset from the Pierre Auger Observatory provides evidence for anisotropy in the arrival directions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays on an intermediate angular scale, which is indicative of excess arrivals from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-07 The Pierre Auger Collaboration , A. Aab , P. Abreu , M. Aglietta , I. F. M. Albuquerque , I. Allekotte , A. Almela , J. Alvarez Castillo , J. Alvarez-Muñiz , G. A. Anastasi , L. Anchordoqui , B. Andrada , S. Andringa , C. Aramo , N. Arsene , H. Asorey , P. Assis , G. Avila , A. M. Badescu , A. Balaceanu , F. Barbato , R. J. Barreira Luz , J. J. Beatty , K. H. Becker , J. A. Bellido , C. Berat , M. E. Bertaina , X. Bertou , P. L. Biermann , J. Biteau , S. G. Blaess , A. Blanco , J. Blazek , C. Bleve , M. Boháčová , C. Bonifazi , N. Borodai , A. M. Botti , J. Brack , I. Brancus , T. Bretz , A. Bridgeman , F. L. Briechle , P. Buchholz , A. Bueno , S. Buitink , M. Buscemi , K. S. Caballero-Mora , L. Caccianiga , A. Cancio , F. Canfora , R. Caruso , A. Castellina , F. Catalani , G. Cataldi , L. Cazon , A. G. Chavez , J. A. Chinellato , J. Chudoba , R. W. Clay , A. C. Cobos Cerutti , R. Colalillo , A. Coleman , L. Collica , M. R. Coluccia , R. Conceição , G. Consolati , F. Contreras , M. J. Cooper , S. Coutu , C. E. Covault , J. Cronin , S. D'Amico , B. Daniel , S. Dasso , K. Daumiller , B. R. Dawson , R. M. de Almeida , S. J. de Jong , G. De Mauro , J. R. T. de Mello Neto , I. De Mitri , J. de Oliveira , V. de Souza , J. Debatin , O. Deligny , M. L. Díaz Castro , F. Diogo , C. Dobrigkeit , J. C. D'Olivo , Q. Dorosti , R. C. dos Anjos , M. T. Dova , A. Dundovic , J. Ebr , R. Engel , M. Erdmann , M. Erfani , C. O. Escobar , J. Espadanal , A. Etchegoyen , H. Falcke , J. Farmer , G. Farrar , A. C. Fauth , N. Fazzini , F. Fenu , B. Fick , J. M. Figueira , A. Filipčič , M. M. Freire , T. Fujii , A. Fuster , R. Gaïor , B. García , F. Gaté , H. Gemmeke , A. Gherghel-Lascu , P. L. Ghia , U. Giaccari , M. Giammarchi , M. Giller , D. Głas , C. Glaser , G. Golup , M. Gómez Berisso , P. F. Gómez Vitale , N. González , A. Gorgi , A. F. Grillo , T. D. Grubb , F. Guarino , G. P. Guedes , R. Halliday , M. R. Hampel , P. Hansen , D. Harari , T. A. Harrison , A. Haungs , T. Hebbeker , D. Heck , P. Heimann , A. E. Herve , G. C. Hill , C. Hojvat , E. Holt , P. Homola , J. R. Hörandel , P. Horvath , M. Hrabovský , T. Huege , J. Hulsman , A. Insolia , P. G. Isar , I. Jandt , J. A. Johnsen , M. Josebachuili , J. Jurysek , A. Kääpä , O. Kambeitz , K. H. Kampert , B. Keilhauer , N. Kemmerich , E. Kemp , J. Kemp , R. M. Kieckhafer , H. O. Klages , M. Kleifges , J. Kleinfeller , R. Krause , N. Krohm , D. Kuempel , G. Kukec Mezek , N. Kunka , A. Kuotb Awad , B. L. Lago , D. LaHurd , R. G. Lang , M. Lauscher , R. Legumina , M. A. Leigui de Oliveira , A. Letessier-Selvon , I. Lhenry-Yvon , K. Link , D. Lo Presti , L. Lopes , R. López , A. López Casado , R. Lorek , Q. Luce , A. Lucero , M. Malacari , M. Mallamaci , D. Mandat , P. Mantsch , A. G. Mariazzi , I. C. Mariş , G. Marsella , D. Martello , H. Martinez , O. Martínez Bravo , J. J. Masías Meza , H. J. Mathes , S. Mathys , J. Matthews , G. Matthiae , E. Mayotte , P. O. Mazur , C. Medina , G. Medina-Tanco , D. Melo , A. Menshikov , K. -D. Merenda , S. Michal , M. I. Micheletti , L. Middendorf , L. Miramonti , B. Mitrica , D. Mockler , S. Mollerach , F. Montanet , C. Morello , G. Morlino , M. Mostafá , A. L. Müller , G. Müller , M. A. Muller , S. Müller , R. Mussa , I. Naranjo , L. Nellen , P. H. Nguyen , M. Niculescu-Oglinzanu , M. Niechciol , L. Niemietz , T. Niggemann , D. Nitz , D. Nosek , V. Novotny , L. Nožka , L. A. Núñez , F. Oikonomou , A. Olinto , M. Palatka , J. Pallotta , P. Papenbreer , G. Parente , A. Parra , T. Paul , M. Pech , F. Pedreira , J. Pękala , R. Pelayo , J. Peña-Rodriguez , L. A. S. Pereira , M. Perlin , L. Perrone , C. Peters , S. Petrera , J. Phuntsok , T. Pierog , M. Pimenta , V. Pirronello , M. Platino , M. Plum , J. Poh , C. Porowski , R. R. Prado , P. Privitera , M. Prouza , E. J. Quel , S. Querchfeld , S. Quinn , R. Ramos-Pollan , J. Rautenberg , D. Ravignani , J. Ridky , F. Riehn , M. Risse , P. Ristori , V. Rizi , W. Rodrigues de Carvalho , G. Rodriguez Fernandez , J. Rodriguez Rojo , M. J. Roncoroni , M. Roth , E. Roulet , A. C. Rovero , P. Ruehl , S. J. Saffi , A. Saftoiu , F. Salamida , H. Salazar , A. Saleh , G. Salina , F. Sánchez , P. Sanchez-Lucas , E. M. Santos , E. Santos , F. Sarazin , R. Sarmento , C. Sarmiento-Cano , R. Sato , M. Schauer , V. Scherini , H. Schieler , M. Schimp , D. Schmidt , O. Scholten , P. Schovánek , F. G. Schröder , S. Schröder , A. Schulz , J. Schumacher , S. J. Sciutto , A. Segreto , A. Shadkam , R. C. Shellard , G. Sigl , G. Silli , R. Šmída , G. R. Snow , P. Sommers , S. Sonntag , J. F. Soriano , R. Squartini , D. Stanca , S. Stanič , J. Stasielak , P. Stassi , M. Stolpovskiy , F. Strafella , A. Streich , F. Suarez , M. Suarez Durán , T. Sudholz , T. Suomijärvi , A. D. Supanitsky , J. Šupík , J. Swain , Z. Szadkowski , A. Taboada , O. A. Taborda , V. M. Theodoro , C. Timmermans , C. J. Todero Peixoto , L. Tomankova , B. Tomé , G. Torralba Elipe , P. Travnicek , M. Trini , R. Ulrich , M. Unger , M. Urban , J. F. Valdés Galicia , I. Valiño , L. Valore , G. van Aar , P. van Bodegom , A. M. van den Berg , A. van Vliet , E. Varela , B. Vargas Cárdenas , R. A. Vázquez , D. Veberič , C. Ventura , I. D. Vergara Quispe , V. Verzi , J. Vicha , L. Villaseñor , S. Vorobiov , H. Wahlberg , O. Wainberg , D. Walz , A. A. Watson , M. Weber , A. Weindl , M. Wiedeński , L. Wiencke , H. Wilczyński , M. Wirtz , D. Wittkowski , B. Wundheiler , L. Yang , A. Yushkov , E. Zas , D. Zavrtanik , M. Zavrtanik , A. Zepeda , B. Zimmermann , M. Ziolkowski , Z. Zong , F. Zuccarello

Anisotropies of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays in a scenario with nearby sources

The images of ultrahigh-energy cosmic ray sources get distorted, in an energy dependent way, by the effects of Galactic and extragalactic magnetic fields. These deflections can also affect the observed cosmic ray spectrum, specially when…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-02 Silvia Mollerach , Esteban Roulet

Toward a robust inference method for the likelihood of low-luminosity gamma-ray bursts to be progenitors of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays correlating with starburst galaxies

Very recently, the Pierre Auger Collaboration reported a $4.5\sigma$ correlation between the arrival directions of the highest energy cosmic rays and nearby starburst galaxies. The cosmic rays producing the anisotropy signal have been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-14 Luis A. Anchordoqui , Claire Mechmann , Jorge F. Soriano

Constraints on Physical Conditions for the Acceleration on Ultra-high-energy Cosmic Rays in Nearby Active Galactic Nuclei Observed with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

We investigated the possibility of acceleration of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) in nearby active galactic nuclei (AGNs) using archival multi-wavelength observational data, and then we constrained their physical conditions, i.e.,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-29 Mika Kagaya , Hideaki Katagiri , Tatsuo Yoshida , Arisa Fukuda

GZK Horizons and the Anisotropy of Highest-energy Cosmic Ray Sources

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

Constraints on Large-Scale Magnetic Fields from the Auger Results

A recent article from the Pierre Auger Collaboration links the direction of charged cosmic rays to possible extragalactic sites of emission. The correlation of the direction of such particles with the direction of the emitter allows…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Alessandro De Angelis , Massimo Persic , Marco Roncadelli

Clustering properties of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays and the search for their astrophysical sources

The arrival directions of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) may show anisotropies on all scales, from just above the experimental angular resolution up to medium scales and dipole anisotropies. We find that a global comparison of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Alessandro Cuoco , Steen Hannestad , Troels Haugboelle , Michael Kachelriess , Pasquale D. Serpico

Counting gamma rays in the directions of galaxy clusters

Emission of AGNs and neutral pion decay - are the two most natural mechanisms, that could make a galaxy cluster be a source of gamma-rays in the GeV regime. We revisited this problem by using 52.5-month FERMI-LAT data above 10 GeV and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-09-05 D. A. Prokhorov , E. M. Churazov

Exploring arrival directions of UHECRs with the Yakutsk array

The data on arrival directions of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) detected with the Yakutsk array are analyzed. The work is induced by the recent claim of the Pierre Auger collaboration for the significant correlation found between…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-18 A. A. Ivanov

The Correlation of Gamma-Ray Bursts with Active Galactic Nuclei

We search for angular correlation of gamma-ray bursts with cataloged quasars, BL Lac objects, and AGN using a large sample of relatively well-localized bursts detected by WATCH on board GRANAT and EURECA, IPN, and BATSE (327 bursts total).…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. A. Burenin , A. A. Vikhlinin , O. V. Terekhov , S. Yu. Sazonov

GZK Horizons and the Recent Pierre Auger Result on the Anisotropy of Highest-energy Cosmic Ray Sources

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