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The origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) remains an open question. Extragalactic magnetic fields can modify their propagation and, at sufficiently low energies, suppress the observed flux through the magnetic horizon (MH)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-05 Allegra Firinu , Franco Vazza , Carmelo Evoli

We simulate the propagation of cosmic rays at ultra-high energies, $\gtrsim 10^{18}$ eV, in models of extragalactic magnetic fields in constrained simulations of the local Universe. We use constrained initial conditions with the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-08 Stefan Hackstein , Franco Vazza , Marcus Brüggen , Jenny G. Sorce , Stefan Gottlöber

Synchrotron radiation from cosmic rays is a key observational probe of the galactic magnetic field. Interpreting synchrotron emission data requires knowledge of the cosmic ray number density, which is often assumed to be in energy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-06 Amit Seta , Anvar Shukurov , Toby S. Wood , Paul J. Bushby , Andrew P. Snodin

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 , ;

We present a novel approach to search for origins of ultra-high energy cosmic rays. These particles are likely nuclei that initiate extensive air showers in the Earth's atmosphere. In large-area observatories, the particle arrival…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-13 Martin Erdmann , Lukas Geiger , David Schmidt , Martin Urban , Marcus Wirtz

We present the review of various methods of detection of magnetic field strengths in the nearest regions of the active galaxy nuclei (AGN) which are the high energetic machines. Original spectropolarimetric method developed in the Pulkovo…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Yu. N. Gnedin , T. M. Natsvlishvili , M. Yu. Piotrovich

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

Observational evidence for the existence of cosmic magnetic fields in intergalactic space coherent over Mpc scales is presented. Using an unprecedentedly large sample of Faraday rotation measures of radio sources from the NRAO VLA Sky…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-07-16 Jounghun Lee , Ue-Li Pen , A. Russell Taylor , Jeroen M. Stil , Caleb Sunstrum

In this work, we present detailed simulations for propagation of ultra-high energy (UHE) heavy nuclei, with E > 60 EeV, within recent Galactic Magnetic Field (GMF) models. We investigate the impacts of the regular and turbulent components…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 G. Giacinti , M. Kachelriess , D. V. Semikoz , G. Sigl

We present a method for parametric modelling of the physical components of the Galaxy's magnetised interstellar medium, simulating the observables, and mapping out the likelihood space using a Markov Chain Monte-Carlo analysis. We then…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-01-29 T. R. Jaffe , J. P. Leahy , A. J. Banday , S. M. Leach , S. R. Lowe , A. Wilkinson

The propagation of ultra high energy cosmic rays in Galactic and extragalactic magnetic fields is investigated in the present paper. The motion of charged particles of different energies and chemical composition is simulated using different…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Oleksandr Sushchov , Oleh Kobzar , Bohdan Hnatyk , Volodymyr Marchenko

We propose an observable for ultra-high energy cosmic ray (UHECR) physics: the harmonic-space cross-correlation power spectrum between the arrival directions of UHECRs and the large-scale cosmic structure mapped by galaxies. This…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-11 Federico R. Urban , Stefano Camera , David Alonso

One of the main goals of investigations using present and future giant extensive air shower (EAS) arrays is the mass composition of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). A new approach to the problem is presented, combining analysis of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-21 A. A. Ivanov

The chemical composition of the highest end of the ultra-high-energy cosmic ray spectrum is very hard to measure experimentally, and to this day it remains mostly unknown. Since the trajectories of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-14 Konstantinos Tanidis , Federico R. Urban , Stefano Camera

The observed interaction product of Cosmic Rays (CRs) and Galactic magnetic fields (GMF) is the Galactic synchrotron emission integrated over the line-of-sight (LOS). The GMF strength and morphology and the CR density can be probed by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-04-08 I. M. Polderman , M. Haverkorn , T. R. Jaffe

If ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) originate from extragalactic sources, understanding the propagation of charged particles through the magnetized large scale structure (LSS) of the universe is crucial in the search for the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Santabrata Das , Hyesung Kang , Dongsu Ryu , Jungyeon Cho

We discuss the influence of large scale cosmic magnetic fields on the propagation of hadronic cosmic rays above 10^19 eV based on large scale structure simulations. Our simulations suggest that rather substantial deflection up to several…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Guenter Sigl , Francesco Miniati , Torsten Ensslin

We study the proton flux expected from sources of ultra high energy cosmic rays (UHECR) in the presence of regular extragalactic magnetic fields. It is assumed that a local source of ultra-high energy protons and the magnetic field are all…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-12 Todor Stanev , David Seckel , Ralph Engel

Multiple tracers of the cosmic density field, with different bias, number and luminosity evolution, can be used to measure the large-scale properties of the Universe. We show how an optimal combination of tracers can be used to detect…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-30 David Alonso , Pedro G. Ferreira

Propagation of ultra-high energy photons in the galactic and intergalactic space gives rise to cascades comprising thousands of photons. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we investigate the development of such cascades in the solar…