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We analyse several implications of lensing by the regular component of the galactic magnetic field upon the observed properties of ultra high energy cosmic rays. Magnetic fields deflect cosmic ray trajectories, causing flux…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Diego Harari , Silvia Mollerach , Esteban Roulet

We present a novel method to search for structures of coherently aligned patterns in ultra-high energy cosmic-ray arrival directions simultaneously across the entire sky. This method can be used to obtain information on the Galactic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-31 Marcus Wirtz , Teresa Bister , Martin Erdmann

Deflection of ultra high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) by the Galactic magnetic field (GMF) may be sufficiently strong to hinder identification of the UHECR source distribution. A common method for determining the effect of GMF models on…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-18 Michael S. Sutherland , Brian M. Baughman , James J. Beatty

We express the mean square deflections of the ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR) caused by the random component of the Galactic magnetic field (GMF) in terms of the GMF power spectrum. We use recent measurements of the GMF spectra in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. G. Tinyakov , I. I. Tkachev

The magnetic fields of our Milky Way galaxy are the main agent for cosmic rays to transport. In the last decade, much new knowledge has been gained from measurements of the Galactic magnetic fields. In the Galactic disk, from the RMs of a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-11-11 J. L. Han

We report results of the first comprehensive, high resolution study of the deflections of UHECRs using a realistic model of the Galactic magnetic field and extending to sufficiently low rigidities, R = E/Z = 10^18 V, to describe Fe in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-15 Glennys R. Farrar , Michael S. Sutherland

Ultra-high energy cosmic rays are mostly charged particles and they are therefore deflected by magnetic fields on their path from their sources to Earth. An interesting phenomenon arising from these deflections is the appearance of multiple…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Geraldina Golup , Diego Harari , Silvia Mollerach , Esteban Roulet

We propose a new way to detect individual bright Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray (UHECR) sources above background if the Galactic Magnetic Field (GMF) gives the main contribution to UHECR deflections. This method can be directly applied to…

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

The surprising isotropy of the ultra-high-energy cosmic ray (UHECR) sky makes it difficult to identify their sources. Observables such as energy spectrum, mass composition and arrival directions are affected by interactions with background…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-12 Simone Rossoni , Günter Sigl

Magnetic fields on a range of scales play a large role in the ecosystems of galaxies, both in the galactic disk and in the extended layers of gas away from the plane. Observing magnetic field strength, structure and orientation is complex,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 Marijke Haverkorn , Volker Heesen

We estimate the biases caused by the coherent deflection of cosmic rays due to the Galactic magnetic field (GMF) in maximum-likelihood analysis for searches of ultrahigh-energy cosmic ray (UHECR) sources in the literature. We simulate mock…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-14 Ryo Higuchi , Takashi Sako , Toshihiro Fujii , Kazumasa Kawata , Eiji Kido

We study the effects of the galactic magnetic field on the ultra high energy cosmic ray propagation. We show that the deflections of the cosmic ray trajectories can have many important implications such as (de)magnification of the cosmic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Diego Harari , Silvia Mollerach , Esteban Roulet

We investigate the deflections of UHE protons by Galactic magnetic field(GMF) using four conventional GMF models in order to discuss the positional correlation between the arrival distribution of UHECRs and their sources. UHE protons coming…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-10 Hajime Takami , Katsuhiko Sato

I review what is known and surmised about magnetic fields in space, from our Milky Way environment to the distant Universe beyond the GZK horizon. This includes our gradually improving specification of the CR propagation environment within…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-17 Philipp P. Kronberg

The Galactic magnetic field is important in the dynamics of our Galaxy. It is believed to play a role in star formation and influence the structure of the Galaxy. In order to understand how the Galactic magnetic field originally formed or…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-12-15 Kyle Rae , Jo-Anne Brown

This is a review of the status of efforts to model the large-scale Galactic magnetic field (GMF). Though important for a variety of astrophysical processes, the GMF remains poorly understood despite some interesting new tracers being used…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-05-14 Tess R. Jaffe

We search for observational signatures of magnetic helicity in data from all-sky radio polarization surveys of the Milky Way Galaxy. Such a detection would help confirm the dynamo origin of the field and may provide new observational…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-14 J. L. West , R. N. Henriksen , K. Ferrière , A. Woodfinden , T. Jaffe , B. M. Gaensler , J. A. Irwin

Auger data show evidence for a correlation between ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) and nearby starburst galaxies. This intriguing correlation is consistent with data collected by the Telescope Array, which have revealed a much more…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-16 Jorge F. Soriano , Luis A. Anchordoqui , Diego F. Torres

We evaluate the validity of leading models of the Galactic magnetic field for predicting UHECR deflections from Cen A. The Jansson-Farrar 2012 GMF model (JF12), which includes striated and random components as well as an out-of-plane…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-07-10 Glennys R. Farrar , Ronnie Jansson , Ilana J. Feain , B. M. Gaensler

We show that in the model of Galactic magnetic wind recently proposed to explain the extremely high energy (EHE) cosmic rays so far observed as originating from a single source (M87 in the Virgo cluster), the magnetic field strongly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Diego Harari , Silvia Mollerach , Esteban Roulet