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Ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) are the highest energy messenger from space, with energies exceeding 1 EeV. Although UHECRs were discovered over 60 years ago, their origin still remains a mystery. Pinpointing sources of UHECRs is…

Ultrahigh energy neutrinos (UHE\nu) scatter on relic neutrinos (R\nu) producing Z bosons, which can decay hadronically producing protons (Z-burst). We compare the predicted proton spectrum with the observed ultrahigh energy cosmic ray…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 Z. Fodor , S. D. Katz , A. Ringwald

Observation of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR) -whose energy exceeds $10^20$eV- is still a puzzle for modern astrophysics. The transfer of more than 16 Joules to a microscopic particle can hardly be achieved, even in the most powerful…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Antoine Letessier-Selvon

The detection of the Amaterasu event of energy 244 EeV by the Telescope Array, one of the most energetic ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs; $E\gtrsim0.1$ EeV) observed to date, invites scrutiny of its potential source. We investigate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-17 Saikat Das , Srijita Hazra , Nayantara Gupta

Context: As more and more data are collected by cosmic ray experiments such as the Pierre Auger Observatory and Telescope Array (TA), the search for the sources of the Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR) continues. Already we have some…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-12-06 Laurentiu I. Caramete , Oana Tascau , Peter L. Biermann , Todor Stanev

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

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory has recently found compelling evidence for a particular blazar producing high-energy neutrinos and $\mathrm{PeV}$ cosmic rays, however the sources of cosmic rays above several $\mathrm{EeV}$ remain…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-27 Lisa Schumacher

We have used recently published data from the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array Project to conclude some inferences concerning the origin and composition of ultra high-energy cosmic rays (UHECR). We advocate for model the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-20 Tadeusz Wibig , Arnold W. Wolfendale

Low-luminosity gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) with luminosity . 10^49erg/s probably consititute a distinct population from the classic high-luminosity GRBs. They are the most luminous objects detected so far within ~ 100 Mpc, the horizon distance…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Ruo-Yu Liu , Xiang-Yu Wang , Zi-Gao Dai

A posteriori anisotropy study of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) with the Pierre Auger Observatory (PAO) has shown evidence of excess of cosmic ray particles above 55 EeV within $18^{\circ}$ of the direction of the radio galaxy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Ruo-Yu Liu , Xiang-Yu Wang , Wei Wang , A. M. Taylor

Analysing the available data relative to the anisotropies of the ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECR) at intermediate angular scales, we examine to what extent they can be used to constrain the origin of these particles, and what could be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-26 Denis Allard , Julien Aublin , Bruny Baret , Etienne Parizot

We present numerical simulations on the propagation of UHE protons with energies of $(10^{19.5}-10^{22})$ eV in extragalactic magnetic fields over 1 Gpc. We use the ORS galaxy sample, which allow us to accurately quantify the contribution…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 H. Yoshiguchi , S. Nagataki , S. Tsubaki , K. Sato

Some general features of cosmic ray acceleration are summarized along with some inferences that can be drawn concerning the origin of the UHE component. The UHE luminosity density is found to be similar to that derived for GeV cosmic rays…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-03 R. D. Blandford

We develop a model for explaining the data of Pierre Auger Observatory (Auger) for Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR), in particular, the mass composition being steadily heavier with increasing energy from 3 EeV to 35 EeV. The model is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-06-11 R. Aloisio , V. Berezinsky , A. Gazizov

The sharp change in slope of the ultrahigh energy cosmic ray (UHECR) spectrum around 10^18.6 eV (the ankle), combined with evidence of a light but extragalactic component near and below the ankle and intermediate composition above, has…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-12-04 Michael Unger , Glennys R. Farrar , Luis A. Anchordoqui

Radio galaxies are intensively discussed as the sources of cosmic rays observed above about $3\,{\times}\,10^{18}\,\text{eV}$, called ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). We present a first, systematic approach that takes the individual…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-09 Björn Eichmann , Jörg P. Rachen , Lukas Merten , Arjen van Vliet , Julia Becker Tjus

We discuss recent results in neutrino astronomy and their implications for the cosmic-ray acceleration in relativistic outflows, such as in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) jets, Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), and Tidal Disruption Events (TDEs). We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-09 Walter Winter

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) and their relativistic jets belong to the most promising class of ultra-high-energy cosmic ray (UHECR) accelerators. This compact review summarises basic experimental findings by recent instruments, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-23 Frank M. Rieger

Despite deflections by Galactic and extragalactic magnetic fields, the distribution of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) over the celestial sphere remains a most promising observable for the identification of their sources. Thanks to a…

The energy losses and spectra of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR) are calculated for protons as primary particles. The attention is given to the energy losses due to electron-positron production in collisions with the microwave 2.73 K…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 V. Berezinsky , A. Z. Gazizov , S. I. Grigorieva