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We report the results of 3D simulations of the trajectories of ultra-high energy protons and Fe nuclei (with energies $E = 4 \times 10^{19}$ and $2.5 \times 10^{20} eV$) propagating through the galactic magnetic field from the sources to…

From deflections in galactic and extragalactic magnetic fields energy dependent structures in the arrival directions of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR) are expected. We propose to characterize these structures by the strength of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-01 Martin Erdmann , Tobias Winchen

We consider the effects of the Galactic magnetic field on the propagation of ultra high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). By employing two methods of trajectory simulation, we investigate the possibility that UHECRs are produced within the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sean O'Neill , Angela V. Olinto , Pasquale Blasi

We interpret the correlation between local star-forming galaxy positions and ultra-high-energy cosmic ray (UHECR) directions, recently detected by the Pierre Auger Observatory (PAO), in terms of physical parameters: the local density of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-07 Arjen van Vliet , Andrea Palladino , Andrew Taylor , Walter Winter

A good model of the Galactic magnetic field is crucial for estimating the Galactic contribution in dark matter and CMB-cosmology studies, determining the sources of UHECRs, and also modeling the transport of Galactic CRs since the halo…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-20 Glennys R. Farrar , Nafiun Awal , Deepak Khurana , Michael Sutherland

The study of propagation of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR) is a key step in order to unveil the secret of their origin. Up to now it was considered only the influence of the galactic and the extragalactic magnetic fields. In this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Pascal Chardonnet , Alvise Mattei

The full-sky multipole coefficients of the ultra-high energy cosmic ray (UHECR) flux have been measured for the first time by the Pierre Auger and Telescope Array collaborations using a joint data set with E > 10 EeV. We calculate these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 P. G. Tinyakov , F. R. Urban

We study the influence of the random part of the Galactic magnetic field on the propagation of ultra high-energy cosmic rays. Within very mild approximations about the properties of the electron density fluctuations in the Galaxy we are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-25 M. S. Pshirkov , P. G. Tinyakov , F. R. Urban

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

The energetics of electromagnetic acceleration of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) is constrained both by confinement of a particle within an acceleration site and by radiative energy losses of the particle in the confining magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Mikhail V. Medvedev

We summarise the results found following a study of the effects that Galactic magnetic fields can have on the propagation of cosmic rays from local extragalactic sources. This study focuses on the coherent structures in the Jansson-Farrar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-08 Andrew M. Taylor , A. M. Hillas

A dipole anisotropy in ultra-high-energy cosmic ray (UHECR) arrival directions, of extragalactic origin, is now firmly established at energies E > 8 EeV. Furthermore, the UHECR angular power spectrum shows no power at smaller angular scales…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-01 Teresa Bister , Glennys R. Farrar

The identification of potential sources of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) remains challenging due to magnetic deflections and propagation losses, which are particularly strong for nuclei. In previous iterations of this work, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-19 Keito Watanabe , Anatoli Fedynitch , Francesca Capel , Hiroyuki Sagawa

Unveiling the sources of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays remains one of the main challenges of high-energy astrophysics. Measurements of anisotropies in their arrival directions are key to identifying their sources, yet magnetic deflections…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-28 Marta Bianciotto

The detection of high-energy astrophysical multimessengers establishes a connection between ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) and powerful cosmic accelerators. Interactions of UHECRs with radiation fields and interstellar matter…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-14 Rodrigo Sasse , Rubens Costa , Adriel G. B Mocellin , Carlos H. Coimbra Araújo , Rita de Cássia dos Anjos

We measure the correlation between the arrival directions of the highest energy cosmic rays detected by the Pierre Auger Observatory with the position of the galaxies in the HI Parkes All Sky Survey (HIPASS) catalogue, weighted for their HI…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. Ghisellini , G. Ghirlanda , F. Tavecchio , F. Fraternali , G. Pareschi

Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) are atomic nuclei from space with vastly higher energies than any other particles ever observed. Their origin and chemical composition remain a mystery. As we show here, the large- and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-02 Chen Ding , Noemie Globus , Glennys R. Farrar

We reconstruct the trajectories of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR) - observed by the AGASA experiment - in the Galactic magnetic field assuming that all particles have the same charge. We then study correlations between the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 P. G. Tinyakov , I. I. Tkachev

Recent results from Pierre Auger Observatory, showing energy dependent chemical composition of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) with a growing fraction of heavy elements at high energies, suggest a possible non-negligible contribution…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-14 Antoine Calvez , Alexander Kusenko , Shigehiro Nagataki

Recent results from the Pierre Auger Observatory show energy dependent chemical composition of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECR) with a growing fraction of heavy elements at high energies. This points to a non-negligible contribution of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 Alexander Kusenko