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We discuss the intergalactic propagation of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) with energies E \geq 10^{18.5} eV. We consider the propagation of UHECRs under the influence of the energy-dependent deflection by a weak random magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Abraham Achterberg , Yves A. Gallant , Colin A. Norman , Donald B. Melrose

We revisit the time delay incurred during ultra-high energy cosmic ray (UHECR) propagation over cosmological distances and its potential impact on the correlation between UHECR directions of arrival and long-lived sources (i.e., with duty…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-08 Rostom Mbarek , Damiano Caprioli

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

The existence of cosmic ray particles up to the ultra-high energy limit (> 10^20 eV) is now beyond any doubt. The detection of cosmic particles with such energies imposes a challenge for the comprehension of their sources and nature. On one…

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

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

Ultra high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) are believed to be protons accelerated in magnetized plasma outflows of extra-Galactic sources. The acceleration of protons to ~10^{20} eV requires a source power L>10^{47} erg/s. The absence of steady…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-28 Eli Waxman , Abraham Loeb

We present numerical simulations on propagation of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) above $10^{19}$ eV in a structured extragalactic magnetic field (EGMF) and simulate their arrival distributions at the earth. We use the IRAS PSCz…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Hajime Takami , Hiroyuki Yoshiguchi , Katsuhiko Sato

Ultrahigh energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) are believed to originate from astrophysical sources, which should trace the large scale structure (LSS) of the universe. On the other hand, the magnetic field in the intergalactic space (IGMF), which…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-06-29 Dongsu Ryu , Hyesung Kang , Santabrata Das

In this general introduction to Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) we discuss the propagation of UHE protons and the GZK feature that is expected approaching $10^{20}\eV$ for homogeneously distributed sources. We also briefly present…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Daniel De Marco

The origin of ultra-high energy cosmic rays $($UHECRs$)$ remains a mystery. It has been suggested that UHECRs can be produced by the stochastic acceleration in relativistic jets of gamma-ray bursts $($GRBs$)$ at the early afterglow phase.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-17 Ze-Lin Zhang , Ruo-Yu Liu , Xiang-Yu Wang

Protons of energies up to 10**20 eV can be subject to significant deflection and energy dependent time delay in lage scale extragalactic or halo magnetic fields of strengths comparable to current upper limits. By performing 3-dimensional…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-30 Martin Lemoine , Guenter Sigl , Angela V. Olinto , David N. Schramm

We study about ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) from transient sources, propagating in the Galactic and intergalactic space. Based on the recent observational results, we also estimate upper and lower bounds on the rate of transient…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-05 Kohta Murase , Hajime Takami

The origin, propagation, and mechanisms of acceleration of the ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) are not yet well understood. Aiming for a better interpretation of the available experimental data, these data have to be confronted with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-03-18 Rafael Alves Batista , Peter Schiffer , Guenter Sigl

We have performed the detailed numerical simulations on the propagation of the UHE protons in the energy range $E=(10^{19.5} - 10^{22.0}$) eV in the relatively strong extra-galactic magnetic field with strength $B= (10, 100)$ nG within…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Y. Ide , S. Nagataki , S. Tsubaki , H. Yoshiguchi , K. Sato

Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays, UHECR, are charged particles with energies between $\sim10^{18}\,{\rm eV}$ and $\sim3\times10^{20}\,{\rm eV}\sim50\,{\rm J}$. They exhibit fundamental physics at energies inaccessible to terrestrial…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-29 Noémie Globus , Roger Blandford

We considered propagation of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR) through the galaxy. We investigated models with sources of UHECR distributed in the same way as Cold Dark Matter (CDM) in a self-consistent way, taking into account both…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 O. E. Kalashev , V. A. Kuzmin , D. V. Semikoz

The propagation of UHECRs is affected by the intergalactic magnetic fields that were produced during the course of the large scale structure formation of the universe. We adopt a novel model where the large scale extragalactic magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Hyesung Kang , Santabrata Das , Dongsu Ryu , Jungyeon Cho

Ultra-high cosmic rays (UHECRs) with energies >10^19 eV emitted at cosmological distances will be attenuated by cosmic microwave and infrared background radiation through photohadronic processes. Lower energy extra-galactic cosmic rays…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-07-25 Xiang-Yu Wang , Ruo-Yu Liu , Felix Aharonian

We investigate the possibility that near future observations of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) can unveil their local source distribution, which reflects the observed local structures if their origins are astrophysical objects. In…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-18 Hajime Takami , Katsuhiko Sato
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