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We use an updated version of {\it SimProp}, a Monte Carlo simulation scheme for the propagation of ultra-high energy cosmic rays, to compute cosmogenic neutrino fluxes expected on Earth in various scenarios. These fluxes are compared with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-07 R. Aloisio , D. Boncioli , A di Matteo , A. F. Grillo , S. Petrera , F. Salamida

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

The clustering of ultra high energy (above 10^20 eV) cosmic rays (UHECR) suggests that they might be emitted by compact sources. Statistical analysis of Dubovsky et al. (Phys. Rev. Lett. 85 (2000) 1154) estimated the source density. We…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-12-31 Z. Fodor , S. D. Katz

We studied how the intergalactic magnetic field (IGMF) affects the propagation of super-GZK protons that originate from extragalactic sources within the local GZK sphere. Toward this end, we set up hypothetical sources of ultra-high-energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 Dongsu Ryu , Santabrata Das , Hyesung Kang

Simple arguments concerning power and acceleration efficiency show that ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRS) with energies >~ 10^{19} eV could originate from GRBs. Neutrons formed through photo-pion production processes in GRB blast waves…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 C. D. Dermer

We estimate the local number density of sources of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) based on the statistical features of their arrival direction distribution. We calculate the arrival distributions of protons above $10^{19}$ eV taking…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Hajime Takami , Katsuhiko Sato

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

The origin of cosmic rays is one of the major unresolved questions in astrophysics. In particular, the highest energy cosmic rays observed possess macroscopic energies and their origin is likely associated with the most energetic processes…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Guenter Sigl

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 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

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

We consider the propagation of ultra high energy cosmic rays through turbulent magnetic fields and study the transition between the regimes of single and multiple images of point-like sources. The transition occurs at energies around…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Diego Harari , Silvia Mollerach , Esteban Roulet , Federico Sanchez

The apparent lack of suitable astrophysical sources for the observed highest energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) within $\approx 20$ Mpc is the "GZK Paradox". We constrain representative models of the extra-galactic magnetic field structure by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Glennys R. Farrar , Tsvi Piran

The composition of ultra-high energy (UHE) cosmic rays E>10^17 eV is still unknown. The observation of UHE photons would extend the observed electromagnetic spectrum to highest energy and open a new channel for multimessenger observations…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-06-18 Daniel Kuempel , Karl-Heinz Kampert , Markus Risse

This is a review of neutrino astronomy anchored to the observational fact that Nature accelerates protons and photons to energies in excess of $10^{20}$ and $10^{13}$ eV, respectively. Although the discovery of cosmic rays dates back close…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Francis Halzen , Dan Hooper

We discuss the production of ultra high energy neutrinos coming from the propagation of ultra high energy cosmic rays and in the framework of top-down models for the production of these extremely energetic particles. We show the importance…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-21 Roberto Aloisio

We discuss the basic features of the propagation of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays in astrophysical backgrounds, comparing two alternative computation schemes to compute the expected fluxes. We also discuss the issue of the transition among…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-06-28 Roberto Aloisio

If ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) are accelerated at astrophysical point sources, the identification of such sources can be achieved if there is some kind of radiation at observable wavelengths that may be associated with the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. Ferrigno , P. Blasi , D. De Marco

We predict energy spectra and angular distributions of nucleons above 10**(19) eV that originate from sources distributed in the Local Supercluster, which is also supposed to contain a large scale magnetic field of strength between 0.05 and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Martin Lemoine , Guenter Sigl , Peter Biermann

It is shown that bulk acceleration during reconnection of extremely strong magnetic fields near compact objects can accelerate ions to Lorentz factors of $\sim 10^2 \sigma^{3/5}$ under general conditions, where $\sigma$, the magnetic energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 David Eichler