Anisotropy and chemical composition of ultra-high energy cosmic rays using arrival directions measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory

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Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2011

Journal

Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD

Article Number: ARTN 022

Journal Issue: 6

DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/06/022

Abstract

The Pierre Auger Collaboration has reported. evidence for anisotropy in the distribution of arrival directions of the cosmic rays with energies E > E-th = 5.5 x 10(19) eV. These show a correlation with the distribution of nearby extragalactic objects, including an apparent excess around the direction of Centaurus A. If the particles responsible for these excesses at E > E-th are heavy nuclei with charge Z, the proton component of the sources should lead to excesses in the same regions at energies E/Z. We here report the lack of anisotropies in these directions at energies above E-th/Z (for illustrative values of Z = 6, 13, 26). If the anisotropies above E-th are due to nuclei with charge Z, and under reasonable assumptions about the acceleration process, these observations imply stringent constraints on the allowed proton fraction at the lower energies.

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APA:

Abreu, P., Aglietta, M., Ahn, E.J., Albuquerque, J.F.M., Allard, D., Allekotte, I.,... Ziolkowski, M. (2011). Anisotropy and chemical composition of ultra-high energy cosmic rays using arrival directions measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 6. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2011/06/022

MLA:

Abreu, Pedro, et al. "Anisotropy and chemical composition of ultra-high energy cosmic rays using arrival directions measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory." Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 6 (2011).

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