Physics – Nuclear Physics
Scientific paper
May 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009nuphs.190..169r&link_type=abstract
Nuclear Physics B Proceedings Supplements, Volume 190, p. 169-173.
Physics
Nuclear Physics
4
Scientific paper
We discuss the recent results of the Pierre Auger Observatory showing a correlation between the highest energy cosmic rays and the nearby extragalactic matter distribution. This was established from a comparison of the arrival directions detected and the positions of the known AGNs. By performing a scan over the maximum angular separation, the maximum AGN redshift and the threshold energy considered, the largest significance was obtained for angles of 3.2°, distances of 71 Mpc and energies above 57 EeV, for which 20 events out of 27 are found to be in correlation, while on average only 5.6 were expected to be correlated by chance if the distribution was isotropic. In general the correlation is significant for angles smaller than 6° and distances up to 100 Mpc. This indicates that the highest energy cosmic rays are extragalactic and supports the conclusion that the observed suppression in the cosmic ray spectrum at the highest energies is indeed due to the GZK effect rather than to the exhaustion of the acceleration power of the sources.
Pierre Auger Collaboration
Roulet Esteban
No associations
LandOfFree
Correlations with nearby AGN measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.
If you have personal experience with Correlations with nearby AGN measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Correlations with nearby AGN measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1110429