Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2012-02-02
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
10 pages, 6 figures, Proceedings of the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Beijing, 2011
Scientific paper
Recent international efforts have brought us closer to unveiling the century old mystery of the origin of cosmic rays. Cosmic ray, gamma ray, and neutrino observatories are reaching the necessary sensitivity to study the highest energy cosmic accelerators and to begin the use of cosmic particles to study particle interactions above laboratory energies. The number of known gamma-ray sources has increased by orders of magnitude. Possible cosmic ray sources have narrowed down with the confirmation of an ankle and the GZK-like spectral feature at the highest energies. Anisotropies in the distribution of arrival directions of cosmic rays at intermediate energies show a complex local neighborhood of the Galaxy. At the highest energies the dawn of particle astronomy is still challenging while composition related measurements point to a change in the composition or the interaction of cosmic rays at ultrahigh energies. A clear resolution of the ultrahigh energy mystery calls for a significant increase in statistics of cosmic ray and neutrino observations.
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