Constraints on top-down models for the origin of UHECRs from the Pierre Auger Observatory data

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2007-06-20

arxiv.org/abs/0706.2960v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Contribution to the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Merida, Mexico, July 2007

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Taking into account the Pierre Auger Observatory limits on the photon fraction among the highest energy cosmic rays, we show that the models based on the decay of super-heavy dark matter in the halo of our Galaxy are essentially excluded from being the sources of UHECRs unless their contribution becomes significant only above 100 EeV. Some top-down models based on topological defects are however compatible with the current data and may be best constrained in the future by the high-energy neutrino flux limit.

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