Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-08-04
Int.J.Mod.Phys.A25:2917-2932,2010
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
18 pages, 4 figures. V.2: note added about recent Auger results. Accepted in IJMPA. V.3: arXiv metadata (title) corrected, no
Scientific paper
10.1142/S0217751X10048512
We analyze the active-galaxy correlation reported in 2007 by the Pierre Auger Collaboration. The signal diminishes if the correlation-function approach (counting all "source-event" pairs and not only "nearest neighbours") is used, suggesting that the correlation may reveal individual sources and not their population. We analyze available data on physical conditions in these individual correlated sources and conclude that acceleration of protons to the observed energies is hardly possible in any of these galaxies, while heavier nuclei would be deflected by the Galactic magnetic field thus spoiling the correlation. Our results question the Auger interpretation of the reported anisotropy signal but do not contradict to its explanation with intermediate-mass nuclei accelerated in Cen A.
Gureev Sergey
Troitsky Sergey
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