Propagation of ultra high energy cosmic rays

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2008-10-14

arxiv.org/abs/0810.2501v1

New J.Phys.11:065013,2009

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

14 pages, 5 figures, to appear in the Focus Issue "High Energy Cosmic Rays" (eds. M. Teshima and A.A. Watson) of New Journal o

Scientific paper

10.1088/1367-2630/11/6/065013

We briefly describe the energy loss processes of ultrahigh energy protons, heavier nuclei and gamma rays in interactions with the universal photon fields of the Universe. We then discuss the modification of the accelerated cosmic ray energy spectrum in propagation by the energy loss processes and the charged cosmic ray scattering in the extragalactic magnetic fields. The energy lost by the ultrahigh energy cosmic rays goes into gamma rays and neutrinos that carry additional information about the sources of highest energy particles. The new experimental results of the HiRes and the Auger collaborations are discussed in view of the predictions from propagation calculations.

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