The Galactic Center as a point source of neutrons at EeV energies

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2007-02-21

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0702554v1

Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl.165:280-286,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2006.11.04

The central region of our Galaxy is a very peculiar environment, containing magnetic fields in excess of 100 mG and gas densities reaching ~ 10^4cm^-3. This region was observed as a strong source of GeV and TeVs gammas, what suggests that a mechanism of proton-neutron conversion could be taking place therein. We propose that the Galactic Center must also be a source of EeV neutrons due to the conversion of ultra high energy cosmic ray protons into neutrons via p-p interactions inside this region. This scenario should be falsifiable by the Pierre Auger Observatory after a few years of full exposure.

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