Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays from relic topological defects

Details Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays from relic topological defects Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays from relic topological defects

2001-03-09

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0103152v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, aipproc (included); to appear in the proceedings of the 20th Texas symposium

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.1419669

It is difficult for conventional sources to accelerate cosmic ray particles to the highest energies that have been observed. Topological defects such as monopoles and strings overcome this difficulty, because their natural energy scale is at or above the observed energies. Monopoles connected by strings are a particularly attractive source, because they would cluster in the galactic halo and thus explain the absence of the GZK cutoff. Heavy monopoles connected by light strings could last for the age of the universe as required. Further observations might support this model by detection of the anisotropy due to the halo, or might refute such models if strong clustering of arrival directions or correlations with known astrophysical objects are confirmed. All top-down models must contend with recent claims that the percentage of photons among the cosmic rays is smaller than such models predict.

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