Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-09-16
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
6 pages, 8 figures
Scientific paper
We consider the dependence of ultra-high energy cosmic ray (UHECR) flux predictions on the choice of galaxy catalogue. We demonstrate that model predictions by Koers & Tinyakov (2009b), based on the so-called KKKST catalogue, are in good agreement with predictions based on the XSCz catalogue, a recently compiled catalogue that contains spectroscopic redshifts for a large fraction of galaxies. This agreement refutes the claim by Kashti (2009) that the KKKST catalogue is not suited for studies of UHECR anisotropy due to its dependence on photometric redshift estimates. In order to quantify the effect of galaxy catalogues on flux predictions, we develop a measure of anisotropies associated with model flux maps. This measure offers a general criterion to study the effect of model parameters and assumptions on the predicted strength of UHECR anisotropies.
Koers Hylke B. J.
Tinyakov Peter
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