Correlations between Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays and AGNs

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2009-04-27

arxiv.org/abs/0904.4277v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

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We investigate several aspects of the correlations reported by the Pierre Auger Observatory between the highest energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) and galaxies in the Veron-Cetty Veron (VCV) catalog of AGNs. First, we quantify the extent of the inhomogeneity and impurity of the VCV catalog. Second, we determine how the correlation between the highest energy Auger UHECRs and VCV galaxies is modified when only optically-identified AGNs are used. Finally, we measure the correlation between the published Auger UHECRs and the distribution of matter. Our most important finding is that the correlation between UHECRs and AGNs is too strong to be explained purely by AGNs tracing the large scale distribution of matter, indicating that (barring the correlation being a statistical fluke) some substantial fraction of UHECRs are produced by AGNs. We also find that once we take into account the heavy oversampling of the VCV catalog in the Virgo region, the lack of UHECR events from that region is not incompatible with UHECR having AGN sources.

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