Correlation of the highest energy cosmic rays with nearby extragalactic objects

Using data collected at the Pierre Auger Observatory during the past 3.7 years, we demonstrated a correlation between the arrival directions of cosmic rays with energy above 6 × 1019 electron volts and the positions of active galactic nuclei (AGN) lying within ∼75 megaparsecs. We rejected the hypoth...

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Autores principales: Badagnani, Daniel Omar, Dova, María Teresa, Epele, Luis Nicolás, Gómez Albarracín, Flavia Alejandra, Grunfeld, Christian Martín, Manceñido, Mónica E., Mariazzi, Analisa Gabriela, Moreno, Juan Cruz, Sciutto, Sergio Juan, Tueros, Matías Jorge, Veiga, Alejandro Luis, Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo, The Pierre Auger Collaboration
Formato: Articulo Preprint
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2007
Materias:
Física
Correlation
Cosmic rays
Extragalactic sources
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/127997
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topic Física
Correlation
Cosmic rays
Extragalactic sources
spellingShingle Física
Correlation
Cosmic rays
Extragalactic sources
Badagnani, Daniel Omar
Dova, María Teresa
Epele, Luis Nicolás
Gómez Albarracín, Flavia Alejandra
Grunfeld, Christian Martín
Manceñido, Mónica E.
Mariazzi, Analisa Gabriela
Moreno, Juan Cruz
Sciutto, Sergio Juan
Tueros, Matías Jorge
Veiga, Alejandro Luis
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The Pierre Auger Collaboration
Correlation of the highest energy cosmic rays with nearby extragalactic objects
topic_facet Física
Correlation
Cosmic rays
Extragalactic sources
description Using data collected at the Pierre Auger Observatory during the past 3.7 years, we demonstrated a correlation between the arrival directions of cosmic rays with energy above 6 × 1019 electron volts and the positions of active galactic nuclei (AGN) lying within ∼75 megaparsecs. We rejected the hypothesis of an isotropic distribution of these cosmic rays with at least a 99% confidence level from a prescribed a priori test. The correlation we observed is compatible with the hypothesis that the highest-energy particles originate from nearby extragalactic sources whose flux has not been substantially reduced by interaction with the cosmic background radiation. AGN or objects having a similar spatial distribution are possible sources.
format Articulo
Preprint
author Badagnani, Daniel Omar
Dova, María Teresa
Epele, Luis Nicolás
Gómez Albarracín, Flavia Alejandra
Grunfeld, Christian Martín
Manceñido, Mónica E.
Mariazzi, Analisa Gabriela
Moreno, Juan Cruz
Sciutto, Sergio Juan
Tueros, Matías Jorge
Veiga, Alejandro Luis
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The Pierre Auger Collaboration
author_facet Badagnani, Daniel Omar
Dova, María Teresa
Epele, Luis Nicolás
Gómez Albarracín, Flavia Alejandra
Grunfeld, Christian Martín
Manceñido, Mónica E.
Mariazzi, Analisa Gabriela
Moreno, Juan Cruz
Sciutto, Sergio Juan
Tueros, Matías Jorge
Veiga, Alejandro Luis
Wahlberg, Hernán Pablo
The Pierre Auger Collaboration
author_sort Badagnani, Daniel Omar
title Correlation of the highest energy cosmic rays with nearby extragalactic objects
title_short Correlation of the highest energy cosmic rays with nearby extragalactic objects
title_full Correlation of the highest energy cosmic rays with nearby extragalactic objects
title_fullStr Correlation of the highest energy cosmic rays with nearby extragalactic objects
title_full_unstemmed Correlation of the highest energy cosmic rays with nearby extragalactic objects
title_sort correlation of the highest energy cosmic rays with nearby extragalactic objects
publishDate 2007
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/127997
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