Speaker
Alexander Kusenko
(UCLA)
Description
First, I will present new evidence, from gamma-ray observations of blazars, that cosmic rays are, indeed, accelerated in AGNs. Second, I will discuss the plausibility of a substantial contribution of transient galactic sources, such as past GRBs and hypernovae, to the observed flux of cosmic-ray nuclei. The likely contamination of UHECR data by the nuclei from past galactic stellar explosions creates new challenges for cosmic-ray astronomy. At the same time, it creates new opportunities for reconstructing galactic magnetic field and for "astro-archaeology". Finally, I will discuss some observational signatures of astrophysical nuclear accelerators.
Primary author
Alexander Kusenko
(UCLA)
