Conveners
Source models and theory challanges of UHECRs
- Paul Sommers (Penn State University)
Description
Contributed talks 6x15+5 min
Sergey Troitsky
(Russian Academy of Sciences (RU))
2/15/12, 2:00 PM
talk
I discuss possible sites of acceleration of UHECRs by regular electromagnetic fields in astrophysical sources. A plausible mechanism of acceleration works in the vicinity of supermassive black holes in active galactic nuclei. It is motivated by relatively high density of UHECR sources as suggested by both statistics of clustering and the shape of the GZK cutoff. However, I demonstrate that the...
Gwenael Giacinti
(NTNU Trondheim, Norway)
2/15/12, 2:20 PM
talk
In this work, we investigate the impacts a potential shift towards a heavy composition at the end of the spectrum would have on the future data. We present detailed simulations for the propagation of ultra-high energy heavy nuclei, with E > 60 EeV, within recent Galactic Magnetic Field (GMF) models. We both consider the regular and turbulent components of the GMF. We show that with UHE heavy...
Prof.
Daniele Fargion
(Rome University 1 Sapienza and INFN)
2/15/12, 2:40 PM
talk
Since last decades UHECR models teach us that at EeV energy UHECR are mostly of extragalactic origin. Moreover earliest (2007) AUGER at 55 EeV energy events were suggesting an UHECR GZK cut off and arrival map correlated with super-galactic plane, SGP,inside the expected GZK volume traced by protons. However the same AUGER composition imprint favoured nuclei (heavy or light) and not...
Alexander Kusenko
(UCLA)
2/15/12, 3:00 PM
talk
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...
Dr
Andrew Taylor
(ISDC, University of Geneva)
2/15/12, 3:20 PM
talk
Using the recent Auger energy spectrum and composition
analysis results, an investigation is carried out into the requirements
placed on the UHECR sources. The spatial distribution of these
sources is investigated along with the energy distribution of UHECR
they output. These investigations reveal the need for local UHECR
sources which output a hard spectrum of intermediate/heavy...
