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Title:Constraining models for the origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with a novel combined analysis of arrival directions, spectrum, and composition data measured at the Pierre Auger Observatory
Authors:ID Abdul Halim, A. (Author)
ID Filipčič, Andrej (Author)
ID Lundquist, Jon Paul (Author)
ID Shivashankara, Shima Ujjani (Author)
ID Stanič, Samo (Author)
ID Vorobiov, Serguei (Author)
ID Zavrtanik, Danilo (Author)
ID Zavrtanik, Marko (Author)
Files:URL https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1475-7516/2024/01/022
 
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URL https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2024/01/022
 
Language:English
Work type:Unknown
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:UNG - University of Nova Gorica
Abstract:The combined fit of the measured energy spectrum and shower maximum depth distributions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays is known to constrain the parameters of astrophysical models with homogeneous source distributions. Studies of the distribution of the cosmic-ray arrival directions show a better agreement with models in which a fraction of the flux is non-isotropic and associated with the nearby radio galaxy Centaurus A or with catalogs such as that of starburst galaxies. Here, we present a novel combination of both analyses by a simultaneous fit of arrival directions, energy spectrum, and composition data measured at the Pierre Auger Observatory. The model takes into account a rigidity-dependent magnetic field blurring and an energy-dependent evolution of the catalog contribution shaped by interactions during propagation. We find that a model containing a flux contribution from the starburst galaxy catalog of around 20% at 40 EeV with a magnetic field blurring of around 20◦ for a rigidity of 10EV provides a fair simultaneous description of all three observables. The starburst galaxy model is favored with a significance of 4.5σ (considering experimental systematic effects) compared to a reference model with only homogeneously distributed background sources. By investigating a scenario with Centaurus A as a single source in combination with the homogeneous background, we confirm that this region of the sky provides the dominant contribution to the observed anisotropy signal. Models containing a catalog of jetted active galactic nuclei whose flux scales with the γ-ray emission are, however, disfavored as they cannot adequately describe the measured arrival directions.
Keywords:ultra high energy cosmic rays, cosmic ray experiments, Pierre Auger Observatory, active galactic nuclei
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Publication date:01.01.2024
Year of publishing:2024
Number of pages:str. 1-40
Numbering:Vol. 2024, no. 1, [article no.] 022
PID:20.500.12556/RUNG-8777 New window
COBISS.SI-ID:181667587 New window
UDC:52
ISSN on article:1475-7516
DOI:10.1088/1475-7516/2024/01/022 New window
NUK URN:URN:SI:UNG:REP:MQE6HMH3
Publication date in RUNG:19.01.2024
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ABDUL HALIM, A., FILIPČIČ, Andrej, LUNDQUIST, Jon Paul, SHIVASHANKARA, Shima Ujjani, STANIČ, Samo, VOROBIOV, Serguei, ZAVRTANIK, Danilo and ZAVRTANIK, Marko, 2024, Constraining models for the origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with a novel combined analysis of arrival directions, spectrum, and composition data measured at the Pierre Auger Observatory. Journal of cosmology and astroparticle physics [online]. 2024. Vol. 2024, no. 1,  022, p. 1–40. [Accessed 7 April 2025]. DOI 10.1088/1475-7516/2024/01/022. Retrieved from: https://repozitorij.ung.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=8777
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Title:Journal of cosmology and astroparticle physics
Publisher:Institute of Physics Pub.
ISSN:1475-7516
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Funder:ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
Project number:P1-0031
Name:Večglasniška astrofizika
Funder:ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
Project number:N1-0111
Name:Identifikacija izvorov kozmičnih žarkov med aktivnimi galaksijami s curki

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