scholarly journals Time structure and multi-messenger signatures of ultra-high energy cosmic ray sources

2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 065014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Günter Sigl
2019 ◽  
Vol 210 ◽  
pp. 02001
Author(s):  
Sergey Ostapchenko

The differences between contemporary Monte Carlo generators of high energy hadronic interactions are discussed and their impact on the interpretation of experimental data on ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) is studied. Key directions for further model improvements are outlined. The prospect for a coherent interpretation of the data in terms of the UHECR composition is investigated.


2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (03) ◽  
pp. 299-317
Author(s):  
E. STRAZZERI ◽  
O. CATALANO ◽  
B. SBARUFATTI

In the context of detection of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Ray (UHECR) showers from space the details of fluorescence light production and transmission in the atmosphere are given. An analytical model of the fluorescence yield, in dependence on nitrogen molecular parameters and the atmospheric conditions, is presented. Seasonal and geographical variations of the total fluorescence photon yield between 300 nm and 400 nm in air excited by 0.85 MeV electrons are shown as a function of the altitude, using different atmospheric models. In the frame of a satellite-based UHECR experiment the fluorescence yield has been corrected by the overall atmospheric transmission which takes into account, in the simplest approximation, the wavelength-dependent scattering and absorption of the fluorescence light from air molecules, from stratospheric ozone, and from aerosol. The effect of the atmospheric attenuation on the fluorescence yield is shown as a function of the altitude of the emission point of light.


2021 ◽  
Vol 128 ◽  
pp. 102564
Author(s):  
Lukas Merten ◽  
Margot Boughelilba ◽  
Anita Reimer ◽  
Paolo Da Vela ◽  
Serguei Vorobiov ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 39-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. L. Biermann ◽  
L. I. Caramete ◽  
A. Meli ◽  
B. N. Nath ◽  
E.-S. Seo ◽  
...  

Abstract. A model is introduced, in which the irregularity spectrum of the Galactic magnetic field beyond the dissipation length scale is first a Kolmogorov spectrum k-5/3 at small scales λ = 2 π/k with k the wave-number, then a saturation spectrum k-1, and finally a shock-dominated spectrum k-2 mostly in the halo/wind outside the Cosmic Ray disk. In an isotropic approximation such a model is consistent with the Interstellar Medium (ISM) data. With this model we discuss the Galactic Cosmic Ray (GCR) spectrum, as well as the extragalactic Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs), their chemical abundances and anisotropies. UHECRs may include a proton component from many radio galaxies integrated over vast distances, visible already below 3 EeV.


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