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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Anisotropy and chemical composition of ultra-high energy cosmic rays using arrival directions measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory |
Author: | Barber, K. Bellido Caceres, J. Clay, R. Cooper, M. Dawson, B. Herve, A. Holmes, V. Sorokin, J. Wahrlich, P. Whelan, B. Winnick, M. |
Citation: | Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2011; 2011(6):1-16 |
Publisher: | Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
ISSN: | 1475-7516 1475-7516 |
Statement of Responsibility: | K.B. Barber... J.A. Bellido... R.W. Clay... M.J. Cooper... B.R. Dawson... A.E. Herve... V.C. Holmes... J. Sorokin... P. Wahrlich... B.J. Whelan... M.G. Winnick... et al., for The Pierre Auger Collaboration |
Abstract: | The Pierre Auger Collaboration has reported evidence for anisotropy in the distribution of arrival directions of the cosmic rays with energies E > Eth = 5.5 × 1019 eV. These show a correlation with the distribution of nearby extragalactic objects, including an apparent excess around the direction of Centaurus A. If the particles responsible for these excesses at E > Eth are heavy nuclei with charge Z, the proton component of the sources should lead to excesses in the same regions at energies E/Z. We here report the lack of anisotropies in these directions at energies above Eth/Z (for illustrative values of Z = 6,13,26). If the anisotropies above Eth are due to nuclei with charge Z, and under reasonable assumptions about the acceleration process, these observations imply stringent constraints on the allowed proton fraction at the lower energies. |
Keywords: | ultra high energy cosmic rays cosmic ray experiments |
Rights: | © 2011 IOP Publishing Ltd and SISSA |
DOI: | 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/06/022 |
Grant ID: | ARC |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2011/06/022 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Physics publications |
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