Revisit to centaurus a as a point source of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays
- Authors
- Kim, Hang Bae
- Issue Date
- Feb-2013
- Publisher
- KOREAN PHYSICAL SOC
- Keywords
- Ultra-high energy cosmic rays; Active galactic nuclei; Centaurus A; Intergalactic magnetic field
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY, v.62, no.4, pp.708 - 712
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KCI
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY
- Volume
- 62
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 708
- End Page
- 712
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/143771
- DOI
- 10.3938/jkps.62.708
- ISSN
- 0374-4884
- Abstract
- The void regions found in the arrival direction distribution of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) observed by the Pierre Auger Observatory (PAO) may be an important clue in UHECR source hunting. We claim that there is a circular void band structure around the Centaurus A (Cen A) direction. We incorporated this observed void structure in the background contribution into the Cen A dominance model to improve the fitting of the arrival direction distribution. The best fit is obtained for the Cen A contribution fraction f (C) = 0.14 (The observed fraction at PAO is f (C,PAO) = 0.27, which means that 18 out of 69 observed UHECR are contributed by Cen A.) and the smearing angle theta (s) = 12A degrees with a maximum likelihood of L (max)= 0.68. The estimate for the intergalactic magnetic fields in the vicinity of the Cen A direction based on the UHECRs contributed by Cen A is B a parts per thousand 24Z (-1)(a"" (c) /M-pc)(-1/2) nG.
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