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光谱形状和光子分数作为GZK截止的特征

The Spectral Shape and Photon Fraction as Signatures of the GZK-Cutoff

Andrew M. Taylor, Felix A. Aharonian

摘要:

随着测量到达的次级光子的分数的前景,通过超高能宇宙线(UHECR)质子与微波背景在传播过程中的光子-π能量损失相互作用产生的,我们研究如何从初级(质子)次级(光子)比推断出有关本地UHECR源分布的信息。为了帮助实现这一点,我们开发了一个解析描述的粒子种群作为传播时间的函数。通过考虑的GZK截止和相应的光子分数曲线的形状,我们调查了不同的最大质子能量注入的源,以及在本地源分布的变化后的扰动变形远离均匀的描述预期的不同结果。在文章的最后,考虑这些结果是如何修改通过河外磁场对质子传播的影响。本文的目的是演示如何在截止区域的宇宙线通量的形状,以及光子分数,是有用的指标的截止起源以及当地的UHECR源分布。

英文摘要:

With the prospect of measuring the fraction of arriving secondary photons, produced through photo-pion energy loss interactions of ultra high energy cosmic ray (UHECR) protons with the microwave background during propagation, we investigate how information about the local UHECR source distribution can be inferred from the primary (proton) to secondary (photon) ratio. As an aid to achieve this, we develop an analytic description for both particle populations as a function of propagation time. Through a consideration of the shape of the GZK cut-off and the corresponding photon fraction curve, we investigate the different results expected for both different maximum proton energies injected by the sources, as well as a change in the local source distribution following a perturbative deformation away from a homogeneous description. At the end of the paper, consideration is made as to how these results are modified through extra-galactic magnetic field effects on proton propagation. The paper aims to demonstrate how the shape of the cosmic ray flux in the cut-off region, along with the photon fraction, are useful indicators of the cutoff origin as well as the local UHECR source distribution.

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