Ensemble fluctuations of the cosmic ray energy spectrum and the intergalactic magnetic field

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Supanitsky, Alberto Daniel; Medina Tanco, Gustavo Adolfo
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2015
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The origin of the most energetic cosmic ray particles is one of the most important open problems in astrophysics. Despite a big experimental effort done in the past years, the sources of these very energeticparticles remain unidentified. Therefore, their distribution on the Universe and even their space density are still unknown. It has been shown that different spatial configurations of the sources lead to different energy spectra and composition profiles (in the case of sources injecting heavy nuclei) at Earth. These ensemble fluctuations are more important at the highest energies, because only nearby sources, which are necessarily few, can contribute to the flux observed at Earth. This is due to the interaction of the cosmic rays with the low energy photons of the radiation field, present in the intergalactic medium, during propagation. It is believed that the intergalactic medium is permeated by a turbulent magnetic field. Although at present it is still unknown, there are several constraints for its intensity and coherence length obtained from different observational techniques. Charged cosmic rays are affected by the intergalactic magnetic field because of the bending of their trajectories during propagation through the intergalactic medium. In this work, the influence of the intergalactic magnetic field on the ensemble fluctuations is studied. Sources injecting only protons and only iron nuclei are considered. The ensemble fluctuations are studied for different values of the density of sources compatible with the constraints recently obtained from cosmic ray data. Also, the possible detection of the ensemble fluctuations in the context of the future JEM-EUSO mission is discussed.
Fil: Supanitsky, Alberto Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; Argentina
Fil: Medina Tanco, Gustavo Adolfo. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares; México
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Intergalactic Magnetic Field
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spelling Ensemble fluctuations of the cosmic ray energy spectrum and the intergalactic magnetic fieldSupanitsky, Alberto DanielMedina Tanco, Gustavo AdolfoCosmic RaysIntergalactic Magnetic Fieldhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1The origin of the most energetic cosmic ray particles is one of the most important open problems in astrophysics. Despite a big experimental effort done in the past years, the sources of these very energeticparticles remain unidentified. Therefore, their distribution on the Universe and even their space density are still unknown. It has been shown that different spatial configurations of the sources lead to different energy spectra and composition profiles (in the case of sources injecting heavy nuclei) at Earth. These ensemble fluctuations are more important at the highest energies, because only nearby sources, which are necessarily few, can contribute to the flux observed at Earth. This is due to the interaction of the cosmic rays with the low energy photons of the radiation field, present in the intergalactic medium, during propagation. It is believed that the intergalactic medium is permeated by a turbulent magnetic field. Although at present it is still unknown, there are several constraints for its intensity and coherence length obtained from different observational techniques. Charged cosmic rays are affected by the intergalactic magnetic field because of the bending of their trajectories during propagation through the intergalactic medium. In this work, the influence of the intergalactic magnetic field on the ensemble fluctuations is studied. Sources injecting only protons and only iron nuclei are considered. The ensemble fluctuations are studied for different values of the density of sources compatible with the constraints recently obtained from cosmic ray data. Also, the possible detection of the ensemble fluctuations in the context of the future JEM-EUSO mission is discussed.Fil: Supanitsky, Alberto Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; ArgentinaFil: Medina Tanco, Gustavo Adolfo. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares; MéxicoAmerican Physical Society2015-06info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/17584Supanitsky, Alberto Daniel; Medina Tanco, Gustavo Adolfo; Ensemble fluctuations of the cosmic ray energy spectrum and the intergalactic magnetic field; American Physical Society; Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation And Cosmology; 91; 12; 6-2015; 1-13; 1230061550-7998enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.91.123006info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.91.123006info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:24:38Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/17584instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:24:39.149CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Ensemble fluctuations of the cosmic ray energy spectrum and the intergalactic magnetic field
title Ensemble fluctuations of the cosmic ray energy spectrum and the intergalactic magnetic field
spellingShingle Ensemble fluctuations of the cosmic ray energy spectrum and the intergalactic magnetic field
Supanitsky, Alberto Daniel
Cosmic Rays
Intergalactic Magnetic Field
title_short Ensemble fluctuations of the cosmic ray energy spectrum and the intergalactic magnetic field
title_full Ensemble fluctuations of the cosmic ray energy spectrum and the intergalactic magnetic field
title_fullStr Ensemble fluctuations of the cosmic ray energy spectrum and the intergalactic magnetic field
title_full_unstemmed Ensemble fluctuations of the cosmic ray energy spectrum and the intergalactic magnetic field
title_sort Ensemble fluctuations of the cosmic ray energy spectrum and the intergalactic magnetic field
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Supanitsky, Alberto Daniel
Medina Tanco, Gustavo Adolfo
author Supanitsky, Alberto Daniel
author_facet Supanitsky, Alberto Daniel
Medina Tanco, Gustavo Adolfo
author_role author
author2 Medina Tanco, Gustavo Adolfo
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Cosmic Rays
Intergalactic Magnetic Field
topic Cosmic Rays
Intergalactic Magnetic Field
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The origin of the most energetic cosmic ray particles is one of the most important open problems in astrophysics. Despite a big experimental effort done in the past years, the sources of these very energeticparticles remain unidentified. Therefore, their distribution on the Universe and even their space density are still unknown. It has been shown that different spatial configurations of the sources lead to different energy spectra and composition profiles (in the case of sources injecting heavy nuclei) at Earth. These ensemble fluctuations are more important at the highest energies, because only nearby sources, which are necessarily few, can contribute to the flux observed at Earth. This is due to the interaction of the cosmic rays with the low energy photons of the radiation field, present in the intergalactic medium, during propagation. It is believed that the intergalactic medium is permeated by a turbulent magnetic field. Although at present it is still unknown, there are several constraints for its intensity and coherence length obtained from different observational techniques. Charged cosmic rays are affected by the intergalactic magnetic field because of the bending of their trajectories during propagation through the intergalactic medium. In this work, the influence of the intergalactic magnetic field on the ensemble fluctuations is studied. Sources injecting only protons and only iron nuclei are considered. The ensemble fluctuations are studied for different values of the density of sources compatible with the constraints recently obtained from cosmic ray data. Also, the possible detection of the ensemble fluctuations in the context of the future JEM-EUSO mission is discussed.
Fil: Supanitsky, Alberto Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; Argentina
Fil: Medina Tanco, Gustavo Adolfo. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares; México
description The origin of the most energetic cosmic ray particles is one of the most important open problems in astrophysics. Despite a big experimental effort done in the past years, the sources of these very energeticparticles remain unidentified. Therefore, their distribution on the Universe and even their space density are still unknown. It has been shown that different spatial configurations of the sources lead to different energy spectra and composition profiles (in the case of sources injecting heavy nuclei) at Earth. These ensemble fluctuations are more important at the highest energies, because only nearby sources, which are necessarily few, can contribute to the flux observed at Earth. This is due to the interaction of the cosmic rays with the low energy photons of the radiation field, present in the intergalactic medium, during propagation. It is believed that the intergalactic medium is permeated by a turbulent magnetic field. Although at present it is still unknown, there are several constraints for its intensity and coherence length obtained from different observational techniques. Charged cosmic rays are affected by the intergalactic magnetic field because of the bending of their trajectories during propagation through the intergalactic medium. In this work, the influence of the intergalactic magnetic field on the ensemble fluctuations is studied. Sources injecting only protons and only iron nuclei are considered. The ensemble fluctuations are studied for different values of the density of sources compatible with the constraints recently obtained from cosmic ray data. Also, the possible detection of the ensemble fluctuations in the context of the future JEM-EUSO mission is discussed.
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Supanitsky, Alberto Daniel; Medina Tanco, Gustavo Adolfo; Ensemble fluctuations of the cosmic ray energy spectrum and the intergalactic magnetic field; American Physical Society; Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation And Cosmology; 91; 12; 6-2015; 1-13; 123006
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