The mysterious ultra high energy cosmic ray clustering
We examine the correlation between compact radio quasars (redshifts in the range z = 0.3–2.2) and the arrival direction of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays forming clusters. Our Monte Carlo simulation reveals a statistically significant correlation on the AGASA sample: the chance probability of this eff...
| Autores: | , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2001 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/32122 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/32122 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Quasars Cosmic rays Monte Carlo simulations https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Sumario: | We examine the correlation between compact radio quasars (redshifts in the range z = 0.3–2.2) and the arrival direction of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays forming clusters. Our Monte Carlo simulation reveals a statistically significant correlation on the AGASA sample: the chance probability of this effect being less than 1%. The implications of this result on the origin of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays are discussed. |
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