Cosmic-rays in the local Supercluster

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2010
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  • A statistical significant coincidence between the arrival direction of the highest energy (E¿101 9eV )cosmic- rayeventsandnearbyactivegalacticnucleicoarselyalignedwiththesupergalacticplanehavebeenclaimedbythe rayaccelerationandconf inementleadstoanenhancedcosmicrayenergydensitywithinthelocalsuperclustera raysintheenvironmentof thelocalSuperclusterwillleadtointeractionswithambientdif f usephotonf ieldslik productionandpairproductionleadtotheinjectionof secondaryparticleslikeelectrons, neutrinos, andhigh- energyphotonswhichsubsequentlyundergophoton-photonpair-productionandInverse-Comptonscatteri rayf luxf romthesupergalacticplanewithtwobroadmaximaaround10 12 and 1019 eV respectively. A detection of the ultra high energy photon flux with the Auger-North observatory can be used to determine the cosmic-ray energy density in the local supercluster.
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  • info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
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Forschungsinformationssystem der UHH

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