Published April 30, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Ultra High Energy Cosmic Ray, Neutrino, and Photon Propagation and the Multi-Messenger Approach

  • 1. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik Postfach 10 39 80, D-69029 Heidelberg (Germany)
  • 2. Departamento de Fisica, Universidad Simon Bolivar Ap 89000, Caracas 1080-A (Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of)
  • 3. Seccion Fisica, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Apartado 1761, Lima (Peru)

Description

The propagation of UHECR nuclei for A = 1(protons) to A = 56(iron) from cosmological sources through extragalactic space is discussed in the first lecture. This is followed in the second and third lectures by a consideration of the generation and propagation of secondary particles produced via the UHECR loss interactions. In the second lecture we focus on the generation of the diffuse cosmogenic UHE-neutrino flux. In the third lecture we investigate the arriving flux of UHE-photon flux at Earth. In the final lecture the results of the previous lectures are put together in order to provide new insights into UHECR sources. The first of these providing a means with which to investigate the local population of UHECR sources through the measurement of the UHECR spectrum and their photon fraction at Earth. The second of these providing contraints on the UHECR source radiation fields through the possible observation at Earth of UHECR nuclei.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1123
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 94-114
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
3. school on cosmic rays and astrophysics
Dates
25 Aug - 5 Sep 2008
Place
Arequipa (Peru)

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(c) 2009 American Institute of Physics