Published July 30, 2012
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Journal article
Cosmic rays at the highest energies
Creators
- 1. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 (United States)
Description
After a century of observations, we still do not know the origin of cosmic rays. I will review the current state of cosmic ray observations at the highest energies, and their implications for proposed acceleration models and secondary astroparticle fluxes. Possible sources have narrowed down with the confirmation of a GZK-like spectral feature. The anisotropy observed by the Pierre Auger Observatory may signal the dawn of particle astronomy raising hopes for high energy neutrino observations. However, composition related measurements point to a different interpretation. A clear resolution of this mystery calls for much larger statistics than the reach of current observatories.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/375/1/052001Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 375
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Journal Page Range
- [8 p.]
- ISSN
- 1742-6596
Conference
- Title
- 12. international conference on topics in astroparticle and underground physics
- Acronym
- TAUP 2011
- Dates
- 5-9 Sep 2011
- Place
- Munich (Germany)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 43107643
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ANISOTROPY; ASTROPHYSICS; COSMIC NEUTRINOS; COSMIC RAY DETECTION; COSMIC RAY SOURCES; ENERGY SPECTRA; RESOLUTION; REVIEWS; STATISTICS
- Descriptors DEC
- COSMIC RADIATION; DETECTION; DOCUMENT TYPES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICS; NEUTRINOS; PHYSICS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATIONS; SPECTRA