Combined fit of spectrum and composition data as measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory

Authors

• A. Aab, Radboud University Nijmegen
• P. Abreu, Instituto Superior Técnico
• M. Aglietta, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino
• I. Al Samarai, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies
• I. F.M. Albuquerque, Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP
• I. Allekotte, Centro Atomico Bariloche
• A. Almela, Centro Atomico Constituyentes
• J. Alvarez Castillo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
• J. Alvarez-Muñiz, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
• G. A. Anastasi, Gran Sasso Science Institute
• L. Anchordoqui, Lehman College
• B. Andrada, Centro Atomico Constituyentes
• S. Andringa, Instituto Superior Técnico
• C. Aramo, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli
• F. Arqueros, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
• N. Arsene, Universitatea din Bucuresti
• H. Asorey, Centro Atomico Bariloche
• P. Assis, Instituto Superior Técnico
• J. Aublin, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies
• G. Avila, Pierre Auger Observatory
• A. M. Badescu, University Politehnica of Bucharest
• A. Balaceanu, Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering
• R. J.Barreira Luz, Instituto Superior Técnico
• J. J. Beatty, The Ohio State University
• K. H. Becker, Bergische Universitat Wuppertal
• J. A. Bellido, The University of Adelaide
• C. Berat, Universite Grenoble Alpes
• M. E. Bertaina, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino
• X. Bertou, Centro Atomico Bariloche
• P. L. Biermann, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
• P. Billoir, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies
• J. Biteau, Institut de Physique Nucléaire Orsay

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-20-2017

Abstract

© 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab srl . We present a combined fit of a simple astrophysical model of UHECR sources to both the energy spectrum and mass composition data measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory. The fit has been performed for energies above 5 ċ 1018 eV, i.e. the region of the all-particle spectrum above the so-called "ankle" feature. The astrophysical model we adopted consists of identical sources uniformly distributed in a comoving volume, where nuclei are accelerated through a rigidity-dependent mechanism. The fit results suggest sources characterized by relatively low maximum injection energies, hard spectra and heavy chemical composition. We also show that uncertainties about physical quantities relevant to UHECR propagation and shower development have a non-negligible impact on the fit results.

Publication Title

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Recommended Citation

Aab, A., Abreu, P., Aglietta, M., Samarai, I., Albuquerque, I., Allekotte, I., Almela, A., Castillo, J., Alvarez-Muñiz, J., Anastasi, G., Anchordoqui, L., Andrada, B., Andringa, S., Aramo, C., Arqueros, F., Arsene, N., Asorey, H., Assis, P., Aublin, J., Avila, G., Badescu, A., Balaceanu, A., Luz, R., Beatty, J., Becker, K., Bellido, J., Berat, C., Bertaina, M., Bertou, X., Biermann, P., Billoir, P., & Biteau, J. (2017). Combined fit of spectrum and composition data as measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2017(4). http://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2017/04/038
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