IMPLICATIONS OF A POSSIBLE CLUSTERING OF HIGHEST-ENERGY COSMIC-RAYS

Authors
SIGL G SCHRAMM DN LEE SJ HILL CT
Citation
G. Sigl et al., IMPLICATIONS OF A POSSIBLE CLUSTERING OF HIGHEST-ENERGY COSMIC-RAYS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United Statesof America, 94(20), 1997, pp. 10501-10505
Citations number
51
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United Statesof America → ACNP
ISSN journal
00278424
Volume
94
Issue
20
Year of publication
1997
Pages
10501 - 10505
Database
ISI
SICI code
0027-8424(1997)94:20<10501:IOAPCO>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Recently, a possible clustering of a subset of observed ultra-high ene rgy cosmic rays above similar or equal to 40 EeV (4 x 10(19) eV) in pa irs near the supergalactic plane was reported. We show that a confirma tion of this effect would provide information on the origin and nature of these events and, in case of charged primaries, imply interesting constraints on the extragalactic magnetic field. Possible implications for the most common models of ultra-high energy cosmic ray production in the literature are discussed.