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On the correlation of the highest energy cosmic rays with AGNs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2010

Vitor de Souza  and
Peter L. s Biermman
Vitor de Souza
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil email: [email protected]
Peter L. s Biermman
Affiliation:
MPI for Radioastronomy, D-53121 Bonn, Germany email: [email protected], Also at: Univ. of Bonn, Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, Univ. of Alabama at Huntsville, and at KIT Karlsruhe
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Abstract

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In this paper we briefly discuss the present status of the cosmic ray astrophysics under the light of the new data from the Pierre Auger Observatory. The measured energy spectrum is used to test the scenario of production in nearby radio galaxies. Within this framework the AGN correlation would require that most of the cosmic rays are heavy nuclei and are widely scattered by intergalactic magnetic fields.

Keywords

Ultra-high energetic particlesAGN correlationenergy spectrum
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Highlights H15: Highlights of Astronomy , November 2009 , pp. 251 - 253
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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