Open questions in cosmic-ray research at ultrahigh energies

R Alves Batista, J Biteau, M Bustamante… - Frontiers in Astronomy …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
We review open questions and prospects for progress in ultrahigh-energy cosmic ray
(UHECR) research, based on a series of discussions that took place during the “The High …

Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays

LA Anchordoqui - Physics Reports, 2019 - Elsevier
In this report we review the important progress made in recent years towards understanding
the experimental data on ultra-high-energy (E≳ 1 0 9 GeV) cosmic rays. We begin with a …

Probing the origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with neutrinos in the EeV energy range using the Pierre Auger Observatory

A Aab, P Abreu, M Aglietta… - … of Cosmology and …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Neutrinos with energies above 1017 eV are detectable with the Surface Detector Array of the
Pierre Auger Observatory. The identification is efficiently performed for neutrinos of all …

Cosmogenic photon and neutrino fluxes in the Auger era

RA Batista, RM De Almeida, B Lago… - Journal of Cosmology …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The interaction of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) with pervasive photon fields
generates associated cosmogenic fluxes of neutrinos and photons due to photohadronic …

A new view on Auger data and cosmogenic neutrinos in light of different nuclear disintegration and air-shower models

J Heinze, A Fedynitch, D Boncioli… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We study the implications of ultrahigh-energy cosmic-ray (UHECR) data from the Pierre
Auger Observatory for potential accelerator candidates and cosmogenic neutrino fluxes for …

Determining the fraction of cosmic-ray protons at ultrahigh energies with cosmogenic neutrinos

A van Vliet, RA Batista, JR Hörandel - Physical Review D, 2019 - APS
Cosmogenic neutrinos are produced when ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) interact
with cosmological photon fields. Limits on the diffuse flux of these neutrinos can be used to …

Cosmic ray models

M Kachelriess, DV Semikoz - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2019 - Elsevier
We review progress in high-energy cosmic ray physics focusing on recent experimental
results and models developed for their interpretation. Emphasis is put on the propagation of …

Progress towards characterizing ultrahigh energy cosmic ray sources

MS Muzio, M Unger, GR Farrar - Physical Review D, 2019 - APS
We use a multimessenger approach to constrain realistic mixed composition models of
ultrahigh energy cosmic ray sources using the latest cosmic ray, neutrino, and gamma-ray …

On the common origin of cosmic rays across the ankle and diffuse neutrinos at the highest energies from low-luminosity Gamma-Ray Bursts

D Boncioli, D Biehl, W Winter - The Astrophysical Journal, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We demonstrate that the ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) produced in the nuclear
cascade in the jets of low-luminosity gamma-ray bursts (LL-GRBs) can describe the UHECR …

Data-driven estimation of the invisible energy of cosmic ray showers with the Pierre Auger Observatory

A Aab, P Abreu, M Aglietta, IFM Albuquerque… - Physical Review D, 2019 - APS
The determination of the primary energy of extensive air showers using the fluorescence
detection technique requires an estimation of the energy carried away by particles that do …