Astrophysical origins of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays

DF Torres, LA Anchordoqui - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
In the first part of this review we discuss the basic observational features at the end of the
cosmic ray (CR) energy spectrum. We also present there the main characteristics of each of …

A Chandra perspective on galaxy-wide X-ray binary emission and its correlation with star formation rate and stellar mass: new results from luminous infrared galaxies

BD Lehmer, DM Alexander, FE Bauer… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We present new Chandra observations that complete a sample of seventeen (17) luminous
infrared galaxies (LIRGs) with D< 60 Mpc and low Galactic column densities of NH≲ 5× 10 …

The γ-ray emission of star-forming galaxies

M Ajello, M Di Mauro, VS Paliya… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
A majority of the γ-ray emission from star-forming galaxies is generated by the interaction of
high-energy cosmic rays with the interstellar gas and radiation fields. Star-forming galaxies …

Optical classification of southern warm infrared galaxies

LJ Kewley, CA Heisler, MA Dopita… - The Astrophysical …, 2001 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we present high-resolution optical spectra and optical classifications from our
large sample of 285 warm infrared galaxies 10 8< L IR< 10 12.5 L☉. We have classified …

Correlation of the highest-energy cosmic rays with the positions of nearby active galactic nuclei

J Abraham, P Abreu, M Aglietta, C Aguirre, D Allard… - Astroparticle …, 2008 - Elsevier
Data collected by the Pierre Auger Observatory provide evidence for anisotropy in the arrival
directions of the cosmic rays with the highest-energies, which are correlated with the …

Upper limit on the cosmic-ray photon flux above 1019 eV using the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

J Abraham, P Abreu, M Aglietta, C Aguirre, D Allard… - Astroparticle …, 2008 - Elsevier
A method is developed to search for air showers initiated by photons using data recorded by
the surface detector of the Auger Observatory. The approach is based on observables …

Arp 299: a second merging system with two active nuclei?

L Ballo, V Braito, R Della Ceca, L Maraschi… - The Astrophysical …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT Recent BeppoSAX observations of Arp 299, a powerful far-IR merging starburst
system composed of IC 694 and NGC 3690, clearly unveiled for the first time in this system …

An Hα survey aiming at the detection of extraplanar diffuse ionized gas in halos of edge–on spiral galaxies-II. The Hα survey atlas and catalog

J Rossa, RJ Dettmar - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2003 - aanda.org
In this second paper on the investigation of extraplanar diffuse ionized gas in nearby edge–
on spiral galaxies we present the actual results of the individual galaxies of our Hα imaging …

Starbursts in barred spiral galaxies. V. Morphological analysis of bars

S Chapelon, T Contini, E Davoust - arXiv preprint astro-ph/9902174, 1999 - arxiv.org
We have measured the bar lengths and widths of 125 barred galaxies observed with CCDs.
The dependence of bar strength (identified with bar axis ratio) on morphological type …

An enshrouded active galactic nucleus in the merging starburst system Arp 299 revealed by BeppoSAX

R Della Ceca, L Ballo, F Tavecchio… - The Astrophysical …, 2002 - iopscience.iop.org
Using a long (≃ 150 ks) broadband (0.1–40 keV) BeppoSAX observation of the merging
starburst system Arp 299 (= IC 694+ NGC 3690), we found the first unambiguous evidence …