Are Gamma-Ray Bursts the Sources of the Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays?

Abstract

A checklist of criteria is presented to help establish the sources of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). These criteria are applied to long-duration GRBs in order to determine if they are UHECR sources. The evidence seems to favor blazars and radio galaxies (or other sources) over GRBs.

6 pages, 2 figures, in Gamma Ray Bursts 2010, Nov. 1-4, 2010, Annapolis, Maryland, ed. J. McEnery, J. Racusin, and N. Gehrels

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