Extragalactic cosmic ray sources with very small contribution in the particle flux on the Earth and their study
arXiv:1906.01014 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.100.083019
Abstract
Possible existence of extragalactic ultra-high energy cosmic ray sources giving a very small particle flux on the Earth is considered. Accretion discs around supermassive black holes where particles are accelerated in electric fields are discussed as an illustration of such sources. Due to acceleration mechanism particle injection spectra are assumed to be hard. In this case particle flux on the Earth is too low for detection. But particles produce in space a noticeable flux of diffuse gamma-ray emission via electromagnetic cascades. It should be accounted for when analyzing other source models and dark matter models. Also neutrinos are produced in cascades, and at energies E >10^19 eV cascade neutrino spectra depends on injection spectra. Therefore it is proposed to study cosmic ray sources under consideration using data on gamma-ray and neutrino emission.
8 pages, 2 figures, accepted in Phys.Rev.D
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