Ultra High Energy Cosmic Ray Source Models: Successes, Challenges and General Predictions
arXiv:2302.06791 · doi:10.1051/epjconf/202328304001
Abstract
Understanding the acceleration of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays is one of the great challenges of contemporary astrophysics. In this short review, we summarize the general observational constraints on their composition, spectrum and isotropy which indicate that nuclei heavier than single protons dominate their spectra above , that they are strongly suppressed above energies , and that the only significant departure from isotropy is a dipole. Constraints based upon photopion and photodisintegration losses allow their ranges and luminosity density to be estimated. Three general classes of source model are discussed - magnetospheric models (including neutron stars and black holes), jet models (including Gamma Ray Bursts, Active Galactic Nuclei and Tidal Disruption Events) and Diffusive Shock Acceleration models (involving large accretion shocks around rich clusters of galaxies). The value of constructing larger and more capable arrays to measure individual masses at the highest energies and probably identifying their sources is emphasized.
arXiv commentProceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR2022), 3-7 October 2022, L'Aquila, Italy
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