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most citedCRPropa 3 - a Public Astrophysical Simulation Framework for Propagating Extraterrestrial Ultra-High Energy Particles

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astro-ph.HE2023★ 9 cited

Prospects for -ray observations of the Perseus galaxy cluster with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium, :, K. Abe +564

Galaxy clusters are expected to be dark matter (DM) reservoirs and storage rooms for the cosmic-ray protons (CRp) that accumulate along the cluster's formation history. Accordingly…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 1 cited

CRPropa 3.2: a public framework for high-energy astroparticle simulations

Sophie Aerdker, Rafael Alves Batista, Julia Becker Tjus +16

CRPropa is a Monte Carlo framework for simulating the propagation of (ultra-) high-energy particles in the Universe, including cosmic rays, gamma rays, electrons, and neutrinos. It…

astro-ph.HE2023

On Numerical Simulations of Intergalactic Electromagnetic Cascades with Lorentz Invariance Violation

Andrey Saveliev, Rafael Alves Batista

Lorentz invariance violation (LIV) is a proposed phenomenon where Lorentz symmetry is violated at high energies, potentially affecting particle dynamics and interactions. We use nu…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 22 cited

Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to spectral signatures of hadronic PeVatrons with application to Galactic Supernova Remnants

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium, F. Acero, A. Acharyya +356

The local Cosmic Ray (CR) energy spectrum exhibits a spectral softening at energies around 3~PeV. Sources which are capable of accelerating hadrons to such energies are called hadr…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 9 cited

GRB 221009A: a potential source of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays

Rafael Alves Batista

Recently an extraordinarily bright gamma-ray burst, GRB 221009A, was observed by several facilities covering the whole electromagnetic spectrum. Gamma rays with energies up to 18 T…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 56 cited

ASTRI Mini-Array Core Science at the Observatorio del Teide

S. Vercellone, C. Bigongiari, A. Burtovoi +84

The ASTRI (Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana) Project led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) is developing and will deploy at the Obse…

astro-ph.HE2022

Cosmological implications of photon-flux upper limits at ultra-high energies in scenarios of Planckian-interacting massive particles for dark matter

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +374

Using the data of the Pierre Auger Observatory, we report on a search for signatures that would be suggestive of super-heavy particles decaying in the Galactic halo. From the lack…

astro-ph.HE2022

Investigating Hadronic Interactions at Ultra-High Energies with the Pierre Auger Observatory

Isabel Goos, :, P. Abreu +374

The development of an extensive air shower depends not only on the nature of the primary ultra-high-energy cosmic ray but also on the properties of the hadronic interactions. For e…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 89 cited

Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays: The Intersection of the Cosmic and Energy Frontiers

A. Coleman, J. Eser, E. Mayotte +95

The present white paper is submitted as part of the "Snowmass" process to help inform the long-term plans of the United States Department of Energy and the National Science Foundat…

astro-ph.HE2022

The Future of Gamma-Ray Experiments in the MeV-EeV Range

Kristi Engel, Jordan Goodman, Petra Huentemeyer +95

Gamma-rays, the most energetic photons, carry information from the far reaches of extragalactic space with minimal interaction or loss of information. They bring messages about par…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 22 cited

Limits to gauge coupling in the dark sector set by the non-observation of instanton-induced decay of Super-Heavy Dark Matter in the Pierre Auger Observatory data

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +374

Instantons, which are non-perturbative solutions to Yang-Mills equations, provide a signal for the occurrence of quantum tunneling between distinct classes of vacua. They can give…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 32 cited

Testing effects of Lorentz invariance violation in the propagation of astroparticles with the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +374

Lorentz invariance violation (LIV) is often described by dispersion relations of the form with delta different based on particle type , with…

astro-ph.HE2021

EuCAPT White Paper: Opportunities and Challenges for Theoretical Astroparticle Physics in the Next Decade

R. Alves Batista, M. A. Amin, G. Barenboim +134

Astroparticle physics is undergoing a profound transformation, due to a series of extraordinary new results, such as the discovery of high-energy cosmic neutrinos with IceCube, the…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 114 cited

The energy spectrum of cosmic rays beyond the turn-down around eV as measured with the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +374

We present a measurement of the cosmic-ray spectrum above 100\,PeV using the part of the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory that has a spacing of 750~m. An inflection…

astro-ph.HE2021

CRPropa 3.2: a framework for high-energy astroparticle propagation

Rafael Alves Batista, Julia Becker Tjus, Julien Dörner +14

The landscape of high- and ultra-high-energy astrophysics has changed in the last decade, in large part owing to the inflow of high-quality data collected by present cosmic-ray, ga…

astro-ph.HE2021

Multimessenger Constraints on Intergalactic Magnetic Fields from Flaring Objects

A. Saveliev, R. Alves Batista

The origin of magnetic fields in the Universe is an open problem. Seed magnetic fields possibly produced in early times may have survived up to the present day close to their origi…

astro-ph.HE2021

Origin and role of relativistic cosmic particles

A. Araudo, G. Morlino, B. Olmi +121

This white paper briefly summarizes the importance of the study of relativistic cosmic rays, both as a constituent of our Universe, and through their impact on stellar and galactic…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 4 cited

Multi-messenger and transient astrophysics with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Ž. Bošnjak, A. M. Brown, A. Carosi +142

The discovery of gravitational waves, high-energy neutrinos or the very-high-energy counterpart of gamma-ray bursts has revolutionized the high-energy and transient astrophysics co…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 25 cited

Multimessenger Constraints on Intergalactic Magnetic Fields from the Flare of TXS 0506+056

Rafael Alves Batista, Andrey Saveliev

The origin of magnetic fields in the universe is an open problem. Seed magnetic fields possibly produced in early times may have survived up to the present day close to their origi…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 164 cited

Features of the energy spectrum of cosmic rays above eV using the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +380

We report a measurement of the energy spectrum of cosmic rays above eV based on events. New results are presented: at about eV…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 213 cited

Measurement of the cosmic-ray energy spectrum above eV using the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +380

We report a measurement of the energy spectrum of cosmic rays for energies above eV based on 215,030 events recorded with zenith angles below . A k…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 135 cited

Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to a dark matter signal from the Galactic centre

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium, :, A. Acharyya +449

We provide an updated assessment of the power of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) to search for thermally produced dark matter at the TeV scale, via the associated gamma-ray sig…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 12 cited

Search for magnetically-induced signatures in the arrival directions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays measured at the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +372

We search for signals of magnetically-induced effects in the arrival directions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays detected at the Pierre Auger Observatory. We apply two different me…

astro-ph.HE2019

Current constraints from cosmogenic neutrinos on the fraction of protons in UHECRs

Arjen van Vliet, Rafael Alves Batista, Jörg R. Hörandel

Cosmogenic neutrinos are created when ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) interact with extragalactic photon backgrounds. In general, the expected flux of these cosmogenic neutr…