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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.HE2025

CRPropa 3.3: Toward a Unified Multi-Messenger Framework from GeV to ZeV Energies

Sophie Aerdker, Rafael Alves Batista, Julia Becker Tjus +11

We present CRPropa 3.3, the latest release of the publicly available Monte Carlo framework for simulating the propagation of high-energy particles in astrophysical environments. Th…

astro-ph.HE2025

Spectra for the Vacuum Cherenkov Effect in Astrophysical Electromagnetic Cascades with Lorentz Invariance Violation

Andrey Saveliev, Rafael Alves Batista, Feodor Mishin

Lorentz invariance violation is a feature of several quantum gravity models in which Lorentz symmetry is broken at high energies, possibly leading to changes in particle behavior a…

astro-ph.HE2025

Constraining the Extragalactic Magnetic Field: Auger Data Meet UHECR Propagation Modeling

Ala'a AL-Zetoun, Arjen van Vliet, Andrew M. Taylor +1

Recent analyses from the Pierre Auger Collaboration suggest correlations between the arrival directions of Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) and catalogs of starburst galaxies…

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.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★ 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

Targeting Earth: CRPropa learns to aim

Jens Jasche, Arjen van Vliet, Jörg P. Rachen

Realistic predictions for the arrival directions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays require extensive simulations of UHECR propagation through 3D space, potentially even including co…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 15 cited

Can astrophysical neutrinos trace the origin of the detected ultra-high energy cosmic rays?

Andrea Palladino, Arjen van Vliet, Walter Winter +1

Since astrophysical neutrinos are produced in the interactions of cosmic rays, identifying the origin of cosmic rays using directional correlations with neutrinos is one of the mos…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 46 cited

The Pierre Auger Observatory: Contributions to the 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2019)

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +383

Contributions of the Pierre Auger Collaboration to the 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2019), 24 July - 1 August 2019, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

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…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 54 cited

Limits on point-like sources of ultra-high-energy neutrinos with the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +389

With the Surface Detector array (SD) of the Pierre Auger Observatory we can detect neutrinos with energy between eV and eV from point-like sources across the…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 1 cited

CRPropa - A Toolbox for Cosmic Ray Simulations

R. Alves Batista, J. Becker Tjus, A. Dundovic +11

The astrophysical interpretation of recent experimental observations of cosmic rays relies increasingly on Monte Carlo simulations of cosmic ray propagation and acceleration. Depen…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 96 cited

Determining the fraction of cosmic-ray protons at ultra-high energies with cosmogenic neutrinos

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

Cosmogenic neutrinos are produced when ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) interact with cosmological photon fields. Limits on the diffuse flux of these neutrinos can be used to…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 21 cited

Secondary neutrino and gamma-ray fluxes from SimProp and CRPropa

Rafael Alves Batista, Denise Boncioli, Armando di Matteo +1

The interactions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) in extragalactic space with photons of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and extragalactic background light (EBL) can…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 258 cited

Indication of anisotropy in arrival directions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays through comparison to the flux pattern of extragalactic gamma-ray sources

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +390

A new analysis of the dataset from the Pierre Auger Observatory provides evidence for anisotropy in the arrival directions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays on an intermediate angul…

astro-ph.HE2017

Inferences on Mass Composition and Tests of Hadronic Interactions from 0.3 to 100 EeV using the water-Cherenkov Detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +403

We present a new method for probing the hadronic interaction models at ultra-high energy and extracting details about mass composition. This is done using the time profiles of the…

astro-ph.HE2017

Cosmogenic gamma-rays and neutrinos constrain UHECR source models

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

We use CRPropa 3 to show how the expected cosmogenic neutrino and gamma-ray spectra depend on the maximum energy of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) at their sources, on the…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 28 cited

Azimuthal asymmetry in the risetime of the surface detector signals of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +436

The azimuthal asymmetry in the risetime of signals in Auger surface detector stations is a source of information on shower development. The azimuthal asymmetry is due to a combinat…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 36 cited

The Pierre Auger Observatory: Contributions to the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2015)

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +449

Contributions of the Pierre Auger Collaboration to the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference, 30 July - 6 August 2015, The Hague, The Netherlands

astro-ph.HE2015★ 146 cited

Energy Estimation of Cosmic Rays with the Engineering Radio Array of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, Alexander Aab, Pedro Abreu +448

The Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) is part of the Pierre Auger Observatory and is used to detect the radio emission of cosmic-ray air showers. These observations are compared…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 76 cited

Effects of uncertainties in simulations of extragalactic UHECR propagation, using CRPropa and SimProp

Rafael Alves Batista, Denise Boncioli, Armando di Matteo +2

The results of simulations of the extragalactic propagation of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) have intrinsic uncertainties due to poorly known physical quantities and appro…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 36 cited

Measurement of the cosmic ray spectrum above eV using inclined events detected with the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, Alexander Aab, Pedro Abreu +461

A measurement of the cosmic-ray spectrum for energies exceeding eV is presented, which is based on the analysis of showers with zenith angles greater than $60^{\…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 12 cited

The Pierre Auger Observatory: Contributions to the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2013)

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, Alexander Aab, Pedro Abreu +495

Contributions of the Pierre Auger Collaboration to the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 2013

astro-ph.HE2012★ 76 cited

Search for Point-Like Sources of Ultra-High Energy Neutrinos at the Pierre Auger Observatory and Improved Limit on the Diffuse Flux of Tau Neutrinos

Pierre Auger Collaboration

The Surface Detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory can detect neutrinos with energy between 10^17 eV and 10^20 eV from point-like sources across the sky south of +55 deg an…