Ultra high energy cosmic ray, neutrino, and photon propagation and the multi-messenger approach

Andrew Taylor, Alexandra De Castro, Edith Castillo-Ruiz

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Abstract

The propagation of UHECR nuclei for A = 1 (protons) to A = 56 (iron) from cosmological sources through exttagalactic space is discussed in the first lecture. This is followed in the second and third lectures by a consideration of the generation and propagation of secondary particles produced via the UHECR loss interactions. In the second lecture we focus on the generation of the diffuse cosmogenic UHE-neutrino flux. In the third lecture we investigate the arriving flux of UHE-photon flux at Earth. In the final lecture the results of the previous lectures are put together in order to provide new insights into UHECR sources. The first of these providing a means with which to investigate the local population of UHECR sources through the measurement of the UHECR spectrum and their photon fraction at Earth. The second of these providing contraints on the UHECR source radiation fields through the possible observation at Earth of UHECR nuclei.
Original languageSpanish
Title of host publicationAIP Conference Proceedings
Pages94-114
Number of pages21
Volume1123
StatePublished - 10 Sep 2009
Externally publishedYes

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