REVISIT OF CORRELATION ANALYSIS BETWEEN ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI AND ULTRA-HIGH ENERGY COSMIC RAYS

被引：6

作者：

Kim, Hang Bae ^{[1
]}

Kim, Jihyun

机构：

[1] Hanyang Univ, Dept Phys, Seoul 133791, South Korea

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS D | 2013年 / 22卷 / 08期

基金：

新加坡国家研究基金会;

关键词：

Ultra-high energy cosmic rays; active galactic nuclei; statistical tests;

D O I：

10.1142/S0218271813500454

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

We update the previous analysis of correlation between ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR) and active galactic nuclei (AGN), using 69 UHECR events with energy E >= 55 EeV released in 2010 by Pierre Auger observatory and 862 AGN within the distance d <= 100Mpc listed in the 13th edition of Veron-Cetty and Veron AGN catalog. To make the test hypothesis definite, we use the simple AGN source model in which UHECR are originated both from AGN, with the fraction f(A), and from the isotropic background. We treat all AGN as equal sources of UHECR, and introduce the smearing angle theta(s) to incorporate the effects of intervening magnetic fields. We compare the arrival direction distributions observed by Pierre Auger Observatory (PAO) and expected from the model by the correlational angular distance distribution (CADD) method. CADD method rules out the AGN dominance model with a small smearing angle (f(A) greater than or similar to 0.7 and theta(s) less than or similar to 6 degrees). Concerning the isotropy, CADD shows that the distribution of PAO data is marginally consistent with isotropy. The best fit model lies around the AGN fraction fA = 0.4 and the moderate smearing angle theta(s) = 10 degrees. For the fiducial value f(A) = 0.7, the best probability of CADD was obtained at a rather large smearing angle theta(s) = 46 degrees. Our results imply that for the whole AGN to be viable sources of UHECR, either an appreciable amount of additional isotropic background or the large smearing effect is required. Thus, we try to bin the distance range of AGN to narrow down the UHECR sources and found that the AGN residing in the distance range 60-80Mpc have good correlation with the updated PAO data. It is an indication that further study on the subclass of AGN as the UHECR source may be quite interesting.

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