Combined fit of spectrum and composition data as measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory

Aab, A.; Abreu, P.; Andringa, S.; Aglietta, M.; Samarai, I. Al; Albuquerque, I. F.M.; Allekotte, I.; Almela, A.; Andrada, B.; Castillo, J. Alvarez; Alvarez-Muñiz, J.; Anastasi, G. A.; others, and

doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2017/04/038

Combined fit of spectrum and composition data as measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory

Journal Article · Sat Apr 01 04:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2017/04/038· OSTI ID:22679904

Aab, A. ^[1]; Abreu, P.; Andringa, S. ^[2]; Aglietta, M. ^[3]; Samarai, I. Al ^[4]; Albuquerque, I. F.M. ^[5]; Allekotte, I. ^[6]; Almela, A.; Andrada, B. ^[7]; Castillo, J. Alvarez ^[8]; Alvarez-Muñiz, J. ^[9]; Anastasi, G. A. ^[10]; others, and

Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen (Netherlands)
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas—LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico—IST, Universidade de Lisboa—UL (Portugal)
Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Torino (Italy)
Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3 (France)
Universidade de São Paulo, Inst. de Física, São Paulo (Brazil)
Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET) (Argentina)
Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (Argentina)
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México (Mexico)
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Gran Sasso Science Institute (INFN), L'Aquila (Italy)

We present a combined fit of a simple astrophysical model of UHECR sources to both the energy spectrum and mass composition data measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory. The fit has been performed for energies above 5 ⋅ 10{sup 18} eV, i.e. the region of the all-particle spectrum above the so-called 'ankle' feature. The astrophysical model we adopted consists of identical sources uniformly distributed in a comoving volume, where nuclei are accelerated through a rigidity-dependent mechanism. The fit results suggest sources characterized by relatively low maximum injection energies, hard spectra and heavy chemical composition. We also show that uncertainties about physical quantities relevant to UHECR propagation and shower development have a non-negligible impact on the fit results.

OSTI ID:: 22679904

Journal Information:: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Journal Issue: 04 Vol. 2017; ISSN 1475-7516

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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