4.6 Article

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

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Publisher

IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2017/04/038

Keywords

ultra high energy cosmic rays; cosmic ray experiments; cosmic ray theory; inter-galactic media

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  1. Argentina - Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica
  2. Argentina - Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica (ANPCyT)
  3. Argentina - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET)
  4. Argentina - Gobierno de la Provincia de Mendoza
  5. Argentina - Municipalidad de Malargue
  6. Argentina - NDM Holdings
  7. Australia - the Australian Research Council
  8. Brazil - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)
  9. Brazil - Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP)
  10. Brazil - Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ)
  11. Brazil - Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) [2010/07359-6, 1999/05404-3]
  12. Brazil - Ministerio de Ciencia e Tecnologia (MCT)
  13. Brazil - Czech Republic [MSMT CR LG15014, LO1305, LM2015038]
  14. Brazil - Czech Science Foundation [14-17501S]
  15. France - Centre de Calcul IN2P3/CNRS
  16. France - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
  17. France - Conseil Regional Ile-de-France
  18. France -Departement Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire (PNC-IN2P3/CNRS)
  19. France -Departement Sciences de l'Univers (SDU-INSU/CNRS)
  20. France -Institut Lagrange de Paris (ILP) within the Investissements d'Avenir Programme [LABEX ANR-10-LABX-63, ANR-11-IDEX-0004-02]
  21. Germany - Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
  22. Germany - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
  23. Germany - Finanzministerium Baden-Wurttemberg
  24. Germany - Helmholtz Alliance for Astroparticle Physics (HAP)
  25. Germany - Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF)
  26. Germany - Ministerium fur Innovation, Wissenschaft und Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
  27. Germany - Ministerium fur Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst des Landes Baden-Wurttemberg
  28. Italy - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
  29. Italy - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)
  30. Italy - Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca (MIUR)
  31. Italy - CETEMPS Center of Excellence
  32. Italy - Ministero degli Affari Esteri (MAE)
  33. Mexico - Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT) [167733]
  34. Mexico - Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)
  35. Mexico - PAPIIT DGAPA-UNAM
  36. The Netherlands - Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap
  37. The Netherlands - Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO)
  38. The Netherlands - Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM)
  39. Poland - National Centre for Research and Development [ERA-NET-ASPERA/01/11, ERA-NET-ASPERA/02/11]
  40. Poland - National Science Centre [2013/08/M/ST9/00322, 2013/08/M/ST9/00728, HARMONIA - 5 2013/10 M/ST9/00062]
  41. Portugal - Portuguese national funds
  42. Portugal - FEDER funds within Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade through Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (COMPETE)
  43. Romania - Romanian Authority for Scientific Research ANCS
  44. Romania - CNDI-UEFISCDI [20/2012, 194/2012, PN 16 42 01 02]
  45. Slovenia - Slovenian Research Agency
  46. Spain - Comunidad de Madrid
  47. Spain - Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) funds
  48. Spain - Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad
  49. Spain - Xunta de Galicia
  50. Spain - European Community 7th Framework Program Grant [FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF-328826]
  51. Spain - U.S.A. - Department of Energy [DE-AC02-07CH11359, DE-FR02-04ER41300, DE-FG02-99ER41107, DE-SC0011689]
  52. Spain - National Science Foundation [0450696]
  53. Spain - Grainger Foundation
  54. Spain - Marie Curie-IRSES/EPLANET
  55. Spain - European Particle Physics Latin American Network
  56. Spain - European Union 7th Framework Program [PIRSES-2009-GA-246806]
  57. Spain - European Union's Horizon research and innovation programme [646623]
  58. Spain - UNESCO
  59. Argentina - Valle Las Lenas
  60. European Research Council (ERC) [646623] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
  61. Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
  62. Division Of Physics [1620661, 0450696] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
  63. Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
  64. Division Of Physics [1212538, 1205534] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
  65. Division Of Astronomical Sciences
  66. Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1153335] Funding Source: National Science Foundation

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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(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.

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