http://arxiv.org/abs/1809.05321
The baryonic mass composition of ultra-high energy ($\gtrsim 10^{18}$ eV) cosmic rays (UHECRs) at injection along with other factors directly governs the UHECR flux on the earth. High energy neutrinos produced from UHECR interactions on cosmological photon backgrounds can further serve as crucial astrophysical messengers of the most powerful particle accelerators in the Universe. The latest measurements at the Pierre Auger Observatory (PAO) suggest a mixed element composition of UHECRs with the sub-ankle spectrum being explained by a different class of sources than the super-ankle region ($> 10^{18.7}$ eV). In this work, we achieve a fit to the UHECR spectrum with a single population of sources over an energy range commencing at $\approx 10^{18}$ eV. We test the credibility of p+He composition by considering various abundance fractions at injection and a simple power-law evolution in redshift for source emissivity. We use CRPropa 3, a Monte Carlo simulation tool, for propagating primary and secondary ultra-high energy particles through extragalactic space and for calculating UHECR and cosmogenic neutrino fluxes on the earth. Many good fits are found corresponding to a range of parameter values, that well explains the UHECR spectrum. We place limits on the source spectral index and cut-off rigidity of the source population. Cosmogenic neutrino fluxes can further constrain the abundance fraction and maximum source redshift in this light nuclei injection model.
S. Das, S. Razzaque and N. Gupta
Mon, 17 Sep 18
24/45
Comments: 13 pages, 4 figures
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