Ultra–high-Energy Cosmic-Ray Sources and Large-Scale Magnetic Fields

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10 September 1997

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Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal

Vol. 486 (2) , L115-L118
https://doi.org/10.1086/310847

Abstract

Protons of energies up to about 10²⁰ eV can be subject to significant deflection and energy-dependent time delay in large-scale extragalactic or halo magnetic fields of strengths comparable to current upper limits. By performing three-dimensional Monte Carlo simulations of nucleon propagation, we show how observations of arrival direction and time distributions can be used to measure the structure and strength of large-scale magnetic fields and constrain the nature of the source of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.

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