Testing the correlation of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays with high redshift sources
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- 6 March 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 63 (8) , 081302
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.63.081302
Abstract
We study the correlation between compact radio quasars or 3EG gamma-ray blazars and the arrival direction of cosmic rays above eV using an updated list of air shower detections. Our Monte Carlo simulations reveal no significant correlations above random results, and some previous positive results appear to be an effect of the small sample size. Consequently, there is no evidence for ultrahigh energy cosmic ray primaries being new particles or particles with new interactions beyond the electroweak scale, produced in high-redshift active galactic nuclei.
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