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Título:
Recent results from the Pierre Auger Observatory
Autor/es:
ESTEBAN ROULET, FOR THE PIERRE AUGER COLLABORATION
Lugar:
Christchurch, Nueva Zelanda
Reunión:
Congreso; Neutrino 2008; 2008
Resumen:
The main results from the Auger Observatory are described. A steepening of
the spectrum is observed at the highest energies, supporting the expectation
that above $4\times 10^{19}$ eV the cosmic ray energies are significantly
degraded by interactions with the CMB photons (the GZK effect). This is further
supported by the correlations observed above $6\times 10^{19}$ eV with the
distribution of nearby active galaxies, which also show the potential of Auger
to start the era of charged particle astronomy. The lack of observation of
photons or neutrinos strongly disfavors top-down models, and these searches may
approach in the long term the sensitivity required to test the fluxes expected
from the secondaries of the very same GZK process. Bounds on the anisotropies
at EeV energies contradict hints from previous experiments that suggested a
large excess from regions near the Galactic centre or the presence of a dipolar
type modulation of the cosmic ray flux.