An extremely energetic cosmic ray observed by a surface detector array

Telescope Array Collaboration*†, RU Abbasi, MG Allen… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Cosmic rays are energetic charged particles from extraterrestrial sources, with the highest-
energy events thought to come from extragalactic sources. Their arrival is infrequent, so …

Revisiting ultrahigh-energy constraints on decaying superheavy dark matter

S Das, K Murase, T Fujii - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
We revisit constraints on decaying very heavy dark matter (VHDM) using the latest ultrahigh-
energy cosmic-ray (UHECR; E≳ 10 18 eV) data and ultrahigh-energy (UHE) γ-ray flux upper …

Prospects for joint cosmic ray and neutrino constraints on the evolution of trans-Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin proton sources

MS Muzio, M Unger, S Wissel - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
We consider the prospects for future ultrahigh energy cosmic ray and neutrino observations
to constrain the evolution of sources producing a proton flux above 10 EeV (1 EeV= 10 18 …

Blazar jets as possible sources of ultra-high energy photons: a short review

G Bhatta - Universe, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this paper, I present a qualitative discussion on the prospect of production of ultra-high
photons in blazars. The sources are a subclass of active galactic nuclei which host …

Search for photons above 1019 eV with the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

P Abreu, M Aglietta, I Allekotte… - … of Cosmology and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We use the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory to search for air showers
initiated by photons with an energy above 1019 eV. Photons in the zenith angle range from …

Cosmological implications of photon-flux upper limits at ultrahigh energies in scenarios of Planckian-interacting massive particles for dark matter

P Abreu, M Aglietta, JM Albury, I Allekotte… - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
Using the data of the Pierre Auger Observatory, we report on a search for signatures that
would be suggestive of super-heavy particles decaying in the Galactic halo. From the lack of …

Roadmap to Thermal Dark Matter beyond the Weakly Interacting Dark Matter Unitarity Bound

R Frumkin, E Kuflik, I Lavie, T Silverwater - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We study the general properties of the freeze-out of a thermal relic. We give analytic
estimates of the relic abundance for an arbitrary freeze-out process, showing when …

Impact of Galaxy Clusters on the Propagation of Ultrahigh-energy Cosmic Rays

A Condorelli, J Biteau, R Adam - The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Galaxy clusters are the largest objects in the Universe kept together by gravity. Most of their
baryonic content is made of a magnetized diffuse plasma. We investigate the impact of such …

Searches for ultra-high-energy photons at the Pierre Auger Observatory

Pierre Auger Collaboration - Universe, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Pierre Auger Observatory, which is the largest air-shower experiment in the world, offers
unprecedented exposure to neutral particles at the highest energies. Since the start of data …

The Snowmass UHECR White Paper on Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays

FG Schroeder, A Coleman, J Eser… - EPJ Web of …, 2023 - epj-conferences.org
This proceeding summarizes the talk given at the opening of the UHECR 2022 conference
in L'Aquila on the whitepaper 'Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays: The Intersection of the …