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Lepton - Photon 01 Francis Halzen the sky the sky > 10 GeV photon energy < 10 -14 cm wavelength > 10 8 TeV particles exist > 10 8 TeV particles exist Fly’s Eye/Hires they should not they should not more/better data more/better data arrays of air Cherenkov telescopes 10 4 km 2 air shower arrays ~ km 3 neutrino detectors
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Energy (eV ) Radio CMB Visibe GeV -rays 1 TeV Flux
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TeV sources! cosmic rays //////////////////////////////////
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+ e + + e - With 10 3 TeV energy, photons do not reach us from the edge of our galaxy because of their small mean free path in the microwave background.
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fluorescence from atmospheric nitrogen cosmic ray fluorescent light electromagnetic shower o +_+_ +_+_
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Acceleration to 10 21 eV? ~10 2 Joules ~ 0.01 M GUT dense regions with exceptional gravitational force creating relativistic flows of charged particles, e.g. annihilating black holes/neutron stars dense cores of exploding stars supermassive black holes
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Cosmic Accelerators E ~ BM energy magnetic field boost factor mass E ~ cBR R ~ GM/c 2
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E ~ B M quasars 1 B 10 3 G M 10 9 M sunquasars 1 B 10 3 G M 10 9 M sun blasars 10blasars 10 neutron stars 1 B 10 12 G M M sunneutron stars 1 B 10 12 G M M sun black holes black holes.. grb 10 2grb 10 2 E > 10 19 eV ? emit highest energy ’s! >~ >~
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Profile of Gamma Ray Bursts Total energy: one solar massTotal energy: one solar mass Photon energy: 0.1 MeV to TeVPhoton energy: 0.1 MeV to TeV Duration: 0.1 secs -- 20 minDuration: 0.1 secs -- 20 min Several per daySeveral per day Brightest object in the skyBrightest object in the sky Complicated temporal structure:Complicated temporal structure: no ‘typical’ burst profile
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A few more results … Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) –Observation of single 3 excess (GRB 970417a) within 1997 BATSE trigger. Flux limit for unidentified TeV point sources –For E spectrum AMANDA II will probe this flux for Flux (>1 TeV) < 2 – 30 x 10 -7 cm -2 s -1 @ 90% However, spectrum probably softer due to reprocessing (core) and absorption in photon BG / = 1 / = 1
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Particles > 10 20 eV ? not protons cannot reach us from cosmic accelerators cannot reach us from cosmic accelerators int < 50 Mpc int < 50 Mpc no diffusion in magnetic fields no diffusion in magnetic fields doublets, triplet not photons + B earth e + + e - not seen + B earth e + + e - not seen showers not muon-poor showers not muon-poor not neutrinos p 10 -5 pp no air showers p 10 -5 pp no air showers
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Interaction length of protons in microwave background p + CMB + …. p = ( n CMB ) -1 10 Mpc 10 Mpc p + CMB GZK cutoff
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Forthcoming AGASA Results The highest energy cosmic rays do come from point sources: 5 sigma correlation between directions of pairs of particles. Birth of proton astronomy!The highest energy cosmic rays do come from point sources: 5 sigma correlation between directions of pairs of particles. Birth of proton astronomy! Are the highest energy cosmic rays Fe?Are the highest energy cosmic rays Fe? GKZ cutoff at ~2 10 20 eV ? GKZ cutoff at ~2 10 20 eV ?
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new astrophysics? trouble for top-down scenarios p pp with TeV - gravity unitarity? Particles > 10 20 eV ? not protons cannot reach us from cosmic accelerators int < 50 Mpc no diffusion in magnetic fields doublets, triplet not photons + B earth e + + e - not seen showers not muon-poor not neutrinos p 10 -5 pp no air showers
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10 24 eV = 10 15 GeV ~ M GUT topological defects (vibrating string, annihilating monopoles) heavy relics? Top. Def. X,Y W, Z quark + leptons >> p top-down spectrum hierarchy p are cosmic rays the decay product of _
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radiation enveloping black hole
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cosmic ray puzzle protons TeV - rays neutrinos ~ 10 4 km 2 air shower air shower arrays arrays e.g. also atmospheric Cherenkovatmospheric Cherenkov space-basedspace-based short-wavelengthshort-wavelength study of supernova remnants and galaxies ~ 1 km 3 high energy detectors particle physicsparticle physics and cosmology and cosmology dark matter searchdark matter search discoverydiscovery AMANDA / Ice CubeAMANDA / Ice Cube Antares, Nestor, NEMO Hi Res, Auger,Hi Res, Auger,Airwatch, OWL, TA… Veritas, Hess, Magic …Veritas, Hess, Magic … GLAST…GLAST…
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Array => Very large effective area (10 5 m 2 ) => 3-dim shower reconstruction => Dramatic improvements in - Energy Resolution - Background Rejection
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STACEE Solar Tower Atmospheric Cherenkov Effect Experiment Gamma-ray Astrophysics between 50-500 GeV
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e + e W + 6400 TeV
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PeV (300m) decays
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Why is Searching for ’s from GRBs of Interest? Search for vacuum oscillations ( ):Search for vacuum oscillations ( ): m 2 10 -17 eV 2 m 2 10 -17 eV 2 Test weak equivalence principle: 10 -6Test weak equivalence principle: 10 -6 Test : 10 -16Test : 10 -16 >~ C photon - C C photon - C C C
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Lepton - Photon 01 Francis Halzen the sky the sky > 10 GeV photon energy < 10 -14 cm wavelength > 10 8 TeV particles exist > 10 8 TeV particles exist Fly’s Eye/Hires they should not they should not more/better data more/better data arrays of air Cherenkov telescopes 10 4 km 2 air shower arrays ~ km 3 neutrino detectors
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TeV sources! cosmic rays //////////////////////////////////
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