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1 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

2 Energy (eV ) Radio CMB Visibe GeV  -rays 1 TeV Flux

3 TeV sources! cosmic rays //////////////////////////////////

4  +    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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7 fluorescence from atmospheric nitrogen cosmic ray fluorescent light electromagnetic shower  o     +_+_ +_+_

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12 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

13 Cosmic Accelerators E ~  BM energy magnetic field boost factor mass E ~  cBR R ~ GM/c 2

14 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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17 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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19 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

20 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

21 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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23 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 ?

24 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

25 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 _

26 radiation enveloping black hole

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29 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…

30 Array => Very large effective area (10 5 m 2 ) => 3-dim shower reconstruction => Dramatic improvements in - Energy Resolution - Background Rejection

31 STACEE Solar Tower Atmospheric Cherenkov Effect Experiment Gamma-ray Astrophysics between 50-500 GeV

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41 e + e W  +  6400 TeV

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43 PeV  (300m)    decays

44 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

45 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

46 TeV sources! cosmic rays //////////////////////////////////


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