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  Constraining sources of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays and shear acceleration mechanism of particles in relativistic jets

Liu, R. (2015). Constraining sources of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays and shear acceleration mechanism of particles in relativistic jets. PhD Thesis, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg.

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Liu, Ruoyu1, Author           
Bartelmann, Matthias, Referee
Aharonian, Felix, Referee
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1Division Prof. Dr. Werner Hofmann, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society, ou_904550              

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 MPINP: Hochenergie-Astrophysik Theorie - Abteilung Hofmann
 Abstract: Ultrahigh energy cosmic rays are extreme energetic particles from outer space. They have aroused great interest among scientists for more than fifty years. However, due to the rarity of the events and complexity of the process of their propagation to Earth, they are still one of the biggest puzzles in modern high energy astrophysics. This dissertation is dedicated to study the origin of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays from various aspects. Firstly, we discuss a possible link between recently discovered sub–PeV/PeV neutrinos and ultrahigh energy cosmic rays. If these two kinds of particles share the same origin, the observation of neutrinos may provide additional and non-trivial constraints on the sources of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays. Secondly, we jointly employ the chemical composition measurement and the arrival directions of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays, and find a robust upper limit for distances of sources of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays above ∼ 55EeV, as well as a lower limit for their metallicities. Finally, we study the shear acceleration mechanism in relativistic jets, which is a more efficient mechanism for the acceleration of higher energy particle. We compute the acceleration efficiency and the time-dependent particle energy spectrum, and explore the feature of synchrotron radiation of the accelerated particles. The possible realizations of this mechanism for acceleration of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays in different astrophysical environments is also discussed.

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 Dates: 2015-06-10
 Publication Status: Accepted / In Press
 Pages: VII, 108 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.
 Publishing info: Heidelberg : Ruprecht-Karls-Universität
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.17617/2.2364620
 Degree: PhD

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