Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Why There Are Not UHECR Coming from Virgo?

Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR) have been detected by the Auger Collaboration. There is a deficit in the direction of the Virgo galaxy. Zaw et al. propose an explanation in:

Galaxies Correlating with UHECR.

They argue that this source has less energy overall, maybe not enough to produce UHECR.

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