On the origin and propagation of ultra-high energy cosmic rays : (measurements & prediction techniques) / Nils Nierstenhoefer. 2011
Content
- Motivation & Preface
- Nomenclature
- 1 Scientific Context of this Thesis
- 1.1 Cosmic Rays
- 1.2 Overview: AGN
- 1.3 Extensive Air Showers
- 1.4 Composition of UHECR
- 1.5 Anisotropy and UHECR Astronomy
- 1.6 The Pierre Auger Observatory
- 2 Source Search Using a Binomial Scan Technique
- 2.1 The Binomial Scan Technique
- 2.2 Extension 1: The Galactic Plane Cut
- 2.3 Extension 2: The Additional Scan Parameter
- 2.4 Four Dimensional Scan Using VC-V Radio AGN
- 2.5 Penalized Probability
- 2.6 Improvement by the Fourth Scan Parameter?
- 2.7 Effect of Reconstruction Uncertainties
- 2.8 Hide and Seek
- 2.9 Prescription Principles and Suggestions
- 2.9.1 Wald's Sequential Probability Ratio Test
- 2.9.2 The Luminosity Shuffling
- 2.9.3 Rescanning Using an Enlarged Data Set
- 2.10 Status of the Prescription Using the Latest Data Set
- 2.11 The Radio Threshold and Additional Astronomical Properties
- 3 Towards a Model Testing Procedure
- 3.1 A Short Introduction to CRPropa version 1.3
- 3.2 Propagation of Nuclei with CRPropa: A Guideline
- 3.3 Mean Free Path in an Ambient Photon Field.
- 3.4 The Numerical Evaluation
- 3.5 The Photo-Nuclear Cross Sections
- 3.6 Overall Convergence of the Mean Free Path Calculations
- 3.7 The Thinning Options
- 3.8 Propagation Algorithm (Automatic Step Size)
- 3.9 Applications of CRPropa
- 4 Towards a Radio and Infrared Catalog of Galaxies
- Overview of Scientific Results
- Acknowledgments
- A VC-V AGN List
- B List of Correlated AGN
- C SPRT: Examples with Different p1 Values
- D CMB Photon Number Density
- E Photonuclear Cross Sections For Light Nuclei
- Bibliography