Cluster accretion shocks as possible acceleration sites for ultra-high-energy protons below the Greisen cutoff

被引:113
作者
Kang, H
Ryu, D
Jones, TW
机构
[1] CHUNGNAM NATL UNIV,DEPT ASTRON & SPACE SCI,TAEJON 305764,SOUTH KOREA
[2] UNIV MINNESOTA,DEPT ASTRON,MINNEAPOLIS,MN 55455
关键词
acceleration of particles; cosmic rays; hydrodynamics; large-scale structure of universe; methods; numerical;
D O I
10.1086/176666
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
Three-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations of large-scale structure in the universe have shown that accretion shocks form during the gravitational collapse of one-dimensional caustics, and that clusters of galaxies formed at intersections of the caustics are surrounded by these accretion shocks. Estimated speed and curvature radius of the shocks are 1000-3000 km s(-1) and about 5 Mpc, respectively, in the Omega = 1 cold dark matter universe, Assuming that energetic protons are accelerated by these accretion shocks via the first-order Fermi process and modeling particle transport around the shocks through Bohm diffusion, we suggest that protons can be accelerated up to the Greisen cutoff energy near 6 x 10(19) eV, provided the mean magnetic field strength in the region around the shocks is at least of order 1 mu G. We have also estimated the proton flux at Earth from the Virgo Cluster. Assuming that a few (1-10) percent of the ram pressure of the infalling matter would be transferred to the cosmic rays, the estimated flux for E similar to 10(19) eV is consistent with observations, so that such clusters could be plausible sources of the ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays.
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