nearby universe & Virtual Observatory … one Universe, two worlds Giuseppe Longo 1,2,3 & Gennaro Miele 1,2 1-Department of Physical Sciences – University Federico II Napoli 2 - INFN Italian Institute of Nuclear Physics – Napoli Unit 3 - INAF Italian Institute of Astrophysics – Napoli Unit [email protected][email protected]
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Astroparticles (CR’s & ) in the nearby universe& Virtual Observatory… one Universe, two worlds
Giuseppe Longo1,2,3 & Gennaro Miele1,2
1-Department of Physical Sciences – University Federico II Napoli2 - INFN Italian Institute of Nuclear Physics – Napoli Unit
3 - INAF Italian Institute of Astrophysics – Napoli Unit
“Threshold”Sens. (1 y)Milagro ~ 2 TeV ~ 0.5 CrabTibet III shower array ~ 3 TeV ~ 1 CrabARGO YBJ 0.5 – 1 TeV ~ 0.5 Crab Crab signal
Tibet array
“Keck mirror segment” equivalent
UHECR’s telescopes look really WEIRD!
UHECR - The Pierre Auger Giant Array Observatory
1600 tanks + 24 Fluorescence Telescopes
3000 events yr-1 with energies above 1019 eV 30 events yr-1 above 1020 eVSampling on nanosecond scale; Sampling on nanosecond scale; events last events last 30-100 ns30-100 nsAngular resolution 30’ < p.r. <1.5°Angular resolution 30’ < p.r. <1.5°
ns!ns!
Gamma rays begin to approach optical resolution
But:
Objects visible in gamma are not always visible in optical light
30 a
rcm
inUHECR’s are still far from itAngular resolution is small
p.r. > 30 ‘
Magnetic fields -> 1.5° < Deflection < 5.0°
In one resolution element,Up to 50.000 potential sources
One universe
Energetic objects (GRB, SN, BH, AGN, etc.)
Dark Matter composition & distributionCosmological constantsCorrelation functions
&c.
Two worldsAstronomy
Large redshift range
Avalanche of complex dataMissing data
HeterogeneousLow time resolution
High angular resolutionFew large simulations
V.Obs. standardsProblems known
Astroparticles
Local Universe
Fewer and/or simpler dataSparse and uneven sampling
Heterogeneous Medium/high time resolution(Often) low angular resolutionVery many small simulations
No standardsProblems to be explored
Huge technological developmentLarge international collaborations
Proprietary dataSecurity issues
Many common science goals Common methodology of research
Part II – an example
Identifying the sources of UHECR
Correlation of the Highest-Energy Cosmic Rays with Nearby Extragalactic Objects by The Pierre Auger Collaboration*
Using data collected at the Pierre Auger Observatory during the past 3.7 years, we demonstrated a correlation between the arrival directions of cosmic rays with energy above 6 x 1019 electron volts and the positions of active galactic nuclei (AGN) lying within 75 megaparsecs. We rejected the hypothesis of an isotropic distribution of these cosmic rays with at least a 99% confidence level from a prescribed a priori test. The correlation we observed is compatible with the hypothesis that the highest-energy
particles originate from nearby extragalactic sources whose flux has not been substantially reduced by interaction with the cosmic background radiation. AGN or objects having a similar spatial distribution are possible sources.
Science 9 November 2007: Vol. 318. no. 5852, pp. 938 - 943
Hundreds of citations in less than 2 months
ground zero for a very harsh debate
mainly Related to how to integrate astroparticle data with astronomical ones !!
Events(t, E, , )
Deconvolution for magnetic fields
Reconstructed Events(t, E, ’+, ’+)
Matched cataloguesMatched catalogues
Source Source Identifications?Identifications?
Astroparticles world
V.Obs. world
Problems:
1. Low angular resolution of UHECR data(1 event -> hundreds possible sources)
2. Poor knowledge of galactic/extragalactic B fields
Statistical approach to be preferred
Deterministic approach
Ill posed problem GRID
Astronomical cataloguesAstronomical catalogues
Experiment 1: •UHECRs sources follow the distribution of LSS
(either AGN in clusters or WIMPS in DM haloes)•GZK is on/off (quite a consequence…)•Standard propagation of protons•Magnetic fields not very strong
Since you cannot identify sources, you must work on correlations of asrrival directions
How many How many events to events to detect detect
anisotropiesanisotropies? ?
Auger aperture functionAuger aperture function
Montecarlo simulations isotropic Montecarlo simulations isotropic distribution of eventsdistribution of events
200 eventsISOISO
LSSLSS
93 events compatible withIRAS-PSC
This function vanishes if any of P or 1-P vanishes and has the theorethical maximum value of 1/4. So, the higher its value the more consistent the data are with the underlying hypothesis.
1818
W
z
3TeV1TeV
3GeV
Window Function
=
Combine W(E,z) and survey
+
Synthetic sky maps(low-l angular powerspectrum)
Astronomical cataloguesAstronomical catalogues
Filter on astronomical cataloguesFilter on astronomical catalogues
Specific BoK’s of Specific BoK’s of candidate sources candidate sources