Dark matter halos and the anisotropy of ultra-high energy cosmic rays in the Pierre Auger observatory
We analyze the cosmic ray arrival direction map that would be observed if the source of ultra high energy cosmic rays were the decay of dark matter particles in the halos of our galaxy and of the Andromeda galaxy (M31). To model the dark matter distribution throughout the halos we use two different density profiles, the Moore et al. and the Navarro-Frenk-White profile. The results show what would be seen by the Pierre Auger experiment, since we take into account its exposure. We evaluate the dipole and quadrupole terms for the resulting maps in the two density profiles cases and compare them with the terms expected for an isotropic sky.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Física
2007
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-97332007000100016 |
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