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Proceedings of The 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2015)

DOI: 10.22323/1.236.0249

IOP Publishing, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 04(2017), p. 038-038

DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2017/04/038

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Combined fit of spectrum and composition data as measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory

Journal article published in 2016 by Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. van Bodegom, A. Aab, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, I. Al Samarai, I. F. M. Albuquerque, I. Allekotte, A. Almela, J. Alvarez Castillo, J. Alvarez-Muñiz, G. A. Anastasi, L. Anchordoqui, B. Andrada, S. Andringa and other authors.
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Abstract

We present a combined fit of a simple astrophysical model of UHECR sources to both the energy spectrum and mass composition data measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory. The fit has been performed for energies above $5 ⋅ 10^{18}$ eV, i.e.~the region of the all-particle spectrum above the so-called "ankle" feature. The astrophysical model we adopted consists of identical sources uniformly distributed in a comoving volume, where nuclei are accelerated through a rigidity-dependent mechanism. The fit results suggest sources characterized by relatively low maximum injection energies, hard spectra and heavy chemical composition. We also show that uncertainties about physical quantities relevant to UHECR propagation and shower development have a non-negligible impact on the fit results. ; Comment: 40 pages, 13 figures, 10 tables. To be submitted to JCAP