Use of multiplets to the study of the galactic magnetic field

• Grant number: 10/04743-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: August 01, 2010
• End date: January 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Elementary Particle Physics and Fields
• Principal Investigator: Ernesto Kemp
• Grantee: Rafael Alves Batista
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin (IFGW). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 99/05404-3 - Pierre Auger Observatory, AP.TEM

Abstract

The origin, composition and propagation mechanics of the Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) are still unknown and subject of great interest by the scientific community due to its intrinsic relation with stellar evolution, particle physics and cosmology. UHECRs may be deflected by the magnetic fields which permeates the galaxy, creating filamentary structures called multiplets, and so they can bring valuable information concerning these fields, and can even solve the controversial question regarding the model which best describes the magnetic field of the galaxy. So, this project proposes to search for these filamentary structures within Pierre Auger Observatory Data and to use them to study the magnetic field of the galaxy. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ZIMBRES, M.; BATISTA, R. ALVES; KEMP, E.. Using spherical wavelets to search for magnetically-induced alignment in the arrival directions of ultra-high energy cosmic rays. Astroparticle Physics, v. 54, p. 54-60, FEB 2014. (10/04743-0, 08/04259-0, 10/07359-6)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

BATISTA, Rafael Alves. On the deflection of ultra-high energy cosmic rays in the galactic magnetic field. 2012. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin Campinas, SP.