Full-sky UHECR arrival directions remain most correlated with starburst galaxies (4.2 sigma post-trial) after adding Telescope Array data, atmospheric corrections, and a new harmonic-space analysis.
Detecting ultra-high energy cosmic ray anisotropies through cross-correlations
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We propose an observable for ultra-high energy cosmic ray (UHECR) physics: the harmonic-space cross-correlation power spectrum between the arrival directions of UHECRs and the large-scale cosmic structure mapped by galaxies. This cross-correlation has not yet been considered in the literature, and it permits a direct theoretical modelling of the main astrophysical components. We describe the expected form of the cross-correlation and show how, if the distribution of UHECR sources trace the large-scale cosmic structure, it could be easier to detect with current data than the UHECR auto-correlation. Moreover, the cross-correlation is more sensitive to UHECR anisotropies on smaller angular scales, more robust to systematic uncertainties, and it could be used to determine the redshift distribution of UHECR sources, making it a valuable tool in determining their origins and properties.
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New full-sky studies of the distribution of ultra-high-energy cosmic-ray arrival directions
Full-sky UHECR arrival directions remain most correlated with starburst galaxies (4.2 sigma post-trial) after adding Telescope Array data, atmospheric corrections, and a new harmonic-space analysis.