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arxiv: astro-ph/0103043 · v3 · submitted 2001-03-02 · 🌌 astro-ph · hep-ph

An Auger test of the Cen A model of highest energy cosmic rays

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If, as recently proposed by Farrar and Piran, Cen A is the source of cosmic rays detected above the Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuz'min cutoff, neutrons are $\approx 140$ more probable than protons to be observed along its line of sight. This is because the proton flux is rendered nearly isotropic by ${\cal O}(\mu$G) intergalactic magnetic fields. With the anticipated aperture of the Southern Auger Observatory, one may expect on the order of 2 neutron events/year above $10^{20}$ eV in the line of sight of Cen A.

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