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arxiv: astro-ph/9708217 · v1 · submitted 1997-08-23 · 🌌 astro-ph · hep-ph

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Ultra-high energy cosmic rays without GZK cutoff

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We study the decays of ultraheavy (m_X \geq 10^{13}GeV) and quasistable (lifetime \tau_X much larger than the age of the Universe t_0) particles as the source of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHE CR). These particles are assumed to constitute a tiny fraction \xi_X of CDM in the Universe, with \xi_X being the same in the halo of our Galaxy and in the intergalactic space. The elementary-particle and cosmological scenarios for these particles are briefly outlined. The UHE CR fluxes produced at the decays of X- particles are calculated. The dominant contribution is given by fluxes of photons and nucleons from the halo of our Galaxy and thus they do not exibit the GZK cutoff. The extragalactic components of UHE CR are suppressed by the smaller extragalactic density of X-particles and hence the cascade limit is relaxed. We discuss the spectrum of produced Extensive Air Showers (EAS) and a signal from Virgo cluster as signatures of this model.

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