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2006ApJ...645L.121C - Astrophys. J., 645, L121-L124 (2006/July-2)

On the role of the galactic magnetic halo in Ultra-High-Energy cosmic-ray propagation.

CHARDONNET P. and MATTEI A.

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The study of the propagation of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) is a key step to unveiling the secret of their origin. Up to now only the influence of the galactic and extragalactic magnetic fields was considered. In this article we focus our analysis on the influence of the magnetic field of the galaxies standing between possible UHECR sources and us. Our main approach is to start from the well-known galaxy distribution up to 120 Mpc. We use the most complete galaxy catalog: the LEDA catalog. Inside a sphere of 120 Mpc, we extract 60,130 galaxies with known positions. In our simulations we assign a halo dipole magnetic field (HDMF) to each galaxy. The code developed is able to retro-propagate a charged particle from the arrival points of UHECR data across our galaxy sample. We present simulations in the case of the Virgo Cluster and show that there is a nonnegligible deviation in the case of protons of 7x1019 eV, even if the B value is conservative. Then special attention is devoted to the AGASA triplet, where we find that NGC 3998 and NGC 3992 could be possible source candidates.

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Journal keyword(s): ISM: Cosmic Rays - ISM: Magnetic Fields - Methods: Numerical

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