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Search for the origin of the highest energy cosmic rays and the connection to multi-messenger astrophysics

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19F19750
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section外国
Review Section Basic Section 15020:Experimental studies related to particle-, nuclear-, cosmic ray and astro-physics
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

佐川 宏行  東京大学, 宇宙線研究所, 教授 (80178590)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) FEDYNITCH ANATOLI  東京大学, 宇宙線研究所, 外国人特別研究員
Project Period (FY) 2019-10-11 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Keywords最高エネルギー宇宙線 / Telescope Array宇宙線観測所 / Pierre Auger宇宙線観測所 / 宇宙線の伝播モデル / 宇宙磁場 / 空気シャワー / 質量組成 / ハドロン相互作用 / 大気ニュートリノ / Astroparticle physics / Cosmic rays / Atmospheric neutrinos / Astrophysical neutrinos / Nuclear physics / Radiation modeling / Open-source software
Outline of Research at the Start

人類が加速できた粒子のエネルギーの一千万倍以上の超高エネルギー宇宙線が宇宙から到来する。そのような宇宙線がどこからやってくるのか、またそのようなエネルギーをどうやって獲得することができたかは宇宙物理学の大きな謎のひとつである。
現在超高エネルギー宇宙線観測所として北半球のテレスコープアレイ実験と南半球のPierre Auger観測所が稼働しており、超高エネルギー宇宙線の到来方向の異方性が初めてとらえつつある。Fedynitch氏はこの結果を彼が開発してきた宇宙線伝播や粒子相互作用モデルのコードなどを駆使して理論的にどのように説明できるかに挑む。

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

「最高エネルギー宇宙線はどこからやってくるか」は宇宙物理学最大の謎のひとつである。そこで外国人特別研究員とともに、最高エネルギー宇宙線のエネルギー・到来方向と発生源候補との相関解析を行った。
これまで発生源候補との相関を解析する場合に、あるエネルギー閾値を設定して、到来方向のみを考慮していたが、(以前に本科研費で招聘した)F. Capelは宇宙線のエネルギーと到来方向を両方パラメータとして使う新解析方法を考案した。当該年度では本科研費でK. Watanabeを招聘して、北半球のTelescope Array宇宙線観測所で取得した宇宙線空気シャワーデータに対して初めてこの新方法で解析を行った。また南半球のPierre Auger宇宙線観測所の宇宙線データの解析も行い、さらにそれらを含めた初めての全天解析に向けた準備を行った。それまでは、一番軽い陽子宇宙線のみを考え、宇宙線の地球までの伝播も簡易なエネルギー損失モデルを用い、また宇宙磁場による宇宙線の到来方向の変化もガウス曲線に従う分布で不規則に広がる効果しか考えていなかったが、われわれは、陽子宇宙線に加えてそれ以外の粒子(質量組成)の場合や、宇宙線が宇宙空間を伝播する際の効果も外国人特別研究員が開発に深く関わっている、より詳細な効果を考慮したCRPROPAという宇宙線の伝播モデルを用い、さらに我々が住む天の川銀河の磁場モデルを含む、より精密な宇宙磁場を考慮するなど、新しい試みを行った。preliminaryではあるが、その発生源に関して新たな知見が得られており、現在、査読論文出版に向けて、結果をまとめている。
その他、外国人特別研究員は空気シャワーシミュレーションコードの整備および最高エネルギー宇宙線の近隣分野の研究を行い、マルチメッセンジャー的な宇宙物理学の理解の進展に寄与した。

Research Progress Status

令和3年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Strategy for Future Research Activity

令和3年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (20 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Peer Reviewed: 6 results,  Open Access: 5 results) Presentation (13 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 13 results,  Invited: 4 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)/TU Dortmund University/Wuppertal University(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] The Muon Puzzle in cosmic-ray induced air showers and its connection to the Large Hadron Collider. Invited review2022

    • Author(s)
      Johannes Albrecht, Anatoli Fedynitch et al.
    • Journal Title

      Astrophysics and Space Science

      Volume: 367 Issue: 3 Pages: 1-27

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10509-022-04054-5

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Polarized radiation and the Emergence of Biological Homochirality on Earth and Beyond2021

    • Author(s)
      1.Noemie Globus, Anatoli Fedynitch, and Roger D. Blandford
    • Journal Title

      Astrophysical Journal

      Volume: 910 Issue: 2 Pages: 85-85

    • DOI

      10.3847/1538-4357/abe461

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The hadronic interaction model Sibyll 2.3d and extensive air showers2020

    • Author(s)
      Felix Riehn, Ralph Engel, Anatoli Fedynitch, Thomas K. Gaisser, and Todor Stanev
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review D

      Volume: 102 Issue: 6

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevd.102.063002

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Systematic parameter space study for the UHECR origin from GRBs in models with multiple internal shocks2020

    • Author(s)
      Jonas Heinze, Daniel Biehl, Anatoli Fedynitch, Denise Boncioli, Annika Rudolph, and Walter Winter
    • Journal Title

      Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

      Volume: 498 Issue: 4 Pages: 5990-6004

    • DOI

      10.1093/mnras/staa2751

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Production of secondary particles in heavy nuclei interactions in supernova remnants2020

    • Author(s)
      Maulik Bhatt, Iurii Sushch, Martin Pohl, Anatoli Fedynitch, Samata Das, Robert Brose, Pavlo Plotko, and Dominique M.-A. Meyer
    • Journal Title

      Astroparticle Physics

      Volume: 123 Pages: 102490-102490

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.astropartphys.2020.102490

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Impact of the collision model on the multi-messenger emission from Gamma-Ray Burst internal shocks2019

    • Author(s)
      Rudolph, Annika and Heinze, Jonas and Fedynitch, Anatoli and Winter, Walter
    • Journal Title

      The Astrophysical Journal

      Volume: 893 Issue: 1 Pages: 72-72

    • DOI

      10.3847/1538-4357/ab7ea7

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report 2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] UHECR from high-energy and low-luminosity Gamma-Ray Bursts2021

    • Author(s)
      Annika Rudolph, Anatoli Fedynitch et al.
    • Organizer
      37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2021)
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A Numerical Approach to Angular Distributions in Hadronic Cascades2021

    • Author(s)
      Tetiana Kozynets, Anatoli Fedynitch, and D. Jason Koskinen
    • Organizer
      37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2021)
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Status of the novel CORSIKA 8 air shower simulation framework2021

    • Author(s)
      A.A. Alves Junior and Anatoli Fedynitch et al.
    • Organizer
      37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2021)
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Electromagnetic Shower Simulation for CORSIKA 82021

    • Author(s)
      Jean-Marco Alameddine and Anatoli Fedynitch et al.
    • Organizer
      37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2021)
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Hadron cascades in CORSIKA 82021

    • Author(s)
      Ralf Ulrich and Anatoli Fedynitch et al.
    • Organizer
      37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2021)
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] (Accelerator-) data-driven hadronic model and implications for the atmospheric lepton fluxes2021

    • Author(s)
      Anatoli Fedynitch
    • Organizer
      2nd Workshop for Atmospheric Neutrino Production in the MeV to PeV
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Hadronic interactions in cosmic ray physics2020

    • Author(s)
      Anatoli Fedynitch
    • Organizer
      Connecting high-energy astroparticle physics for origins of
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Backgrounds Atmospheric and Prompt neutrinos2020

    • Author(s)
      Anatoli Fedynitch
    • Organizer
      Cosmic Rays and Neutrinos in the Multi-Messenger Era
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Cascade equations and accelerated methods2020

    • Author(s)
      Anatoli Fedynitch
    • Organizer
      CORSIKA Cosmic Ray Simulation Workshop
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Hadronic interactions and the muon excess2020

    • Author(s)
      Anatoli Fedynitch
    • Organizer
      TMEX 2020, Vietnam
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Conventional and prompt fluxes in neutrino telescopes2019

    • Author(s)
      Anatoli Fedynitch
    • Organizer
      MITP Heavy-quark Hadroproduction from Collider to Astroparticle Physics
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Physics of atmospheric neutrinos and current challenges2019

    • Author(s)
      Anatoli Fedynitch
    • Organizer
      NuPhys 2019: Prospects in Neutrino Physics
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Finding more TeV neutrino sources2019

    • Author(s)
      Anatoli Fedynitch
    • Organizer
      Cosmic Neutrino and Multimessenger workshop "CosNuMM 2019"
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited

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Published: 2019-10-15   Modified: 2024-03-26  

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