High energy cosmic rays, gamma rays and neutrinos from AGN

TL;DR

This paper reviews a model for high energy emissions from AGN, discusses the knee energy phenomenon involving heavy particles, and proposes tests for neutrino-gamma-ray spectral relations using current detectors.

Contribution

It introduces a model linking cosmic rays, gamma rays, and neutrinos from AGN, and suggests experimental methods to detect heavy particles and test spectral relations.

Findings

Proposes a heavy particle with mass in the knee energy range.

Suggests detection methods in Pierre Auger Project.

Establishes a testable relation between neutrino and gamma-ray spectra.

Abstract

The author reviews a model for the emission of high energy cosmic rays, gamma-rays and neutrinos from AGN (Active Galactic Nuclei) that he has proposed since 1985. Further discussion of the knee energy phenomenon of the cosmic ray energy spectrum requires the existence of a heavy particle with mass in the knee energy range. A possible method of detecting such a particle in the Pierre Auger Project is suggested. Also presented is a relation between the spectra of neutrinos and gamma-rays emitted from AGN. This relation can be tested by high energy neutrino detectors such as ICECUBE, the Mediterranean Sea Detector and possibly by the Pierre Auger Project.