Date:
Tue, 04/05/201012:30-13:30
Location:
Kaplun Bldg, seminar room, 2nd floor
UHECRs from Centaurus A?
Relativistic jets and giant lobes of radio galaxies are potential sources of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) and very-high energy (VHE) neutrinos. I will discuss physical conditions in and around Centaurus A, the nearest radio galaxy (FR I). I will show the latest results from the Chandra, Fermi, Pierre Auger and ATCA+Parkes observing campaigns along with theoretical considerations which constrain Centaurus A as a source of the UHECRs.
Relativistic jets and giant lobes of radio galaxies are potential sources of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) and very-high energy (VHE) neutrinos. I will discuss physical conditions in and around Centaurus A, the nearest radio galaxy (FR I). I will show the latest results from the Chandra, Fermi, Pierre Auger and ATCA+Parkes observing campaigns along with theoretical considerations which constrain Centaurus A as a source of the UHECRs.