Gamma Ray Astronomy with Magnetized Zevatrons
Abstract
Nearby sources of cosmic rays up to a ZeV(=1021 eV) could be observed with a multi-messenger approach including secondary gamma-rays and neutrinos. If cosmic rays above ~1018 eV are produced in magnetized environments such as galaxy clusters, the flux of secondary gamma-rays below ~1 TeV can be enhanced up to several orders of magnitudes compared to unmagnetized sources. A particular source of enhancement are synchrotron and cascade photons from e+e- pairs produced by protons from sources with relatively steep injection spectra proportional to E-2.6. Such sources should be visible at the same time in ultra-high energy cosmic ray experiments and gamma-ray telescopes.
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