Multimessenger Potential of the Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland

The Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland (RNO-G) is the only ultrahigh energy (UHE, ${\gtrsim}30$~PeV) neutrino monitor of the Northern sky and will soon be the world's most sensitive high-uptime detector of UHE neutrinos. Because of this, RNO-G represents an important piece of the multimessenger landscape over the next decade. In this talk, we will highlight RNO-G's multimessenger capabilities and its potential to provide key information in the search for the most extreme astrophysical accelerators. In particular, we will highlight opportunities enabled by RNO-G's unique field-of-view, its potential to constrain the sources of UHE cosmic rays, and its complementarity with IceCube at lower energies

Probing extreme astrophysical accelerators through neutrino anisotropy

We present the extent to which anisotropies in the ultrahigh energy neutrino sky can probe the distribution of extreme astrophysical accelerators in the universe. In this talk, we discuss the origin of an anisotropic neutrino sky and show how observers can use this anisotropy to measure the evolution of ultrahigh energy neutrino sources - and therefore, the sources of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays - for the very first time

Constraints on the hosts of UHECR accelerators

Interactions of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays in the surroundings of their accelerators can naturally explain the observed spectrum and composition of UHECRs, including the abundance of protons below the ankle. We show that astrophysical properties of the UHECR source environment such as the temperature, size, and magnetic field can be constrained by UHECR and neutrino data. Applying this to candidate sources with a simple structure shows that starburst galaxies are consistent with these constraints, but galaxy clusters may be in tension with them. For multi-component systems like AGNs and GRBs the results are indicative but customized analysis is needed for definitive conclusions

Data-driven analysis for understanding ultrahigh energy cosmic ray source spectra

One of the most challenging open questions regarding the origin of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) deals with the shape of the source emission spectra. A commonly-used simplifying assumption is that the source spectra of the highest energy cosmic rays trace a Peters cycle, in which the maximum cosmic-ray energy scales linearly with $Z$, i.e., with the charge of the UHECR in units of the proton charge. However, this would only be a natural assumption for models in which UHECRs escape the acceleration region without suffering significant energy losses. In most cases, however, UHECRs interact in the acceleration region and/or in the source environment changing the shape of the source emission spectra. Energy losses are typically parameterized in terms of $Z$ and the UHECR baryon number $A$, and therefore one would expect the source emission spectra to be a function of both $Z$ and $A$. Taking a pragmatic approach, we investigate whether existing data favor any region of the $(Z,A)$ parameter space. Using data from the Pierre Auger Observatory, we carry out a maximum likelihood analysis of the observed spectrum and nuclear composition to shape the source emission spectra for the various particle species. We also study the impact of possible systematic uncertainties driven by hadronic models describing interactions in the atmosphere

A Peters cycle at the end of the cosmic ray spectrum?

We investigate the degree to which current ultrahigh energy cosmic ray observations above the ankle support a common maximum rigidity for all nuclei, often called a Peters cycle, over alternative scenarios for the cosmic ray spectra escaping sources. We show that a Peters cycle is not generally supported by the data when compared with these alternatives. We explore the observational signatures of non-Peters cycle scenarios, and the opportunities to explore both ultrahigh energy cosmic ray source conditions, as well as, physics beyond the Standard model they present