Model of Cosmic Ray Propagation in the Milky Way at the Knee
| Autor: | Giacinti, G., Semikoz, D. |
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| Přispěvatelé: | AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
| Předmět: |
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
gamma ray galaxy spectrum time dependence cosmic radiation model FOS: Physical sciences cosmic radiation anisotropy solar system GeV magnetic field galaxy VHE cosmic radiation spectrum space dependence [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena cosmic radiation propagation |
| Popis: | We present a new model of anisotropic cosmic ray propagation in the Milky Way, where cosmic rays are injected at discrete transient sources in the disc and propagated in the Galactic magnetic field. In the framework of our model, we show that the cosmic ray spectrum is time-dependent and space-dependent around the energy of the knee. It has a major contribution of one or a few nearby recent sources at any given location in the Galaxy, in particular at the position of the Solar system. We find that the distribution of $\sim$ PeV cosmic rays in our Galaxy is significantly clumpy and inhomogeneous, and therefore substantially different from the smoother distribution of GeV cosmic rays. Our findings have important implications for the calculation and future interpretation of the diffuse Galactic gamma-ray and neutrino fluxes at very high energies. 7 pages, 4 figures |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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