Published March 1, 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

Spatial-dependent propagation of cosmic rays results in spectrum of proton, ratios of p ¯ / p, B/C AND anisotropy of nuclei

  • 1. Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049 (China)

Description

Recent precise measurements of cosmic ray spectra revealed an anomalous hardening at ∼200 GV, observed by the ATIC, CREAM, PAMELA, and AMS02 experiments. Particularly, the latest observation of the p ¯ / p ratio by AMS02 demonstrated a flat distribution, which further validated the spectral anomalies of secondary particles. All those new phenomena indicated that the conventional propagation model of cosmic rays meets a challenge. In this work, the spatial-dependent diffusion coefficient D ( r , z , p ) is employed by tracing the source distribution under the physical picture of the two-halo model in the DRAGON package. Under such a scenario, the model calculation will result in two-component spectra for primary nuclei. Due to the smaller rigidity dependence of D ( r , z , p ) in the galactic disk, the ratios secondary-to-primary will inevitably be flatter and the expected anisotropy of cosmic rays will be much more attenuated than in the conventional model. As a result, we can reproduce the spectral hardening of protons, the flat ratios of p ¯ / p and B/C, and consistent anisotropy from ∼100 GeV to ∼100 TeV by only adopting one set of spatial-dependent diffusion coefficients D ( r , z , p ) in a galactic disk.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/819/1/54

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astrophysical Journal
Journal Volume
819
Journal Issue
1
Series
Since 2009, the country of publication for this journal is the UK.
Journal Page Range
[6 p.]
ISSN
0004-637X
CODEN
ASJOAB

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
51049280
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ANISOTROPY; COSMIC RADIATION; DIFFUSION; DISTRIBUTION; GEV RANGE 100-1000; SPECTRAL HARDENING; SUPERNOVA REMNANTS; TEV RANGE
Descriptors DEC
COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; ENERGY RANGE; GEV RANGE; IONIZING RADIATIONS; RADIATIONS