Energetics of High-Energy Cosmic Radiations
Abstract
The luminosity densities of high-energy cosmic radiations are studied to find connections among the various components, including high-energy neutrinos measured with IceCube and gamma rays with the Fermi satellite. Matching the cosmic-ray energy generation rate density in a GeV-TeV range estimated for Milky Way with the ultrahigh-energy component requires a power-law index of the spectrum, , somewhat harder than for the local index derived from the AMS-02 experiment. The soft GeV-TeV cosmic-ray spectrum extrapolated to higher energies can be compatible with PeV cosmic rays inferred from neutrino measurements, but overshoots the CR luminosity density to explain GeV-TeV gamma rays. The extrapolation from ultrahigh energies with a hard spectrum, on the other hand, can be consistent with both neutrinos and gamma-rays. These point towards either reacceleration of galactic cosmic rays or the presence of extragalactic sources with a hard spectrum. We discuss possible cosmic-ray sources that can be added.
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@article{arxiv.1806.04194,
title = {Energetics of High-Energy Cosmic Radiations},
author = {Kohta Murase and Masataka Fukugita},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.04194},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
14 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in PRD. Results and conclusions unchanged