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High-energy gamma rays of interstellar origin are produced by the interaction of cosmic-ray (CR) particles with the diffuse gas and radiation fields in the Galaxy. The main features of this emission are well understood and are reproduced by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-06 Troy A. Porter , Gudlaugur Johannesson , Igor V. Moskalenko

The distribution of arrival directions of cosmic rays is remarkably isotropic, which is a consequence of their repeated scattering in magnetic fields. Yet, high-statistics observatories like IceCube and HAWC have revealed the presence of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-12-04 Philipp Mertsch , Markus Ahlers

The problem of the origin of cosmic rays in the shocks produced by supernova explosions at energies below the so called 'knee' (at ~3*10$^6$ GeV) in the energy spectrum is addressed, with special attention to the propagation of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. D. Erlykin , A. A. Lagutin , A. W. Wolfendale

It has recently been shown that the highest energy cosmic rays (CRs) may originate in the same cosmological objects producing $\gamma$-ray bursts. This model requires the presence of intergalactic magnetic fields (IGMF) to delay the arrival…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Eli Waxman , Jordi Miralda-Escude

The physics of cosmic rays (CR) is a promising candidate for explaining the driving of galactic winds and outflows. Recent galaxy formation simulations have demonstrated the need for active CR transport either in the form of diffusion or…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-07-19 Ruediger Pakmor , Christoph Pfrommer , Christine M. Simpson , Volker Springel

The problem in identifying the sites of origin of Galactic Cosmic Rays (CRs) is reviewed. Recent observational evidence from very-high energy (VHE, energies above 100 GeV) gamma-ray measurements is in contradiction with the surmise that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Plaga

We phenomenologically developed a propagation model of high energy galactic cosmic rays. We derived the analytical solutions by adopting the semi-empirical diffusion equation, proposed by Berezinskii {\it et al.}(1990) and the diffusion…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-02-07 Hideyoshi Arakida , Shuichi Kuramata

I review what is known and surmised about magnetic fields in space, from our Milky Way environment to the distant Universe beyond the GZK horizon. This includes our gradually improving specification of the CR propagation environment within…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-17 Philipp P. Kronberg

The strongly diverging magnetic field lines in the very inner heliosphere, through the associated magnetic focusing/mirroring forces, can, potentially, lead to highly anisotropic galactic cosmic ray distributions close to the Sun. Using a…

Space Physics · Physics 2022-03-30 R. D. Strauss , J. P. van den Berg , J. S. Rankin

The arrival directions of Galactic cosmic rays (CRs) are highly isotropic. This is expected from the presence of turbulent magnetic fields in our Galactic environment that repeatedly scatter charged CRs during propagation. However, various…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-04-05 Markus Ahlers , Philipp Mertsch

We study the interaction of cosmic rays (CRs) with the diffuse circumgalactic gas of Milky Way (MW) galaxy that results in hadronic $\gamma-$ray emission and radio synchrotron emission. We aim to constrain the CR population in our…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-11 Ranita Jana , Manami Roy , Biman B. Nath

We present a theory of non-solar cosmic rays (CRs) in which the bulk of their observed flux is due to a single type of CR source at all energies. The total luminosity of the Galaxy, the broken power-law spectra with their observed slopes,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-29 Arnon Dar , Alvaro De Rujula

The nuclei fraction in cosmic rays (CR) far exceeds the fraction of other CR species, such as antiprotons, electrons, and positrons. Thus the majority of information obtained from CR studies is based on interpretation of isotopic abundances…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 I. V. Moskalenko , A. W. Strong , S. G. Mashnik

We performed a spectro-morphological analysis of the diffuse emission in the Galactic center region with H.E.S.S. gamma-ray data. We relied on templates to model the diffuse emissions (the Galactic center ridge and the foreground component)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-02 J. Devin , A. Lemière , K. Streil , R. Terrier , C. van Eldik

Detecting the end of the cosmic-ray (CR) electron spectrum would provide important new insights. While we know that Milky Way sources can accelerate electrons up to at least $\sim$1PeV, the observed CR electron spectrum at Earth extends…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-06 Takahiro Sudoh , John F. Beacom

A correct description of cosmic-ray (CR) diffusion in turbulent plasma is essential for many astrophysical and heliospheric problems. This paper aims to present physical diffusion behavior of CRs in actual turbulent magnetic fields, model…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Siyao Xu , Huirong Yan

Cosmic rays (CRs) with ~GeV energies can contribute significantly to the energy and pressure budget in the interstellar, circumgalactic, and intergalactic medium (ISM, CGM, IGM). Recent cosmological simulations have begun to explore these…

One of the unsolved problems in cosmic ray (CR) physics is the small radial gradient of the gamma-ray intensity compared to the inferred CR source distribution in the Galactic disk. In diffusive CR propagation models the most natural…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Breitschwerdt , V. Dogiel , H. J. V"olk

Although the existence of cosmic rays with energies extending well above $10^{19}$ eV has been confirmed, their origin remains one of the most important questions in astro-particle physics today. Several source models have been proposed for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-19 B. T. Stokes , C. C. H. Jui , J. N. Matthews

In the standard picture of cosmic ray transport the propagation of charged cosmic rays through turbulent magnetic fields is described as a random walk with cosmic rays scattering on magnetic field turbulence. This is in good agreement with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-08 Marco Kuhlen , Philipp Mertsch , Vo Hong Minh Phan