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Cosmic rays (CRs) generate diffuse emission while interacting with the Galactic magnetic field (B-field), the interstellar gas and the radiation field. This diffuse emission extends from radio, microwaves, through X-rays, to high-energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-22 Elena Orlando

The diffuse galactic gamma-ray spectrum measured by the EGRET experiment \citep{Hunter:1997} are interpreted within a scenario in which cosmic rays (CRs) are injected by three different kind of sources, (i) supernovae (SN) which explode…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sabrina Casanova , Peter L. Biermann , Ralph Engel , Athina Meli , Ralf Ulrich

In nuclei of starburst galaxies, the combination of an enhanced rate of supernova explosions and a high gas density suggests that cosmic rays can be efficiently produced, and that most of them lose their energy before escaping these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-26 Enrico Peretti , Pasquale Blasi , Felix Aharonian , Giovanni Morlino , Pierre Cristofari

IceCube collaboration reported the first high-significance observation of the neutrino emission from the Galactic disk. The observed signal can be due to diffuse emission produced by cosmic rays interacting with interstellar gas but can…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-25 Vittoria Vecchiotti , Francesco L. Villante , Giulia Pagliaroli

The presence of nearby discrete cosmic-ray (CR) sources can lead to many interesting effects on the observed properties of CRs. In this paper, we study about the possible effects on the CR primary and secondary spectra and also the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Satyendra Thoudam

It is widely believe that galactic cosmic rays are originated in supernova remnants (SNRs) where they are accelerated by diffusive shock acceleration process at supernova blast waves driven by expanding SNRs. In recent theoretical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-02 Prabir Banik , Arunava Bhadra

The Galactic gamma-ray flux can be described as the sum of two components: the first is due to the emission from an ensemble of discrete sources, and the second is formed by the photons produced by cosmic rays propagating in interstellar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-13 Paolo Lipari , Silvia Vernetto

The distribution of cosmic rays in the Galaxy at energies above few TeVs is still uncertain and this affects the expectations for the diffuse gamma flux produced by hadronic interactions of cosmic rays with the interstellar gas. We show…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 M. Cataldo , G. Pagliaroli , V. Vecchiotti , F. L. Villante

We present a solution to the apparent discrepancy between the radial gradient in the diffuse Galactic gamma-ray emissivity and the distribution of supernova remnants, believed to be the sources of cosmic rays. Recent determinations of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. W. Strong , I. V. Moskalenko , O. Reimer , S. Digel , R. Diehl

The rate of ionization by cosmic rays in interstellar gas directly associated with gamma-ray emitting supernova remnants is for the first time calculated to be several orders of magnitude larger than the Galactic average. Analysis of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 J. K. Becker , J. H. Black , M. Safarzadeh , F. Schuppan

Supernova remnants (SNRs) are widely believed to be the principal source of galactic cosmic rays. Such energetic particles can produce gamma-rays and lower energy photons via interactions with the ambient plasma. In this paper, we present…

Cosmic rays (CRs) are an integral component of the interstellar medium, producing broadband emission while interacting with other Galactic matter components like the interstellar gas or magnetic fields. In addition to observations,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-12 Julia Thaler , Ralf Kissmann , Olaf Reimer

Astrophysical neutrinos are expected to be produced in the interactions of ultra-high energy cosmic-rays with surrounding photons. The fluxes of the astrophysical neutrinos are highly dependent on the characteristics of the cosmic-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 Shigeru Yoshida , Aya Ishihara

Galactic and extragalactic objects in the universe are sources of high-energy neutrinos {that may contribute to the astrophysical neutrino signal seen by IceCube.} Recently, a study done using cascade-like events seen by IceCube reported…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-02 Abhishek Desai , Justin Vandenbroucke , Samalka Anandagoda , Jessie Thwaites , M. J. Romfoe

We calculate the fluxes of neutrinos and gamma rays from interactions of cosmic rays with interstellar matter in our galaxy. We use EPOS-LHC, SIBYLL and GHEISHA to obtain the yield of these particles in proton, helium and iron collisions at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-03-15 J. M. Carceller , M. Masip

Various studies have implied the existence of a gaseous halo around the Galaxy extending out to 100 kpc. Galactic cosmic rays (CRs) that propagate to the halo, either by diffusion or by convection with the possibly existing large-scale…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-30 Ruo-Yu Liu , Huirong Yan , Xiang-Yu Wang , Shi Shao , Hui Li

I give a brief discussion of possible sources of high energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin over the energy range from $\sim 10^{12}$ eV to $\sim 10^{25}$ eV. In particular I shall review predictions of the diffuse neutrino intensity.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 R. J. Protheroe

The observations of the energy spectra of cosmic-ray have revealed complicated structures. Especially, spectral hardenings in the boron-to-carbon and boron-to-oxygen ratios above $\sim 200$ GV has been revealed by AMS-02 and DAMPE…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-06 Dong-Xu Sun , Pei-Pei Zhang , Yi-Qing Guo , Wei Liu , Qiang Yuan

This work presents preliminary results for the time-dependent cosmic-ray propagation in the Galaxy by a fully 3-dimensional Monte Carlo simulation. The distribution of cosmic-rays (both protons and helium nuclei) in the Galaxy is studied on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-06-05 C. -Y. Huang , M. Pohl

Recent observations of cosmic rays (CRs) have revealed a two-component anomaly in the spectra of primary and secondary particles, as well as their ratios, prompting investigation into their common origin. In this study, we incorporate the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-08 Yu-Hua Yao , Xu-Lin Dong , Yi-Qing Guo , Qiang Yuan