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In this manuscript we present a new approach for the numerical solution of the Galactic Cosmic Ray propagation problem. We introduce a method using advanced contemporary numerical algorithms while retaining the general complexity of other…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 Ralf Kissmann

The origin and evolution of isotopes of the lightest elements H2, He3, Li, Be, B in the universe is a key problem in such fields as astrophysics of CR, Galactic evolution, non-thermal nucleosynthesis, and cosmological studies. One of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 I. V. Moskalenko , A. W. Strong , S. G. Mashnik , F. C. Jones

An extensive program for the calculation of galactic cosmic-ray propagation has been developed. Primary and secondary nucleons, primary and secondary electrons, and secondary positrons are included. The basic spatial propagation mechanisms…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-03 A. W. Strong , I. V. Moskalenko , V. Schoenfelder

We model the transport of cosmic ray nuclei in the Galaxy by means of a new numerical code. Differently from previous numerical models we account for a generic spatial distribution of the diffusion coefficient. We found that in the case of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-19 C. Evoli , D. Gaggero , D. Grasso , L. Maccione

Interstellar synchrotron emission depends on Galactic magnetic fields and on cosmic-ray leptons. Observations of radio emission are an important tool for studying cosmic-ray propagation models and interstellar electron spectrum and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-07-24 Elena Orlando , Andrew W. Strong

I present the first public releases (v3.4 and v3.5) of the USINE code for cosmic-ray propagation in the Galaxy (https://lpsc.in2p3.fr/usine). It contains several semi-analytical propagation models previously used in the literature…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-28 D. Maurin

The GALPROP model for cosmic-ray propagation is able to make explicit predictions for the distribution of galactic diffuse gamma-rays. We compare different propagation models with gamma-ray spectra measured by EGRET for various regions of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Andrew W. Strong , Igor V. Moskalenko , Olaf Reimer

We extend previous work modeling the Galactic magnetic field in the plane using synchrotron emission in total and polarised intensity. In this work, we include a more realistic treatment of the cosmic-ray electrons using the GALPROP…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-02-14 T. R. Jaffe , A. J. Banday , J. P. Leahy , S. Leach , A. W. Strong

We introduce the new version of SimProp, a Monte Carlo code for simulating the propagation of ultra-high energy cosmic rays in intergalactic space. This version, SimProp v2r4, together with an overall improvement of the code capabilities…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-03 Roberto Aloisio , Denise Boncioli , Armando di Matteo , Aurelio F. Grillo , Sergio Petrera , Francesco Salamida

We are constructing a model which aims to reproduce observational data of many kinds related to cosmic-ray origin and propagation: direct measurements of nuclei, antiprotons, electrons and positrons, gamma-rays, and synchrotron radiation.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. W. Strong , I. V. Moskalenko

The public GALPROP code gives a fully numerical solution for the spectrum of cosmic rays propagating through a linear Galactic wind directed outwards from the Galactic plane in the framework of a cylindrical diffusion model. Alternatively,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-30 Kwei-Chou Yang

Solving the question of the origin of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) requires the development of detailed simulation tools in order to interpret the experimental data and draw conclusions on the UHECR universe. CRPropa is a public…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-21 Rafael Alves Batista , Martin Erdmann , Carmelo Evoli , Karl-Heinz Kampert , Daniel Kuempel , Gero Mueller , Günter Sigl , Arjen Van Vliet , David Walz , Tobias Winchen

Local interstellar spectra (LIS) for protons, helium and antiprotons are built using the most recent experimental results combined with the state-of-the-art models for propagation in the Galaxy and heliosphere. Two propagation packages,…

Quantitative modeling of the spectro-spatial distributions of energetic electrons and protons in galactic halos is needed in order to determine their interactions with the local plasma and radiation fields, and also to estimate their…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-17 Yoel Rephaeli , Sharon Sadeh

We use the GALPROP model for cosmic-ray propagation to obtain a new estimate of the Galactic component of gamma rays, and show that away from the Galactic plane it gives an accurate prediction of the observed EGRET intensities in the energy…

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

It is widely believed that supernova remnants are the best candidate sources for the observed cosmic ray flux up to the knee, i.e. up to ~PeV energies. Indeed, the gamma-ray spectra of some supernova remnants can be well explained by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-02 Nils Nierstenhoefer , Philipp Graeser , Florian Schuppan , Julia Becker Tjus

The GALPROP model for cosmic-ray (CR) propagation produces explicit predictions for the angular distribution of Galactic diffuse gamma rays. We compare our current models with EGRET spectra for various regions of the sky. This allows a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. W. Strong , I. V. Moskalenko , O. Reimer

Local interstellar spectra (LIS) of secondary cosmic ray (CR) nuclei, lithium, beryllium, boron, and partially secondary nitrogen, are derived in the rigidity range from 10 MV to ~200 TV using the most recent experimental results combined…

We describe a method for the numerical computation of the propagation of primary and secondary nucleons, primary electrons, and secondary positrons and electrons. Fragmentation and energy losses are computed using realistic distributions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-05 A. W. Strong , I. V. Moskalenko

We propose a machine learning method to investigate the propagation of cosmic rays based on the precisely measured spectra of the primary and secondary cosmic ray nuclei of Li, Be, B, C, and O from AMS-02, ACE, and Voyager-1. We train two…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-04 Yue-Lin Sming Tsai , Yi-Lun Chung , Qiang Yuan , Kingman Cheung