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Constraints on the spatially dependent cosmic-ray propagation model from Bayesian Analysis

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2022-06-22 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

The energy spectra of primary and secondary cosmic rays (CR) generally harden at several hundreds of GeV, which can be naturally interpreted by propagation effects. We adopt a spatially dependent CR propagation model to fit the spectral hardening, where a slow-diffusion disk (SDD) is assumed near the Galactic plane. We aim to constrain the propagation parameters with the Bayesian parameter estimation based on a Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling algorithm. The latest precise measurements of carbon spectrum and B/C ratio are adopted in the Bayesian analysis. The 10Be/9Be\rm{^{10}Be/^{9}Be} and Be/B ratios are also included to break parameter degeneracies. The fitting result shows that all the parameters are well constrained. Especially, the thickness of the SDD is limited to 0.4-0.5 kpc above and below the Galactic plane, which could be the best constraint for the slow-diffusion region among similar works. The pˉ/p\bar{p}/p ratio and amplitude of CR anisotropy predicted by the SDD model are consistent with the observations, while the predicted high-energy electron and positron fluxes are slightly and significantly lower than the observations, respectively, indicating the necessity of extra sources.

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@article{arxiv.2109.04112,
  title  = {Constraints on the spatially dependent cosmic-ray propagation model from Bayesian Analysis},
  author = {Meng-Jie Zhao and Kun Fang and Xiao-Jun Bi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.04112},
  year   = {2022}
}

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14 pages, 16 figures

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