Galactic Cosmic Rays - Theory and Interpretation

Abstract

The arguments surrounding the Galactic component of the cosmic rays, the energy budget, questions of composition, spectral features, anisotropy, sources etc, will be critically examined. We are moving into a new phase in the study of the Galactic cosmic rays where it is becoming clear that precision measurements are revealing new, and in some cases unexpected, features which are forcing us to develop more sophisticated models for their production and propagation. The fundamental concepts however appear to be quite solid and have changed remarkably little in the more than fifty years since Ginzburg and Syrovatskii's classic "The Origin of Cosmic Rays".

Community peer review solicited - final version due for submission mid Sep

References in corpus (5)

• Detection of the Characteristic Pion-Decay Signature in Supernova Remnants
• The Spectrum and Morphology of the Fermi Bubbles
• Discovery of Localized Regions of Excess 10-TeV Cosmic Rays
• Galactic Cosmic Ray Origins and OB Associations: Evidence from SuperTIGER Observations of Elements ${}_{26}$Fe through ${}_{40}$Zr
• Examining molecular clouds in the Galactic Centre region using X-ray reflection spectra simulations

Cited by in corpus (1)

• Non-linear diffusion of cosmic rays escaping from supernova remnants - II. Hot ionized media