Galactic halo bubble magnetic fields and UHECR deflections

Abstract

We consider the synchrotron emission from electrons out in the Galactic halo bubble region where the Fermi bubble structures reside. Utilising a simple analytical expression for the non-thermal electron distribution and a toy magnetic field model, we simulate polarised synchrotron emission maps at a frequency of 30~GHz. Comparing these maps with observational data, we obtain constraints on the parameters of our toy Galactic halo bubble magnetic field model. Utilising this parameter value range for the toy magnetic field model, we determine the corresponding range of arrival directions and suppression factors of ultra high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) from potential local source locations. We find that high levels of flux suppression (down to 2\%) and large deflection angles ($\ge 80^{\circ }$) are possible for source locations whose line-of-sight pass through the Galactic halo bubble region. We conclude that the magnetic field out in the Galactic halo bubble region can strongly dominate the level of deflection UHECRs experience whilst propagating from local sources to Earth.

arXiv comment13 pages, 4 figures + 5 Appendix figures

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