A possible Universal Origin of Hadronic Cosmic Rays from Ultrarelativistic Ejecta of Bipolar Supernovae

Abstract

Based on the ``cannonball model'' for gamma-ray bursts of Dar and De Rujula it is proposed that masses of baryonic plasma (``cannonballs''), ejected in bipolar supernova explosions in our Galaxy are the sources of hadronic Galactic cosmic rays (CRs) at all energies. The propagation of the cannonballs in the Galactic disk and halo is studied. Two mechanisms for the acceleration of the observed CRs are proposed. The first is based on ultrarelativistic shocks in the interstellar medium and could accelerate the bulk of CRs up to the ``knee'' energy of 4 x 10(15) eV. The second operates with second-order Fermi acceleration within the cannonball. If the total initial energy of the ejected plasmoids in a SN explosion is 10(53) ergs or higher this second mechanism may explain the CR spectrum above the knee up to the highest observed energies. It is shown that together with plausible assumptions about CR propagation in the Galactic confinement volume the observed spectral indices of the CR spectrum can be theoretically understood to first order. The model allows a natural understanding of various basic CR observations like the absence of the Greisen-Zatsepin cutoff, the anisotropy of arrival directions as function of energy and the small Galactocentric gradient of the CR density.

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