An Alternative Explanation of the Varying Boron to Carbon in Galactic Cosmic rays [HEAP]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1708.05013


It is suggested that the decline with energy of the boron to carbon abundance ratio in Galactic cosmic rays is due, in part, to a correlation between the maximum energy attainable by shock acceleration in a given region of the Galactic disk and the grammage traversed before escape. In this case the energy dependence of the escape rate from the Galaxy may be less than previously thought and the spectrum of antiprotons becomes easier to understand.

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D. Eichler
Fri, 18 Aug 17
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Comments: published in the Astrophysical Journal