Anomaly in the cosmic-ray energy spectrum at GeV-TeV energies

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作者
Thoudam, Satyendra [1 ]
Horandel, Jorg R. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Radboud Univ Nijmegen, IMAPP, Dept Astrophys, NL-6500 GL Nijmegen, Netherlands
[2] Nikhef, NL-1098 XG Amsterdam, Netherlands
来源
24TH EUROPEAN COSMIC RAY SYMPOSIUM (ECRS) | 2015年 / 632卷
关键词
SUPERNOVA-REMNANTS; INTERSTELLAR-MEDIUM; HELIUM SPECTRA; REACCELERATION; PROTON; ORIGIN;
D O I
10.1088/1742-6596/632/1/012026
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
Recent measurements of cosmic rays by various experiments have found that the energy spectrum of cosmic rays is harder in the TeV region than at GeV energies. The origin of the spectral hardening is not clearly understood. In this paper, we discuss the possibility that the spectral hardening might be due to the effect of re-acceleration of cosmic rays by weak shocks associated with old supernova remnants in the Galaxy.
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