Abstract It has been shown that supernova blast waves interacting with winds from massive stars in compact star clusters may be capable of producing cosmic-ray (CR) protons to above eV. We give a brief description of the colliding-shock-flow mechanism and look at generalizations of the diffusion of ∼100 PeV CRs in the turbulent galactic magnetic field present in the galactic disk. We calculate the temporal evolution of the CR anisotropy from a possible distribution of young compact massive star clusters assuming the sources are intermittent on time scales of a few million years, i.e., comparable to their residence time in the Milky Way. Within the confines of our model, we determine the galactic/extra-galactic fraction of high-energy CRs resulting in anisotropies consistent with observed values. We find that galactic star clusters may contribute a substantial fraction of ∼100 PeV CRs without producing anisotropies above observed limits.
High-energy cosmic rays from compact galactic star clusters: Particle fluxes and anisotropy
Advances in Space Research ; 64 , 12 ; 2439-2444
2019-06-03
6 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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