Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-10-22
Astropart.Phys.21:125-148,2004
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
43 pages, 21 figures, to appear in Astropart. Phys
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.astropartphys.2003.12.
A model is proposed for the origin of cosmic rays (CRs) from ~10^14 eV to the highest energies, >10^20 eV. Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are assumed to inject CR protons and ions into the interstellar medium of star-forming galaxies--including the Milky Way--with a power law spectrum extending to a maximum energy ~10^20 eV. The CR spectrum near the knee is fit with CRs trapped in the Galactic halo that were accelerated and injected by an earlier Galactic GRB. These CRs diffuse in the disk and halo of the Galaxy due to gyroresonant pitch-angle scattering with MHD turbulence in the Galaxy's magnetic field. The preliminary (2001) KASCADE data through the knee of the CR spectrum are fit by a model with energy-dependent propagation of CR ions from a single Galactic GRB. Ultra-high energy CRs (UHECRs), with energies above the ankle are assumed to propagate rectilinearly with their spectrum modified by photo-pion, photo-pair, and expansion losses. We fit the measured UHECR spectrum assuming comoving luminosity densities of GRB sources consitent with possible star formation rate histories of the universe. For power-law CR proton injection p>2 this model implies that the nonthermal content in the GRB blast waves is hadronically dominated by a factor ~60-200. Calculations show that 100 TeV-100 PeV neutrinos could be detected several times per year from all GRBs in kilometer-scale neutrino detectors such as IceCube, for GRB blast-wave Doppler factors <~200. GLAST measurements of gamma-ray components and cutoffs will constrain the product of nonthermal baryon loading and radiative efficiency, limit the Doppler factor, and test this senario.
Atoyan Armen
Dermer Charles D.
Wick Stuart Dean
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