The Fermi Bubble as a Source of Cosmic Rays in the Energy Range > 10E15 eV

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

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43 pages, 8 figues, to be published in the Astrophysical Journal; version 2, 45 pages, 8 figures, added references and correct

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The {\it Fermi} Large Area Telescope has recently discovered two giant gamma-ray bubbles which extend north and south of the Galactic center with diameters and heights of the order of $H\sim 10$ kpc. We suggest that the periodic star capture processes by the Galactic supermassive black hole Sgr A$^*$, with a capture rate of $\tau_{\rm cap}^{-1}\sim 3\times 10^{-5}$ yr$^{-1}$ and an energy release of $W\sim 3\times 10^{52}$ erg per capture, can result in hot plasma injecting into the Galactic halo at a wind velocity of $u\sim 10^8$ cm s$^{-1}$. The periodic injection of hot plasma can produce a series of shocks. Energetic protons in the bubble are re-accelerated when they interact with these shocks. We show that for energy larger than $E> 10^{15}$ eV, the acceleration process can be better described by the stochastic second-order Fermi acceleration. We propose that hadronic cosmic rays (CRs) within the ``knee'' of the observed CR spectrum are produced by Galactic supernova remnants distributed in the Galactic disk. Re-acceleration of these particles in the Fermi Bubble produces CRs beyond the knee. With a mean CR diffusion coefficient in this energy range in the bubble $D_B\sim 3\times 10^{30}$ cm$^2$ s$^{-1}$, we can reproduce the spectral index of the spectrum beyond the knee and within. The conversion efficiency from shock energy of the bubble into CR energy is about 10\%. This model provides a natural explanation of the observed CR flux, spectral indices, and matching of spectra at the knee.

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