Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Galaxy Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-10-12
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Galaxy Astrophysics
19 pages, 19 figures, submitted to A&A
Scientific paper
Isotropic diffusion models for Galactic cosmic ray transport put tight constraints on the maximum convection velocity in the halo. For a half halo height of 4 kpc the maximum convection speed is limited to 40 km/s in the halo, since otherwise the constraints from local secondary to primary ratios and radioactive isotopes cannot be met. The ROSAT Galactic wind observations of wind speeds up to 760 km/s therefore constitute a problem for diffusion models. It is shown that such wind speeds are possible, if the diffusion coefficient in the halo is different from the diffusion coefficient in the disk. The radial dependence of the wind velocity was taken to be proportional to the source strength, as expected from winds which are sustained by cosmic ray pressure. In this case the cosmic ray density and with it the diffuse $\gamma$-ray production from nuclear interactions are suppressed near the sources. This solves in a natural way the problem of the soft gradient in the radial dependence of the $\gamma$-ray flux. Furthermore, the large bulge over disk ratio in positron annihilation as observed by INTEGRAL, can be explained by positron escape from the disk in such a model.
Boer Wim de
Gebauer Iris
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