Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Galaxy Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2011-01-27
ApJ, 750, L17 2012
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Galaxy Astrophysics
Scientific paper
10.1088/2041-8205/750/1/L17
The anisotropy of cosmic rays (CRs) in the solar vicinity is generally at- tributed to the CR streaming due to the discrete distribution of CR sources or local magnetic field modulation. Recently, the two dimensional large scale CR anisotropy has been measured by many experiments in TeV-PeV energy range in both hemispheres. The tail-in excess along the tangential direction of the local spiral arm and the loss cone deficit pointing to the north Galactic pole direction agree with what have been obtained in tens to hundreds of GeV. The persistence of the two large scale anisotropy structures in such a wide range of energy suggests that the anisotropy might be due to a global streaming of the Galactic CRs (GCRs). This work tries to extend the observed CR anisotropy picture from solar system to the whole galaxy. In such a case, we can find a new interesting signature, a loop of GCR streaming, of the GCR propagation. We further calculate the overall GCR streaming induced magnetic field, and find a qualitative consistence with the observed structure of the halo magnetic field.
Hu Hong-bo
Liu Cheng
Qu Xiao-bo
Xue Liang
Zhang Yi
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