Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-08-02
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, to appear in the Proc. of the 26th International Cosmic Ray Conference 1999, Salt Lake City, OG.3.2.19
Scientific paper
One of the unsolved problems in cosmic ray (CR) physics is the small radial gradient of the gamma-ray intensity compared to the inferred CR source distribution in the Galactic disk. In diffusive CR propagation models the most natural explanation is very efficient spatial mixing due to MHD turbulence in the interstellar medium. However, even in the most favorable case of a very large diffusive CR halo the gamma-ray gradient is still larger than observed. In our view such a small gradient could be the result of strong advection by a Galactic wind. We show that a small gamma-ray gradient can be obtained, if the diffusion region does NOT extend far above the Galactic plane. Important ingredients of our model are: (i) anisotropic CR diffusion, (ii) strong radial and vertical gradients of the advection velocity (due to faster winds above higher CR source density regions).
Breitschwerdt Dieter
Dogiel Vladimir
V"olk H. J.
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