The last Gamma Ray Burst in our Galaxy? On the observed cosmic ray excess at particle energy 1 EeV

Details The last Gamma Ray Burst in our Galaxy? On the observed cosmic ray excess at particle energy 1 EeV The last Gamma Ray Burst in our Galaxy? On the observed cosmic ray excess at particle energy 1 EeV

2004-01-09

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0401150v1

Astrophys.J. 604 (2004) L29-L32

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in Ap. J. Letters

Scientific paper

10.1086/382072

Here we propose that the excess flux of particle events of energy near 1 EeV from the direction of the Galactic Center region is due to the production of cosmic rays by the last few Gamma Ray Bursts in our Galaxy. The basic idea is that protons get accelerated inside Gamma Ray Bursts, then get ejected as neutrons, decay and so turn back into protons, meander around the inner Galaxy for some time, and then interact again, turning back to neutrons to be observed at our distance from the Galactic Center region, where most star formation is happening in our Galaxy. We demonstrate that this suggestion leads to a successful interpretation of the data, within the uncertainties of cosmic ray transport time scales in the inner Galaxy, and in conjunction with many arguments in the literature.

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