Investigation of Reacceleration on Cosmic Ray
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Abstract
Cosmic rays are high energy charged particles, originating from outer space, that travel at nearly the speed of light and strike the Earth from all directions. One century after the discovery of cosmic rays, their origin and propagation processes remain obscure. GALPROP is a numerical code for calculating the propagation of relativistic charged particles and the diffuse emissions produced during their propagation in the Galaxy. I performed a preliminary study using two different propagation models with the GALPROP code in order to reproduce latest cosmic-ray nuclei measurements. I analyzed multiple propagation parameters for each model, studied their effect on cosmic-ray spectra, optimized and~tried a preliminary modification of the code to fit cosmic-ray data such as BESS-Polar, AMS, CREAM, etc.
Authors
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Yuxi Lu
Univ of Maryland-College Park
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Nicolas Picot-Clemente
Univ of Maryland-College Park, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland
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Eun-Suk Seo
Univ of Maryland-College Park, University of Maryland