Cosmic Ray Diffusion in the Galaxy and Diffuse Gamma Emission

• Main Author: Gaggero, Daniele (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Astrophysics.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Numerical and Computational Physics.; Plasma Physics.

The original work presented in this thesis constitutes an important contribution to modern Cosmic Ray (CR) physics, and comes during one of the most exciting periods of this field. The first part introduces a new numerical code (DRAGON) to model the CR propagation in our Galaxy. The code is then use...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Cosmic Ray diffusion in the Galaxy
• Numerical codes that solve the CR diffusion equations
• Propagation of CR nuclei: our results
• The leptonic field
• Diffuse gamma ray emission from the Galaxy
• Conclusions and future plans. A The diffusion equation in cylindrical coordinates
• B DRAGON code: a description
• C Solution of the transport equation for a Pulsar-like source.