| Issue |
A&A
Volume 452, Number 3, June IV 2006
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | L19 - L22 | |
| Section | Letters | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20065293 | |
| Published online | 06 June 2006 | |
Letter to the Editor
On the viability of holistic cosmic-ray source models
Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay, IN2P3-CNRS/Université Paris-Sud, 91406 Orsay Cedex, France e-mail: parizot@ipno.in2p3.fr
Received:
28
March
2006
Accepted:
21
April
2006
We consider the energy spectrum of cosmic-rays (CRs) from a purely phenomenological point of view and investigate the possibility that they all be produced by the same type of sources with a single power-law spectrum, in 
, from thermal to ultra-high energies. We show that the relative fluxes of the Galactic (GCR) and extra-galactic (EGCR) components are compatible with such a holistic model, provided that the index of the source spectrum be 
. This is compatible with the best-fit indices for both GCRs and EGCRs, assuming that their source composition is the same, which is indeed the case in a holistic model. It is also compatible with theoretical expectations for particle acceleration at relativistic shocks.
Key words: cosmic rays / acceleration of particles
© ESO, 2006
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