| Issue |
A&A
Volume 597, January 2017
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| Article Number | A117 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Astrophysical processes | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629526 | |
| Published online | 13 January 2017 | |
Power requirements for cosmic ray propagation models involving diffusive reacceleration; estimates and implications for the damping of interstellar turbulence
1 Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, School of Cosmic Physics, 31 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
e-mail: LD@cp.dias.ie
2 MPI für Extraterrestrische Physik, Postfach 1312, 85741 Garching, Germany
Received: 13 August 2016
Accepted: 21 October 2016
We make quantitative estimates of the power supplied to the Galactic cosmic ray population by second-order Fermi acceleration in the interstellar medium, or as it is usually termed in cosmic ray propagation studies, diffusive reacceleration. Using recent results on the local interstellar spectrum, following Voyager 1’s crossing of the heliopause, we show that for parameter values, in particular the Alfvén speed, typically used in propagation codes such as GALPROP to fit the B/C ratio, the power contributed by diffusive reacceleration is significant and can be of order 50% of the total Galactic cosmic ray power. The implications for the damping of interstellar turbulence are briefly considered.
Key words: cosmic rays / ISM: structure / turbulence / acceleration of particles
© ESO, 2017
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