100 years of cosmic rays: present and future of cosmic-ray propagation models
Antje Putze
Oskar Klein Centre Stockholm
One century after the discovery of cosmic rays by V. Hess, many questions
still remain open on their origin, nature, and transport. In particular,
the knowledge and the characterisation of the processes related to the
propagation make it possible to reconstruct the cosmic-ray source spectrum
and thus to constrain the acceleration processes, but also to test the
existence of exotic contributions such as the annihilation of dark-matter
particles. In this talk I will give an overview of the most commonly used
propagation models and will confront them with recent cosmic-ray data from
experiments, such as PAMELA. An outlook for future model refinements will
also be given.
Date: | Wednesday, 16 May 2012 |
Time: | 14:30 |
Where: | McGill University |
| Ernest Rutherford Physics Building, R.E. Bell Conference Room (room 103) |
Contact: | Robert Rutledge |
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