11–12 Nov 2024
Europe/Rome timezone

Cosmic-ray anomalies

11 Nov 2024, 10:30
10m
Aula Caianiello (-2Ma05)

Aula Caianiello (-2Ma05)

Dipartimento di Fisica "Ettore Pancini", complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, via Cintia 21, 80126 Napoli

Speaker

Daniele Gaggero (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

Description

I review some anomalies in the measured fluxes of Galactic charged cosmic rays and the associated non-thermal emission (in particular: high-energy positrons, features in the proton spectrum, gamma-ray hardening towards the Galactic centre, 511 keV line). These anomalies may point towards interesting aspects of cosmic-ray production and propagation or new physics.

Primary author

Daniele Gaggero (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

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