Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Where are the Pevatrons that Form the Knee in the Spectrum of the Cosmic Ray Nucleon Component around 4 PeV?

  • ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS/Experiment
  • Published:
Physics of Atomic Nuclei Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The paper discusses an approach that made it possible to estimate the distance to the nearest pevatrons, which form a knee in the spectrum of the cosmic ray nucleon component of about \(4\) PeV. It is based on the spectra of nucleons and electrons obtained by the authors in the framework of the superdiffusion model of nonclassical cosmic ray diffusion, which have a knee, on the assumption that nucleons and electrons are accelerated by the same type sources and their propagation in an inhomogeneous turbulent galactic medium is characterized by the same diffusion coefficient, and also on the knee in the spectrum of the electronic component in the region of \(0.9\) TeV, established in the DAMPE experiment. It is shown that pevatrons, which form a knee in the spectrum of the cosmic ray nucleon component of about \(4\) PeV, are located at distances of the order of \(0.75\) kpc from the Earth.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3

REFERENCES

  1. A. U. Abeysekara, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, J. R. Angeles Camacho, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, K. P. Arunbabu, D. Avila Rojas, H. A. Ayala Solares, V. Baghmanyan, E. Belmont-Moreno, S. Y. BenZvi, C. Brisbois, K. S. Caballero-Mora, T. Capistrán, A. Carramiñana, S. Casanova, et al. (HAWC Collab.), Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 021102 (2020).

  2. P. Cristofari, Universe 7, 324 (2021).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Z. Wadiasingh, Bull. AAS 54, 2022n3i202p06 (2022).

  4. M. Cardillo and A. Giuliani (LHAASO Observ.), Appl. Sci. 13, 6433 (2023).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. D. Caprioli, J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. 5, 026 (2011).

  6. P. Blasi, Nuovo Cim. Riv. Ser. 42, 549 (2019).

    ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. C. Evoli, E. Amato, P. Blasi, and R. Aloisio, Phys. Rev. D 104, 123029 (2021).

  8. T. Vieu and B. Reville, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 519, 136 (2023).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. M. Cardillo and A. Giuliani, Appl. Sci. 13, 6433 (2023).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Proceedings of the HONEST Workshops: Hot Topics in High Energy Astrophysics. PeVatrons and their Environments. 2022. https://indico.desy.de/event/34265/.

  11. A. A. Lagutin, Yu. A. Nikulin, and V. V. Uchaikin, Nucl. Phys. B Proc. Suppl. 97, 267 (2001).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. A. A. Lagutin and V. V. Uchaikin, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. B 201, 212 (2003).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. A. A. Lagutin and A. G. Tyumentsev, Bull. ASU 5, 4 (2004).

    Google Scholar 

  14. A. A. Lagutin and A. G. Tyumentsev, Bull. ASU 5, 22 (2004).

    Google Scholar 

  15. A. A. Lagutin, N. V. Volkov, A. S. Kuzmin, and A. G. Tyumentsev, Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci.: Phys. 73, 581 (2009).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. A. A. Lagutin and N. V. Volkov, Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci.: Phys. 85, 375 (2021).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. A. A. Lagutin and N. V. Volkov, Phys. At. Nucl. 84, 975 (2021).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. A. A. Lagutin, N. V. Volkov, and R. I. Raikin, Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci.: Phys. 87, 878 (2023).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, U. Barres de Almeida, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, Y. Becherini, B. Behera, W. Benbow, K. Bernlöhr, C. Boisson, A. Bochow, V. Borrel, I. Braun, E. Brion, J. Brucker, P. Brun, R. Bühler, et al. (H.E.S.S. Collab.), Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 261104 (2008).

  20. G. Ambrosi, Q. An, R. Asfandiyarov, P. Azzarello, P. Bernardini, B. Bertucci, M. S. Cai, et al. (DAMPE Collab.), Nature (London, U.K.) 552, 63 (2017).

    ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. O. Adriani, Y. Akaike, K. Asano, Y. Asaoka, M. G. Bagliesi, G. Bigongiari, W. R. Binns, S. Bonechi, M. Bongi, P. Brogi, J. H. Buckley, N. Cannady, G. Castellini, C. Checchia, M. L. Cherry, G. Collazuol, et al. (CALET Collab.), Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 181101 (2017).

  22. S. G. Samco, A. A. Kilbas, and O. I. Marichev, Fractional Integrals and Derivatives—Theory and Applications (Gordon and Breach, New York, 1993).

    Google Scholar 

  23. K. Fang, X.-J. Bi, S.-J. Lin, and Q. Yuan, Chin. Phys. Lett. 38, 039801 (2021).

  24. V. L. Ginzburg and S. I. Syrovatskii, The Origin of Cosmic Rays (Pergamon, Oxford, 1964).

    Book  Google Scholar 

  25. V. V. Uchaikin and V. M. Zolotarev, Chance and Stability. Stable Distributions and Their Applications (VSP, Utrecht, 1999).

    Book  Google Scholar 

  26. V. M. Zolotarev, V. V. Uchaikin, and V. V. Saenko, J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 88, 780 (1999).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  27. Z. Cao, F. Aharonian, Q. An, Axikegu, Y. X. Bai, Y. W. Bao, D. Bastieri, X. J. Bi, Y. J. Bi, J. T. Cai, Q. Cao, W. Y. Cao, Zhe Cao, J. Chang, J. F. Chang, A. M. Chen, et al. (The LHAASO Collab.), Phys. Rev. Lett. (2023, in press); arXiv: 2305.05372.

  28. S. Perri, G. Zimbardo, F. Effenberger, and H. Fichtner, Astron. Astrophys. 578, A2 (2015).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  29. B. Bartoli, P. Bernardini, X. J. Bi, Z. Cao, S. Catalanotti, S. Z. Chen, T. L. Chen, S. W. Cui, B. Z. Dai, A. D’Amone, Danzengluobu, I. De Mitri, B. D’Ettorre Piazzoli, T. Di Girolamo, G. Di Sciascio, C. F. Feng, et al. (ARGO-YBJ and LHAASO Collab.), Phys. Rev. D 92, 092005 (2015).

  30. A. A. Lagutin, N. V. Volkov, A. G. Tyumentsev, and R. I. Raikin, EPJ Web Conf. 145, 06004 (2017).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  31. T. Kobayashi, Y. Komori, K. Yoshida, and J. Nishimura, Astrophys. J. 601, 340 (2004).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  32. T. A. Lozinskaya, Supernovae and Stellar Wind in the Interstellar Medium (Am. Inst. Phys., New York, 1992).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are deeply grateful to the anonymous referee for valuable comments and suggestions, which helped to improve the paper.

Funding

The work is supported by the Russian Science Foundation, grant no. 23-72-00057.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Altai State University, Barnaul, Russia

    A. A. Lagutin & N. V. Volkov

Authors
  1. A. A. Lagutin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. N. V. Volkov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to A. A. Lagutin or N. V. Volkov.

Ethics declarations

The authors of this work declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Additional information

Publisher’s Note.

Pleiades Publishing remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Lagutin, A.A., Volkov, N.V. Where are the Pevatrons that Form the Knee in the Spectrum of the Cosmic Ray Nucleon Component around 4 PeV?. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 86, 1076–1082 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778824010307

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778824010307

Search

Navigation