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arxiv: 1004.1118 · v2 · pith:VC27ZKVDnew · submitted 2010-04-07 · 🌌 astro-ph.HE · hep-ph

Antimatter spectra from a time-dependent modeling of supernova remnants

classification 🌌 astro-ph.HE hep-ph
keywords antimatterenergyparticlesratioshockspectrasupernovaaccelerating
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We calculate the energy spectra of cosmic rays (CR) and their secondaries produced in a supernova remnant (SNR), taking into account the time-dependence of the SNR shock. We model the trajectories of charged particles as a random walk with a prescribed diffusioncoefficient, accelerating the particles at each shock crossing. Secondary production by CRs colliding with gas is included as a Monte Carlo process. We find that SNRs produce less antimatter than suggested previously: The positron/electron ratio and the antiproton/proton ratio are a few percent and few $\times 10^{-5}$, respectively. Both ratios do not rise with energy.

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