| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 210, 2019
Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays 2018 (UHECR 2018)
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| Article Number | 04003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | Phenomenology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921004003 | |
| Published online | 17 May 2019 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921004003
Transition from Galactic to Extragalactic Cosmic Rays
Institutt for fysikk, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
Published online: 17 May 2019
The question at which energy the transition from Galactic to extragalactic cosmic rays takes place has been a long-standing conundrum in cosmic ray physics. In the past, the transition energy has been usually associated with one of the evident features of the cosmic ray spectrum: The second knee around E≃5 ×1017 eV or the ankle at E≃3 ×1018 eV. I review anisotropy and composition data and show that they require that the transition from Galacticto extragalactic CRs has to happen early, at few ×1017 eV. As a result, a successful model for the transition should explain the ankle as a feature of the extragalactic CR spectrum. I review briefly such models and their implications.
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