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We have shown in Chap. 16 that the acceleration of galactic cosmic rays below a few 1015 eV/nucl. with power law momentum spectra can be well explained by diffusive shock wave acceleration near galactic supernova remnants, which also, by the overall power requirements (see Chap. 7), are the most probable sources of galactic cosmic rays. Here we address the subsequent propagation of cosmic rays in the Galaxy. We investigate in particular the relation of the cosmic ray momentum spectra near the solar system to the cosmic ray source spectra, and the influence of distributed interstellar re-acceleration on the momentum spectra.
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Schlickeiser, R. (2002). Galactic Cosmic Rays. In: Cosmic Ray Astrophysics. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04814-6_17
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