Summary

Determination of the influence of the convection on the cosmic ray transport via a Galactic wind model within a simulation of cosmic ray propagation in our Galaxy

Description

At the earth we can detect the effect of energetic particles propagating through our Galaxy. These effects can be observed directly as via measurements of these energetic particles or indirectly via radiation emitted by these particles. Cosmic rays are thought to be accelerated at sources distributed in our Galaxy (like, e.g., supernova remnants). From there they are transported through the Galaxy via different processes. One important transport process is the convection of the particles due to a background flow of the interstellar gas. The aim of this project is to get an idea about the influence of a possible galactic wind on the resulting cosmic ray distribution in the Galaxy. For this a numerical simulation with a simple model for a galactic wind needs to be set up and investigated in the context of the Bachelor-thesis.