# Constraints on Cosmic-ray Propagation Models from A Global Bayesian Analysis

@article{Trotta2011ConstraintsOC,
title={Constraints on Cosmic-ray Propagation Models from A Global Bayesian Analysis},
author={Roberto Trotta and Guðlaugur J{\'o}hannesson and Igor V. Moskalenko and Troy A. Porter and R. Ruiz de Austri and A. W. Strong},
journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
year={2011},
volume={729},
pages={106}
}
Research in many areas of modern physics such as, e.g., indirect searches for dark matter and particle acceleration in supernova remnant shocks rely heavily on studies of cosmic rays (CRs) and associated diffuse emissions (radio, microwave, X-rays, γ-rays). While very detailed numerical models of CR propagation exist, a quantitative statistical analysis of such models has been so far hampered by the large computational effort that those models require. Although statistical analyses have been… Expand
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