Modeling the affect of dark matter distributions in the Milky Way on the component of the cosmic rays energy spectrum as incident on Earth
Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2005.
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| author | Kamenetska, Masha |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/329022019-04-12T09:13:13Z Modeling the affect of dark matter distributions in the Milky Way on the component of the cosmic rays energy spectrum as incident on Earth Kamenetska, Masha Peter Fisher. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics. Physics. Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2005. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 51-53). In this thesis, we investigate the effect of dark matter distribution in the galaxy on the positron spectrum on earth. We wrote code to simulate two district dark matter distribution functions as well as the annihilations which convert them into positrons. We then channeled the results into a galaxy propagation software package GALPROP and obtained a positron spectrum on earth. Our results suggest that while no dramatic differences emerge in the spectrum as a result of varying dark matter distributions, further studies are needed to confidently establish the exact nature of the relationship between the ellipticity of the dark matter profile and the positron spectrum. trajectories for other research designs are made clear as a result of this project. by Masha Kamenetska. S.B. 2006-05-15T20:38:05Z 2006-05-15T20:38:05Z 2005 2005 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32902 62623014 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 53 leaves 1917035 bytes 1917964 bytes application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Physics. Kamenetska, Masha Modeling the affect of dark matter distributions in the Milky Way on the component of the cosmic rays energy spectrum as incident on Earth |
| title | Modeling the affect of dark matter distributions in the Milky Way on the component of the cosmic rays energy spectrum as incident on Earth |
| title_full | Modeling the affect of dark matter distributions in the Milky Way on the component of the cosmic rays energy spectrum as incident on Earth |
| title_fullStr | Modeling the affect of dark matter distributions in the Milky Way on the component of the cosmic rays energy spectrum as incident on Earth |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modeling the affect of dark matter distributions in the Milky Way on the component of the cosmic rays energy spectrum as incident on Earth |
| title_short | Modeling the affect of dark matter distributions in the Milky Way on the component of the cosmic rays energy spectrum as incident on Earth |
| title_sort | modeling the affect of dark matter distributions in the milky way on the component of the cosmic rays energy spectrum as incident on earth |
| topic | Physics. |
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