Micro-physics of Cosmic-Ray Observables (MiCRO)
MiCRO is a 4-years research project coordinated by Dr. Silvio S. Cerri (PI) and funded by the French National Research Agency ("ANR"). The goals of the project are to improve theoretical models of cosmic-ray (CR) transport in the Galaxy based on the micro-physics of CR-turbulence interaction, and to pinpoint how these different models relfect onto the associated multi-messenger and multi-wavelength observables (i.e., direct detection of cosmic rays, gamma-ray and radio emission, neutrino fluxes).
MiCRO's key scientific question:
- How we model different type of plasma turbulence (both pre-existing and CR-generated), and how we self-consistently describe CR-transport considering these different models?
- What specific signatures belonging to these different scenarios can be found and/or predicted in the context of direct and indirect CR data from current and forthcoming experiments?
Figure. Schematic view of the physics addressed by the MiCRO project and its role in CR transport and observables.
