A Cannonball Model of Cosmic Rays

Abstract

I outline a "Cannon-Ball" model of Cosmic Rays in which their distribution in the Galaxy, their total "luminosity", the broken power-law spectra with their observed slopes, the position of the knee(s) and ankle(s), and the alleged variations of composition with energy are all explained in terms of simple and "standard" physics.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figures. To appear in the proceedings of the XIII International Symposium on Very High Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions, Pylos, Greece, 200