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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 12.
Published in final edited form as: Astrophys J. 2016 Jun 3;824(1):16. doi: 10.3847/0004-637x/824/1/16

Table 1.

Summary of Input Parameters and Prior Ranges

Quantity Symbol Prior range Prior type
Propagation model parameters ΘP
 Proton normalization (10−9 cm2 sr−1s−1 MeV−1) N p [2, 8] Uniform
 Diffusion coefficienta (1028 cm2 s−1) D 0 [1, 12] Uniform
 Rigidity power-law index δ [0.1, 1.0] Uniform
 Alfvén speed (km s−1) ν Alf [0, 50] Uniform
 Diffusion zone height (kpc) zh [0.5, 20.0] Uniform
 Rigidity of first injection break (104 MV) ρ br [1, 30] Uniform
 Nucleus injection index below ρbr ν 0 [1.00, 2.50] Uniform
 Nucleus injection index above ρbr ν 1 [ν0, 3.00] Uniform
 Nucleus injection index above 220 GV ν 2 [1.5, ν1] Uniform
 Difference between p and heavier inj. indices δ ν [0.0, 1.0] Uniform
Injection abundance parameters ΘXa
 Proton normalization (10−9 cm2 sr−1s−1 MeV−1) N p [2, 8] Uniform
 Helium X He [0.1, 2]×105 Uniform
 Carbon X C [0.1, 6]×103 Uniform
 Nitrogen X N [0.1, 5]×102 Uniform
 Oxygen X O [0.1, 10]×103 Uniform
 Neon X Ne [0.0, 1]×103 Uniform
 Sodium X Na [0.0, 5]×102 Uniform
 Magnesium X Mg [0.0, 1.5]×103 Uniform
 Aluminum X Al [0.0, 5]×102 Uniform
 Silicon X Si [0.0, 1.5]×105 Uniform
Experimental nuisance parameters
 Modulation parameters ϕ (MV) Log-normal priorb
HEAO-3 m HEAO–3 [0, 1250]
ACE m ACE [0, 1125]
 CREAM m CREAM Fixed (no modulation)
 ISOMAX m ISOMAX [0, 1075]
 PAMELA m PAMELA [0, 1000]
 Variance rescaling parameters (j = 1 ,…, 5) log τj [−1.5, 0.0] Log-uniform on log τj

Notes.

a

The hydrogen abundance is fixed to XH ≡ 1.06 × 106.

b

We use a log-normal distribution, where σ = 50% of the central value. Quoted limits correspond to 3σ.