Cosmic Ray Acceleration Inside Molecular Clouds

Authors: Dogiel, V.¹; Gurevich, A.²; Istomin, Ya.²; Zybin, K.²

Source: Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 297, Numbers 1-4, June 2005 , pp. 201-211(11)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

Acceleration of charged particles by neutral gas turbulence in giant molecular clouds is considered. The gamma-ray emission from these clouds is estimated. It is shown that molecular clouds can be the counterparts of some of unidentified sources.

Keywords: unidentified gamma-ray sources; giant molecular clouds; CR acceleration

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10509-005-7622-x

Affiliations: 1: P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, Russia, Email: dogiel@lpi.ru 2: P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, Russia,

Publication date: 2005-06-01