Cosmic ray acceleration inside molecular clouds

被引:10
作者
Dogiel, VA [1 ]
Gurevich, AV [1 ]
Istomin, YN [1 ]
Zybin, KP [1 ]
机构
[1] PN Lebedev Phys Inst, Moscow 119991, Russia
关键词
unidentified gamma-ray sources; giant molecular clouds; CR acceleration;
D O I
10.1007/s10509-005-7622-x
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
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.
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页码:201 / 211
页数:11
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