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Molecular Clouds as Cosmic Ray Laboratories

Year: 2011

Type: preprint

Abstract: We will here discuss how the gamma-ray emission from molecular clouds can be used to probe the cosmic ray flux in distant regions of the Galaxy and to constrain the highly unknown cosmic ray diffusion coefficient. In particular we will discuss the GeV to TeV emission from runaway cosmic rays penetrating molecular clouds close to young and old supernova remnants and in molecular clouds illuminated by the background cosmic ray flux.

Source: arXiv (Cornell University)

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1104.1109

Authors: Casanova, Sabrina, Aharonian, Felix A., Fukui, Yasuo, Gabici, Stefano, Jones, David I., Kawamura, Akiko, Onishi, Toshikazu, Rowell, Gavin, Sano, Hidetoshi, Torii, Kazufumi, Volpe, Francesca, Yamamoto, Hiroaki

Institutions: Ruhr University Bochum, Max Planck Society, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Nagoya University, Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Agence Parisienne du Climat, The University of Adelaide

Language: English

Topic: Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2950156828

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