Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Cosmic Rays in the Interstellar Medium

  • Conference paper
  • First Online:
Cosmic Rays in Star-Forming Environments

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings ((ASSSP,volume 34))

Abstract

In this article we will highlight the importance of cosmic rays for the chemistry of the interstellar medium (ISM) in our own Milky Way as well as in external galaxies. We will review the methodologies employed to determine the cosmic ray ionization rates in the ISM, how cosmic rays rates can influence the determination of the mass of a galaxy and, finally, how cosmic rays affect star formation and its rate.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 169.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Acciari, V. A., Aliu, E., Arlen, T., et al. 2009, Nature, 62, 770

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  2. Acero, F., Aharonian, F., Akhperjanian, A. G., et al. 2009, Science, 326, 1080

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. Banerji, M., Viti, S., Williams, D. A., Rawlings, J. M. C., 2009a, ApJ, 692, 283

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  4. Banerji, M., Viti, S., Williams, D. A., 2009b, ApJ, 703, 2249

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  5. Bayet, E., Viti, S., Williams, D. A., Rawlings, J. M. C., Bell, T. A., 2009, ApJ, 696, 1466

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. Bayet, E., Hartquist, T. W., Viti, S., Williams, D. A., Bell, T. A., 2010, A&A, 521, A16

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. Bayet, E., Williams, D. A., Hartquist, T. W., Viti, S., 2011a, MNRAS, 414, 1583

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. Bayet, E., Viti, S., Hartquist, T. W., Williams, D. A., 2011b, MNRAS, 417, 627

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. Bell, T. A., Roueff, E., Viti, S., Williams, D. A., 2006, MNRAS, 371, 1865

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  10. Bell, T. A., Viti, S., Williams, D. A., 2007, MNRAS, 378, 983

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  11. Black, J. H., Dalgarno, A., 1977, ApJS, 34, 405

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  12. Combes, F., 1991, ARA&A, 29, 195

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  13. Draine, B. T., 2011, “Physics of the Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium”, Princeton Series in Astrophysics.

    Google Scholar 

  14. Ferland, G. J., Fabian, A. C., Hatch, N. A., Johnstone, R. M., Porter, R. L., van Hoof, P. A. M., Williams, R. J. R., 2008, MNRAS, 386, 72

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  15. Ferland, G. J., Fabian, A. C., Hatch, N. A., Johnstone, R. M., Porter, R. L., van Hoof, P. A. M., Williams, R. J. R., 2009, MNRAS, 392, 1475

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  16. Hartquist, T. W., Black, J. H., Dalgarno, A., 1978, MNRAS, 185, 643

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  17. Hopkins, A. M., & Beacom, J. F., 2006, ApJ, 651, 142

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  18. Indriolo, N., Geballe, T. R., Takeshi, O., McCall, B. J., 2007, ApJ, 671, 1736

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  19. Lilly, S. J., Le Fevre, O., Hammer, F., Crampton, D., 1996, ApJ, 460, 1

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  20. Madau, P., Ferguson, H. C., Dickinson, M. E., Giavalisco, M., Steidel, C. C., Fruchter, A., 1996, MNRAS, 283, 1388

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  21. McNamara, B. R., O’Connell, R. W., Sarazin, C. L., 1996, AJ, 112, 91

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  22. Maloney, P., 1990, ApJ, 348, 9

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  23. Meijerink, R., Spaans, M., Israel, F. P., 2006, ApJ, 650, 103

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  24. Meijerink, R., Spaans, M., Loenen, A. F., van der Werf, P. P., 2011, A&A, 525, 119

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  25. Papadopoulos, P. P., Thi, W.-F., Viti, S., 2004, MNRAS, 351, 147

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  26. Papadopoulos, P. P., 2010, ApJ, 720, 226

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  27. Papadopoulos, P. P., Thi, W-F., Miniati, F., Viti, S., 2011, MNRAS, 414, 1705

    Google Scholar 

  28. Sakamoto K., Okumura S. K., Ishizuki S., Scoville N. Z., 1999, ApJS, 124, 403

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  29. Schilke, P., Carlstrom, J. E., Keene, J., Phillips, T. G., 1993, apJ, 417, 67

    Google Scholar 

  30. Suchkov, A., Allen, R. J., Heckman, T. M., 1993, ApJ, 413, 542

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  31. van der Tak, F. F. S., Aalto, S., Meijerink, R., 2008, A&A, 477, 5

    Article  Google Scholar 

  32. van der Werf, P. P., Isaak, K. G., Meijerink, R., et al., 2010, A&A, 518, 42

    Article  Google Scholar 

  33. Webber, W. R., Yushak, S. M., 1983, ApJ, 275, 391

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  34. Young, J. S., Scoville, N. Z., 1991, ARAA, 29, 581

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower St., London, WC1E 6BT, UK

    Serena Viti, David A. Williams & Manda Banerji

  2. Sub-Department of Astrophysics, University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3RH, UK

    Estelle Bayet

  3. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

    Thomas W. Hartquist

  4. Centro de Astrobiologa, CSIC–INTA, 28850, Madrid, Spain

    Thomas A. Bell

  5. Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK

    Manda Banerji

Authors
  1. Serena Viti
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Estelle Bayet
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Thomas W. Hartquist
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Thomas A. Bell
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. David A. Williams
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Manda Banerji
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Serena Viti .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. , (IEEC-CSIC) Campus UAB, Fac. de Ciències, ICREA & Institute of Space Sciences, Torre C5, parell, 2a planta, Barcelona, 08193, Spain

    Diego F. Torres

  2. , Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Institut für Astro- und Teilchenphysik, Technikerstraße 25/8, Innsbruck, 6020, Austria

    Olaf Reimer

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this paper

Cite this paper

Viti, S., Bayet, E., Hartquist, T.W., Bell, T.A., Williams, D.A., Banerji, M. (2013). Cosmic Rays in the Interstellar Medium. In: Torres, D., Reimer, O. (eds) Cosmic Rays in Star-Forming Environments. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, vol 34. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35410-6_2

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35410-6_2

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-642-35409-0

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-642-35410-6

  • eBook Packages: Physics and AstronomyPhysics and Astronomy (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation