Cosmic Ray Acceleration Inside Molecular Clouds

  • V.A. Dogiel
  • A.V. Gurevich
  • Ya.N. Istomin
  • K.P. Zybin
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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 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • V.A. Dogiel
    • 1
  • A.V. Gurevich
    • 1
  • Ya.N. Istomin
    • 1
  • K.P. Zybin
    • 1
  1. 1.P.N. Lebedev Physical InstituteMoscowRussia

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