COSMIC-RAY INDUCED PHOTONS IN DENSE INTERSTELLAR CLOUDS

被引:89
作者
CECCHIPESTELLINI, C
AIELLO, S
机构
[1] Dipartimento di Astronomia e Scienza dello Spazio, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Largo Enrico Fermi 5, Florence
关键词
MOLECULAR PROCESSES; INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM; CLOUDS; COSMIC RAYS; DUST; EXTINCTION; ULTRAVIOLET; INTERSTELLAR;
D O I
10.1093/mnras/258.1.125
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
High-energy particles traversing a medium dissipate their energy through a succession of collisions. Part of the energy deposited by cosmic rays inside dense clouds can be transformed into a chemically significant ultraviolet flux by the impact excitation of molecular hydrogen. Detailed calculations of the collisional coefficients are described and the resulting production of ultraviolet radiation is computed, using various assumptions regarding the dust extinction properties.
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页码:125 / 133
页数:9
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