Nuclear de-excitation line emissions from giant molecular clouds
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| author | Shi, Zhaodong Liu, Bing Yang, Rui-zhi |
| author_facet | Shi, Zhaodong Liu, Bing Yang, Rui-zhi |
| contents | Understanding how cosmic rays (CRs) propagate within the giant molecular clouds (GMCs) is critical for studying the dynamics and chemical processes inside the clouds. The flux of low-energy CRs inside the dense cores of GMCs strongly affects the heating and ionization of the gases and further influences the star-forming process. We analytically calculated the CR distribution inside GMCs assuming different diffusion coefficients, and estimated the corresponding nuclear de-excitation line emission and the ionization rate resulting from the interaction between the penetrating CRs and gases. We find that future MeV observations can be used as a unique probe to measure the low-energy CR density in situ and test different CR propagation scenario inside GMCs. |
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| spellingShingle | Nuclear de-excitation line emissions from giant molecular clouds Shi, Zhaodong Liu, Bing Yang, Rui-zhi High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Understanding how cosmic rays (CRs) propagate within the giant molecular clouds (GMCs) is critical for studying the dynamics and chemical processes inside the clouds. The flux of low-energy CRs inside the dense cores of GMCs strongly affects the heating and ionization of the gases and further influences the star-forming process. We analytically calculated the CR distribution inside GMCs assuming different diffusion coefficients, and estimated the corresponding nuclear de-excitation line emission and the ionization rate resulting from the interaction between the penetrating CRs and gases. We find that future MeV observations can be used as a unique probe to measure the low-energy CR density in situ and test different CR propagation scenario inside GMCs. |
| title | Nuclear de-excitation line emissions from giant molecular clouds |
| topic | High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.01194 |