Giant Molecular Clouds as probes of of Galactic Cosmic Rays with Fermi-LAT

Direct measurements of Cosmic Rays (CRs) can not extend much further than the Solar System. In order to probe the so-called “sea” of Galactic Cosmic Rays, one should rely on secondary emission. Gamma rays produced in the interstellar gas, when hit by high energy particles, trace the energy distribut...

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Main Authors: Peron Giada, Aharonian Felix, Casanova Sabrina, Yang Ruizhi, Zanin Roberta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2019-01-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2019/14/epjconf_ricap2019_01016.pdf