Tracing the sources of cosmic rays with molecular ions

Details Tracing the sources of cosmic rays with molecular ions Tracing the sources of cosmic rays with molecular ions

2011-06-23

arxiv.org/abs/1106.4740v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

11 pages, 2 figures

Scientific paper

The rate of ionization by cosmic rays in interstellar gas directly associated with gamma-ray emitting supernova remnants is for the first time calculated to be several orders of magnitude larger than the Galactic average. Analysis of ionization-induced chemistry yields the first quantitative prediction of the astrophysical H_{2}^{+} emission line spectrum, which should be detectable together with H_3^+ lines. The predicted coincident observation of those emission lines and gamma-rays will help prove that supernova remnants are sources of cosmic rays.

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