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Cosmic Ray Acceleration Inside Molecular Clouds

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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.

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    V. A. Dogiel, A. V. Gurevich, Ya. N. Istomin & K. P. Zybin

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Dogiel, V.A., Gurevich, A.V., Istomin, Y.N. et al. Cosmic Ray Acceleration Inside Molecular Clouds. Astrophys Space Sci 297, 201–211 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-005-7622-x

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