Temperature fluctuations in H II regions: Ionization by cosmic rays as a key mechanism

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 437, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Giammanco, C ^a   Beckman, J E ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elementary particles; ISM: general; ISM: HII regions ISM: clouds; ISM: photon escape; Methods: analytical; Methods: data analysis

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CLOUDS; DATA REDUCTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; GALAXIES; GASES; HYDROGEN; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; IONIZATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ISM: CLOUDS; ISM: GENERAL; ISM: HII REGIONS; ISM: PHOTON ESCAPE; METHOD: DATA ANALYSIS; METHODS: ANALYTICAL;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 21244491636     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200500129     Document Type: Article

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