Obtaining the diffusion coefficient for cosmic ray propagation in the Galactic Centre Ridge through time-dependent simulations of their γ-ray emission

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-18

  Dimitrakoudis, Stavros ^a   Mastichiadis, Apostolos ^a   Geranios, Athanasios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; DIFFUSION; HYDROGEN; IONIZING RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COSMIC RAY PROPAGATIONS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; HYDROGEN CLOUDS; MOLECULAR HYDROGENS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; PROPAGATION TIMES; PROTON LOSSES; SOURCE SPECTRUMS;

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 58149484918     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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