JOURNAL ARTICLE
On the intrinsic shape of molecular clouds
C. R. KertonChristopher M. BruntC. E. JonesShantanu Basu
Year: 2003 Journal: Astronomy and Astrophysics Vol: 411 (2)Pages: 149-156 Publisher: EDP Sciences
Abstract
The jets of microquasars with high-mass stellar companions are exposed to the dense matter field of the stellar wind.We present estimates of the gamma-ray emission expected from the jet-wind hadronic interaction and we discuss the detectability of the phenomenon at high energies.The proposed mechanism could explain some of the unidentified gamma-ray sources detected by EGRET instrument on the galactic plane.
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Physics Molecular cloud Astrophysics Astronomy Astrobiology Stars
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Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Physical Sciences → Physics and Astronomy → Astronomy and Astrophysics
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