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@ARTICLE{Yang:478380,
author = {Yang, Rui-zhi and Li, Guang-Xing and Cui, Yu-Dong and de
Ona Wilhelmi, Emma Maria and Liu, Bing and Aharonian, Felix},
title = {{E}ffective {S}hielding of ≲ 10 {G}e{V} {C}osmic {R}ays
from {D}ense{M}olecular {C}lumps},
journal = {Nature astronomy},
volume = {7},
number = {3},
issn = {2397-3366},
address = {London},
publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
reportid = {PUBDB-2022-02582, arXiv:2301.06716},
pages = {351 - 358},
year = {2023},
note = {Nat Astron (2023). Published in Nature Astronomy},
abstract = {The density of cosmic rays inside molecular clouds
determines the ionization rate in the dense cores where
stars form. It is also one of the drivers of astrochemistry
leading to the creation of complex molecules. Through Fermi
Large Area Telescope observations of nearby giant molecular
clouds, we observed deficits (holes) in the gamma-ray
residual map when modelling with the expected gamma-ray
diffuse emission from uniform cosmic rays interacting with
the molecular content. We propose that the deficit is due to
the lack of penetration of the low-energy (sub-GeV to GeV)
cosmic rays into denser regions or clumps. This differs from
the prevailing view of fast cosmic ray transport in giant
molecular clouds where the magnetic turbulence is suppressed
by neutral-ion damping, as our results require a slow
diffusion inside dense molecular clumps. Through modelling
we find that while the shielding is negligible on the cloud
scale, it becomes important in the denser, parsec-sized
regions where the gravitational collapse is already at play,
changing the initial condition of star formation and
astrochemistry.},
cin = {$Z_GA$},
ddc = {520},
cid = {$I:(DE-H253)Z_GA-20210408$},
pnm = {613 - Matter and Radiation from the Universe (POF4-613)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-613},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)Fermi-20170101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
eprint = {2301.06716},
howpublished = {arXiv:2301.06716},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
SLACcitation = {$\%\%CITATION$ = $arXiv:2301.06716;\%\%$},
UT = {WOS:000913490000006},
doi = {10.1038/s41550-022-01868-9},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/478380},
}