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Cosmic Rays and the Dynamic Balance in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Carl E. Fichtel ,
Mehmet E. Ozel  and
Robert G. Stone
Carl E. Fichtel
Affiliation:
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Mehmet E. Ozel
Affiliation:
Çukurova
Robert G. Stone
Affiliation:
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland

Abstract

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Present and future measurement of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) particularly in the radio and high energy gamma ray range offer the possibility of understanding the density and distribution of the cosmic rays in a galaxy other than our own and the role that they play in galactic dynamic balance. After a study of the consistency of the measurements and interpretation of the synchrotron radiation from our own galaxy, the cosmic ray distribution for the LMC is calculated under the assumption that the cosmic ray nucleon to electron ratio is the same and the relation to the magnetic fields are the same, although the implications of alternatives are discussed. It is seen that the cosmic ray density level appears to be similar to that in our own galaxy, but varying in position in a manner generally consistent with the concept of correlation with the matter on a broad scale.

Type
V. Long Term Future Issues
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 123: Observatories in Earth Orbit and Beyond , 1990 , pp. 537 - 541
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990

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