Charging of dust particles in molecular clouds

Q4 Physics and Astronomy

Astronomical and Astrophysical Transactions Pub Date : 2007-10-01 DOI:10.1080/10556790601156667

Y. Shchekinov

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Abstract

Abstract In molecular clouds the dust charge can be determined by non-thermal electrons from cosmic-ray ionization. If the energy of the non-thermal electrons is E≥2 keV and their fraction is only 10−3–10−4 of the thermal electrons in a molecular gas, the grain charge can be as high as | z | ≈ 10 in the range of gas densities n≈ 105–106 cm−3. In the high-density range n>106 cm−3, the grain charge approaches the thermal limit | z | ≈ 0.3.

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分子云中尘埃粒子的带电

在分子云中，尘埃电荷可以通过宇宙射线电离产生的非热电子来确定。如果非热电子的能量为E≥2kev，其分数仅为分子气体中热电子的10−3 ~ 10−4，则在气体密度n≈105 ~ 106 cm−3范围内，颗粒电荷可高达| z |≈10。在高密度范围n>106 cm−3，晶粒电荷接近热极限| z |≈0.3。

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Astronomical and Astrophysical Transactions Physics and Astronomy-Instrumentation

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