Cosmic rays: physics, chemistry, and computational challenges

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2024
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Gaches, Brandt
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In regions shielded from ultraviolet radiation, energetic charged particles, called cosmic rays, are the dominant drivers of ionization, dissociation, and excitation. This chapter discusses the basics of cosmic-ray transport and acceleration, their impact on the thermochemistry of molecular gas, and methods to include cosmic-ray processes into astrochemical models.
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Astrochemical Modeling Practical Aspects of Microphysics in Numerical Simulations
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