April 16-19, 2012
Associated publication: Cosmic-ray induced phenomenology in star formation environments, D. F. Torres & O. Reimer (Editors). 2013, Springer ISSN 1570-6591. Format: book, hardcover, 440 pages
The relationship between cosmic-ray acceleration in shells and their interaction in nearby molecular clouds can at last be studied observationally with an increasing degree of precision, shedding light on the diffusion properties of cosmic-rays in different Galactic environments. Additionally to this traditional astroparticle focus for understanding the propagation of the highest energy CRs, molecular abundance ratios could turn out to be a new way to trace the presence of cosmic rays and to infer their fluxes, given that observed abundance enhancements could be due to ionization by X-rays and/or interactions of low-energy CRs with gas and dust. Finally, the fluorescent Fe Kα line at 6.4 keV is also detected from molecular clouds in the Galactic center region and can be accounted for in terms of the impact of low-energy CRs with neutral gas in the clouds.
The aim of this Workshop is to address the current knowledge and challenges on the high-energy emission from stellar environments at all scales; providing a sound review of the state of the field from the observational to the theoretical perspectives. The meeting will also analyze the prospects for possible observations with planned instruments across the multi-wavelength spectrum and how will they impact on our theoretical understanding of these systems.
Wlodek Bednarek (Lodz University, Poland), Giuseppe Bono (U. Rome, Italy), Margarita Hernanz (IEEC-CSIC, Spain), Jürgen Knödlseder (CESR, France), Yoel Rephaeli (Tel Aviv & UC San Diego), Olaf Reimer (U. Innsbruck, Austria, co-chair), Todd Thompson (U. Ohio, USA), Diego F. Torres (ICREA & IEEC-CSIC, Spain, co-chair), Rens Waters (SRON, Netherlands)