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On the Predictive Power of the Minimum Energy Condition
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 July 2016
Abstract
We reexamine the minimum energy method to determine the magnetic field strength in spiral galaxies from the cosmic ray standpoint of view. It is shown that for example in M51 the estimated field strength is about a factor of 2 lower than obtained with the standard method. As a by-product the corresponding γ-ray flux from the galaxies can be calculated, which will allow further improvement of the method provided reliable γ-ray spectra are at hand.
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- 9. Magnetohydrodynamic Phenomena in the Interstellar Medium Related to Dynamo Processes
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