Extragalactic H3O+: Some Consequences

F. Van der Tak; S. Aalto; R. Meijerink

doi:10.1051/eas:0831022

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Volume 31 (2008)

EAS Publications Series, 31 (2008) 105-109

Abstract

Issue		EAS Publications Series Volume 31, 2008 Far-Infrared Workshop 2007


Page(s)		105 - 109
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/eas:0831022
Published online		04 October 2008

Far-Infrared Workshop 2007
C. Kramer, S. Aalto and R. Simon (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 31 (2008) 105-109

Extragalactic H₃O⁺: Some Consequences

F. Van der Tak¹, S. Aalto² and R. Meijerink³

¹ SRON, Landleven 12, 9747 AD Groningen, The Netherlands
² Onsala Space Observatory, Sweden
³ University of California at Berkeley, USA

Corresponding author: vdtak@sron.nl

Abstract

We discuss some implications of our recent detection of extragalactic H₃ O⁺: the location of the gas in M 82, the origin of energetic radiation in M 82, and the possible feedback effects of star formation on the cosmic ray flux in galaxies.