Properties of simulated cosmic matters after gamma-ray and neutron irradiation

Abstract: Interstellar and circumstellar matter is known to be strongly irradiated by cosmic radiation and several types of cosmic ray particles. The effects of irradiation on simulated interstellar and circumstellar matter such as , , and are investigated. Especially, thermoluminescence (TL) spectra after -ray and neutron irradiation are compared carefully. It is shown that the thermoluminescence after neutron irradiation appears significantly in the wavelength of blue region. On the reflectance in infrared region, the irradiation effect appears scarcely. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]