
%0 Journal Article
%A Piddington, JH 
%T Galactic Turbulence and the Origins of Cosmic Rays and the Galactic Magnetic Field
%J Australian Journal of Physics
%D 1957/12/01
%V 10
%N 4
%P 515-529
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/PH570515
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/PH570515 
%X A new absorption mechanism is discussed in relation to the turbulence of the interstellar gas in the presence of a magnetic field. It is evaluated and compared with ordinary viscous absorption in different types of interstellar gas. Wherever there is a proportion, even though very small, of neutral atoms (helium being most likely) the new mechanism predominates for waves of length comparable with one parsec or more. 
