Context. Bright Fe-Kα line emission at 6.4 keV is a unique characteristic of some of the dense molecular complexes present in the Galactic center region. Whether this X-ray fluorescence is due largely to the irradiation of the clouds by X-ray photons or is, at least in part, the result of cosmic-ray particle bombardment, remains an interesting open question.
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