NASA NTRS · 19950031513
Diffuse galactic continuum emission measured by COMPTEL and the cosmic-ray electron spectrum
Abstract
Diffuse galactic continuum gamma-ray emission in the 0.75-30 MeV range from the inner Galaxy has been studied using data from COMPTEL on the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory. Observations of the inner Galaxy from the Sky Survey have been used. The imaging properties of COMPTEL enable spatial analysis of the gamma-ray distribution using model fitting. A model based on atomic and molecular gas distributions in the Galaxy has been used to derive the emissivity spectrum of the gamma-ray emission and this spectrum is compared with theoretical estimates of bremsstrahlung emission from cosmic-ray electrons.
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Strong, A. W., Diehl, R., Schoenfelder, V., Varendorff, M., Youssefi, G., Bloemen, H., Hermsen, W., De Vries, C., Morris, D., Stacy, J. G.. 1994-06-01. Diffuse galactic continuum emission measured by COMPTEL and the cosmic-ray electron spectrum. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19950031513
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