Diffuse Gamma Rays

Moskalenko, Igor V.; Strong, Andrew W.; Reimer, Olaf

doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-2256-2_12

Diffuse Gamma Rays

Galactic and extragalactic diffuse emission

Igor V. Moskalenko^3,6,
Andrew W. Strong⁴ &
Olaf Reimer⁵

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“Diffuse” gamma rays consist of several components: truly diffuse emission from the interstellar medium, the extragalactic background, whose origin is not firmly established yet, and the contribution from unresolved and faint Galactic point sources. One approach to unravel these components is to study the diffuse emission from the interstellar medium, which traces the interactions of high energy particles with interstellar gas and radiation fields. Because of its origin such emission is potentially able to reveal much about the sources and propagation of cosmic rays. The extragalactic background, if reliably determined, can be used in cosmological arid blazar studies. Studying the derived

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 661, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA
Igor V. Moskalenko
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrishe Physik, Postfach 1312, 85741, Garching, Germany
Andrew W. Strong
Theoretische Physik, Lehrstuhl IV, Weltraum- und Astrophysik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780, Bochum, Germany
Olaf Reimer
JCA/University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, 21250, USA
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Moskalenko, I.V., Strong, A.W., Reimer, O. (2004). Diffuse Gamma Rays. In: Cheng, K.S., Romero, G.E. (eds) Cosmic Gamma-Ray Sources. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 304. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2256-2_12

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