Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Mar 1984
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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 278, March 15, 1984, p. 881-892.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
68
Cosmic Rays, Electron Energy, Energy Spectra, High Energy Electrons, Radiation Measurement, Balloon-Borne Instruments, Compton Effect, Containment, Energy Dissipation, Flux (Rate), Galaxies, Interstellar Magnetic Fields, Particle Acceleration, Statistical Analysis
Scientific paper
Measurements of the cosmic ray flux and electron energy spectrum from 5 GeV to 300 GeV, with an absolute uncertainty in the flux level of + or - 10 percent at low energies and + or - 30 percent at 100 GeV, are described. The measured spectrum appears to represent the competing processes of radiative energy loss in the interstellar medium and leakage out of the Galaxy. In the framework of the leaky box model and diffusion models, the result is most consistent with the picture of cosmic ray electrons spending an average of 10 million years in the Galaxy independent of electron energy, probably propagating in a halo as well as in the galactic disk.
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