Gamma rays from the magellanic clouds

Details Gamma rays from the magellanic clouds Gamma rays from the magellanic clouds

Aug 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977stin...7810995s&link_type=abstract

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Gamma Rays, Intergalactic Media, Magellanic Clouds, Radiation Sources, Stellar Radiation, Cos-B Satellite, Cosmic Rays, Galactic Radiation, Interstellar Radiation, Sas-2, Universe

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Predicted gamma ray fluxes from the Megallanic Clouds, obtained by using updated parameters, are significantly above the values previously determined, and well within the capabilities of observation from COS-B satellite. Concepts relating galactic gamma ray production and other Population 1 phenomena in the Milky Way were used to postulate a factor of four increase in predicted flux, based on the galactic origin hypothesis. The values obtained provide a possible test of two interpretations of gamma ray emission: enhancement in the inner galaxy from gas and cosmic ray sources alone, or increases produced by the trapping of cosmic rays in spiral arms. Because spiral structure is absent in the small cloud, and questionable in the large cloud, and both clouds are classed as irregular galaxies, the predicted enhancement in gamma ray flux may not be as great in the absence of clear spiral structure.

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