What can GLAST say about the origin of cosmic rays in other galaxies ?

Details What can GLAST say about the origin of cosmic rays in other galaxies ? What can GLAST say about the origin of cosmic rays in other galaxies ?

2000-03-27

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0003407v1

AIPConf.Proc.528:449-452,2000

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages including 6 figures; to appear in Proc. ACE-2000 Symp. "The Acceleration and Transport of Energetic Particles Observed

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.1324358

Gamma rays in the band from 20 MeV to 300 GeV, used in combination with data from radio and X-ray bands, provide a powerful tool for studying the origin of cosmic rays in our sister galaxies Andromeda and the Magellanic Clouds. Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) will spatially resolve these galaxies and measure the spectrum and intensity of diffuse gamma radiation from the collisions of cosmic rays with gas and dust in them. Observations of Andromeda will give an external perspective on a spiral galaxy like the Milky Way. Observations of the Magellanic Clouds will permit a study of cosmic rays in dwarf irregular galaxies, where the confinement is certainly different and the massive star formation rate is much greater.

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