Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-04-26
Astrophys.J.540:923-929,2000
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
25 pages, 1 figures, to appear in ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/309354
The contribution of the Source Cosmic Rays (SCRs), confined in Supernova Remnants, to the diffuse high energy \gr emission above 1 GeV from the Galactic disk is studied. \grs produced by the SCRs have a much harder spectrum compared with those generated by the Galactic Cosmic Rays which occupy a much larger residence volume uniformly. SCRs contribute less than 10% at GeV energies and become dominant at \gr energies above 100 GeV. The contributions from $\pi^0$-decay and Inverse Compton \grs have comparable magnitude and spectral shape, whereas the Bremsstrahlung component is negligible. At TeV energies the contribution from SCRs increases the expected diffuse \gr flux almost by an order of magnitude. It is shown that for the inner Galaxy the discrepancy between the observed diffuse intensity and previous model predictions at energies above a few GeV can be attributed to the SCR contribution.
Berezhko Evgeny G.
Voelk Heinrich J.
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