OSSE Observations of Diffuse Galactic Continuum Radiation

Details OSSE Observations of Diffuse Galactic Continuum Radiation OSSE Observations of Diffuse Galactic Continuum Radiation

Dec 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993aas...183.2908p&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, 183rd AAS Meeting, #29.08; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 25, p.1337

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Scientific paper

The Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment (OSSE) onboard NASA's Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory is sensitive to gamma-ray line and continuum emission in the 0.05 -- 10 \MeV\ energy range. Collimation of the NaI(Tl) detectors provides a full-width at half-maximum field of view which is 3.8(deg) times 11.4(deg) . During the Phase 1 and Phase 2 mission operations, OSSE performed numerous observations of the Galactic plane and Galactic center region. In part, these observations were designed to allow the generation of maps of the diffuse Galactic gamma-ray emission. The low energy diffuse Galactic gamma-ray continuum is thought to be produced primarily by bremsstrahlung and inverse Compton scattering of cosmic-ray electrons with the ambient interstellar matter and radiation. An understanding of the angular distribution and spectral characteristics of the emission will provide information about the morphology and energetics of the cosmic-ray electrons believed to be responsible for the continuum emission. Analysis of the OSSE Galactic center and Galactic plane observations show low energy continuum emission along the Galactic plane to longitudes of ~ +/- 60(deg) . Preliminary results from an analysis of the OSSE data to measure the spectral characteristics and angular distribution of the diffuse emission will be presented.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

OSSE Observations of Diffuse Galactic Continuum Radiation does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with OSSE Observations of Diffuse Galactic Continuum Radiation, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and OSSE Observations of Diffuse Galactic Continuum Radiation will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-778386