Implications of the IRAS data for galactic gamma ray astronomy and EGRET

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May 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990nascp3071...61s&link_type=abstract

In its The Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) Science Symposium p 61-77 (SEE N90-23294 16-90)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Galaxies, Gamma Ray Astronomy, Gamma Ray Telescopes, Gamma Rays, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, Millimeter Waves, Molecular Clouds, Cosmic Gases, Cosmic Rays, Destruction, Molecular Gases, Radial Distribution, Stars

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Using the results of gamma-ray, millimeter wave and far surveys of the galaxy, logically consistent picture of the large scale distribution of galactic gas and cosmic rays was derived, tied to the overall processes of stellar birth and destruction on a galactic scale. Using the results of the IRAS far-infrared survey of te galaxy, the large scale radial distributions of galactic far-infrared emission independently was obtained for both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere sides of the Galaxy. The dominant feature in these distributions was found to be a broad peak coincident with the 5 kpc molecular gas cloud ring. Evidence was found for spiral arm features. Strong correlations are evident between the large scale galactic distributions of far-infrared emission, gamma-ray emission and total CO emission. There is particularly tight correlation between the distribution of warm molecular clouds and far-infrared emission on a galactic scale. The 5 kpc ring was evident in existing galactic gamma-ray data. The extent to which the more detailed spiral arm features are evident in the more resolved EGRET (Energetic Gamma-Ray Experimental Telescope) data will help to determine more precisely the propagation characteristics of cosmic rays.

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