Physics
Scientific paper
May 1990
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In NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, The Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) Science Symposium p 233-242 (SEE N90-
Physics
Cosmic Rays, Energy Spectra, Gamma Ray Bursts, Gamma Rays, Magnetic Fields, Neutron Stars, Solar Flares, Stellar Rotation, Counters, Gamma Ray Telescopes, Particle Acceleration, Protons, Spectroscopy
Scientific paper
The Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) with its large Nal Total Absorption Shower Counter (TASC) has the scientific capability of performing spectroscopy of high energy cosmic gamma ray bursts and solar flares. EGRET, with a spectroscopy energy range from 0.6 to 140 MeV, provides an opportunity to increase the understanding of the high energy mechanisms of gamma ray bursts and solar flares. A likely interpretation of gamma ray burst sources is that they are rotating, magnetized neutron stars. High magnetic fields can influence the emission of high energy gamma rays, so observational spectroscopic data at high energies can provide information on the upper limits of the magnetic fields in the GRB regions of magnetized neutron stars. Likewise, spectroscopy of high energy gamma rays can provide information useful for deriving the flare proton spectrum which in turn can lead to an understanding of high energy solar flare particle acceleration mechanisms.
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