Atmospheric Gamma-Ray Spectrum between 10 and 100 MeV

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The results of two experiments carried out with a large volume balloon-borne omnidirectional plastic scintillator sensitive to 10-100 MeV gamma-radiation are reported here. The two balloons were flown on 18 November 1990 and 24 February 1992, at places of 11.1 and 11.5 GV geomagnetic cut-off rigidities, respectively. For an omnidirectional detector and for energies greater than several MeV, most of the detected photons are secondary γ -rays produced through interactions of the charged cosmic rays with the atmosphere. To unfold the observed pulse height spectrum and obtain the incident γ -ray spectrum, the detector response function is calculated with some simplifying assumptions. By using this response function, a differential flux dJ/dE=E{-1.2 ± 0.2} photons cm-2 s-1 MeV-1, averaged over all zenithal angles, is estimated for the atmospheric γ -radiation, at an atmospheric depth of 5 g cm-2, in the 10-100 Mev energy range. This flux turns out to be compatible with other observations.

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