Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2002-11-28
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages, Invited paper in Proceedings "The Universe viewed in Gamma-rays", eds. Enomoto, Mori, and Yanagita, Universal Academ
Scientific paper
Diffuse Galactic gamma-ray emission is produced in interactions of cosmic rays with gas and ambient photon fields and thus provides us with an indirect measurement of cosmic rays in various locations in the Galaxy. The diffuse gamma-ray continuum is more intense than expected both at energies below 200 keV and above 1 GeV. The existing models for the high-energy excess are reviewed in the light of recent TeV gamma-ray measurements of both diffuse emission and of discrete Galactic sources such as supernova remnants. I specifically discuss whether particular classes of Galactic objects are observable as EGRET gamma-ray sources, either by being found among the unidentified EGRET sources or by contributing to the diffuse emission as unresolved sources.
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