Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-03-04
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
14 pages, 5 figures: Invited paper presented at "The Universe Viewed in Gamma-Rays" held on 25-28 Sept. 2002 in Kashiwa Japan.
Scientific paper
The nonthermal characteristics of starburst galaxies and galaxy clusters are reviewed and the perspectives for their observation in high energy gamma rays discussed. It is argued that starburst galaxies should have physically similar and even simpler nonthermal properties as our Galaxy, the particle transport being convective in their strong galactic winds. They should be measurable in TeV gamma rays by large detectors, and in fact the recent detection of NGC 253 is a first demonstration. Galaxy clusters are equally expected to produce a nonthermal energetic nuclear particle component that gives unambiguous information about the entropy production history in clusters. Both types of objects should be main sources of and at the same time also major visible representatives for the ubiquitous nonthermal component of matter in the Universe.
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