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Gamma Rays from Cosmic Rays

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

A. W. Wolfendale
A. W. Wolfendale*
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University of Durham, U.K.

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It is shown that there is evidence favouring molecular clouds being sources of γ-rays, the fluxes being consistent with expectation for ambient cosmic rays interacting with the gas in the clouds for the clouds considered. An estimate is made of the fraction of the apparently diffuse γ-ray flux which comes from cosmic ray interactions in the I.S.M. as distinct from unresolved discrete sources. Finally, an examination is made of the possibility of gradients of cosmic ray intensity in the Galaxy.

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Research Article
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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 94: Origin of Cosmic Rays , 1981 , pp. 309 - 319
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1981 

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