Galactic -rays and Cosmic Ray Origin

Open Access

1 June 1975

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Vol. 171 (3) , 569-577
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/171.3.569

Abstract

Gamma-ray emission from the Galaxy in directions away from the Galactic Centre supplies a test for models for the origin of cosmic ray nuclei of a few GeV. Extragalactic origin is shown to be improbable, while a plausible distribution of Galactic sources gives a good explanation of the observations.

Keywords

GALACTIC
MODELS
GAMMA
NUCLEI
RAYS
GOOD
COSMIC RAY
PLAUSIBLE
IMPROBABLE