COS-B observations of the high-energy gamma radiation from the galactic disk
Abstract
The COS-B experiment has observed approximately one-fourth of the galactic disk, including the galactic-center region, the galactic anticenter, and the Vela region. A completely automatic analysis of the events recorded during these observations reveals a galactic gamma ray emission from the three regions. In the galactic center and Vela regions, the disk emission distribution was measured. From these data, the existence of a local (less than 1 kpc) and a distant (greater than 3 kpc) emitting region is apparent in the general direction of the inner galaxy.
- Publication:
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NASA Conference Publication
- Pub Date:
- 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977NASCP...2...41.
- Keywords:
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- Cos-B Satellite;
- Electromagnetic Radiation;
- Galactic Radiation;
- Galactic Structure;
- Gamma Rays;
- European Space Programs;
- Interstellar Gas;
- Photoelectric Emission;
- Photon Density;
- Pulsars;
- Space Radiation