Gamma ray astronomy with COS-B
Abstract
Observational results in the field of gamma-ray astronomy that have been obtained to date with the COS-B satellite are discussed and questions raised by these observations are summarized. Following a brief review of the instrumental characteristics of COS-B and the extent of COS-B gamma-ray coverage of the sky, particular attention is given to the questions raised by the discovery of many unidentified gamma-ray sources with no apparent optical, X-ray or radio counterparts and the detection of high-energy gamma radiation from the quasar 3C 273, which suggests the role of gamma-ray emission in the creation of other radiation.
- Publication:
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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Pub Date:
- December 1981
- DOI:
- 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1981.tb33708.x
- Bibcode:
- 1981NYASA.375..381S
- Keywords:
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- Cos-B Satellite;
- Galactic Radiation;
- Gamma Ray Astronomy;
- Pair Production;
- Quasars;
- Radio Astronomy;
- X Ray Astronomy;
- Astronomy