2CG 013 : a 'monoenergetic' source of cosmic rays ?
Abstract
Results from a Monte Carlo simulation of gamma-ray production under astrophysical conditions indicate that it is possible to produce gamma-ray spectra as hard as that of 2CG013+00 reported by COS-B using a monoenergetic beam of cosmic rays hitting a thin target material. It is suggested that the low mass X-ray binary GX13+1 might provide such a mechanism to produce the observed gamma-rays from the region.
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- January 1989
- Bibcode:
- 1989A&A...208..247O
- Keywords:
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- Galactic Cosmic Rays;
- Gamma Ray Spectra;
- Monte Carlo Method;
- X Ray Binaries;
- Astronomical Catalogs;
- Carbon Monoxide;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Pulsars;
- Space Radiation