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The high-latitude distribution of Galactic gamma rays and possible evidence for a gamma-ray halo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

A. W. Strong
A. W. Strong*
Affiliation:
Istituto di Fisica Cosmica del CNR, Milano, Italy (on behalf of the Caravane Collaboration)

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During its 6.7-year lifetime the COS-B experiment included about 15 months of observations towards latitudes |b|> 20° and covered almost all latitudes from the South to North galactic poles. Studies comparing the local gamma-ray emission with the distribution of gas (Lebrun et al. 1982, Strong et al. 1982) have so far been limited to 10°<|b|< 20°, where the correlation is found to be fairly good and the structured emission can therefore be attributed mainly to cosmic-ray interactions with gas. The extension of this type of analysis to higher latitudes is now possible using the COS-B database.

Type
PART II: COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE AND KINEMATICS
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 106: The Milky Way Galaxy , 1985 , pp. 235 - 236
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1985 

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