The diffuse galactic gamma radiation: the compton contribution and component separation by energy interval and galactic coordinates

Technical Report · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5577741

Kniffen, D A; Fichtel, C E

The radiation to be expected from cosmic ray interactions with matter and photons was examined. Particular emphasis is placed on the Compton emission. Both the photon density in and near the visible region and that in the region are deduced from the estimates of the emission functions throughout the Galaxy. The blackbody radiation is also included in the estimate of the total Compton emission. The result suggests that the gamma ray Compton radiation from cosmic ray ineractions with galactic visible and infrared photons is substantially larger than previously believed.

• Research Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, MD (USA). Goddard Space Flight Center
• OSTI ID: 5577741
• Report Number(s): NASA-TM-82140
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
BACKGROUND RADIATION
BASIC INTERACTIONS
BLACKBODY RADIATION
COMPTON EFFECT
COSMIC PHOTONS
COSMIC RADIATION
ELASTIC SCATTERING
ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
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EMISSION SPECTRA
GALAXY NUCLEI
INTERACTIONS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
PHOTONS
RADIATIONS
SCATTERING
SPECTRA