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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Gamma Ray Astronomy - An Overview of the Galactic Diffuse Emission: The Origin and Confinement of Cosmic Rays

Livio Scarsi

subject

PhysicsInterstellar mediumRange (particle radiation)High-energy astronomyAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaGamma rayAstronomyCosmic rayGamma-ray astronomyUltra-high-energy cosmic rayElectromagnetic radiation

description

Gamma-ray Astronomy investigates the electromagnetic radiation coming from Outer Space in the energy range above~100 KeV, bordering and mixing on the low energy side with the upper end of X-Ray Astronomy; no limit is indicated on the high energy side if not that imposed by the vanishing intensity of the incoming flux (Fig.1).

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0921-2_1