Isotropic gamma-ray background: Cosmic-ray-induced albedo from debris in the solar system?

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 692, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Moskalenko, Igor V ^a,c   Porter, Troy A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Diffuse radiation; Gamma rays: theory; Interplanetary medium; Kuiper Belt; Oort Cloud

Indexed keywords

EID: 64849114189     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/692/1/L54     Document Type: Article

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