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Gamma ray天体物理学:EGRET的结果

Gamma ray astrophysics: the EGRET results

D J Thompson

摘要:

宇宙伽马射线提供了对宇宙中一些最动态过程的洞察。在新一代伽马射线望远镜出现之际,本文概述了康普顿伽马射线天文台高能伽马射线实验望远镜(EGRET)的结果,该望远镜是研究100 MeV能量范围内高能光子的主要前身任务。EGRET观测到的伽马射线天空主要由银河系的显著辐射所支配,但也有一系列其他的辐射源,包括类星体、类星体、伽马射线暴,以及许多尚未确认的辐射源。EGRET结果的一个核心特征是在许多伽马射线源中看到的高度可变性,这表明伽马射线望远镜可见的物体中有强大的力量在起作用。

英文摘要:

Cosmic gamma rays provide insight into some of the most dynamic processes in the Universe. At the dawn of a new generation of gamma-ray telescopes, this review summarizes results from the Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, the principal predecessor mission studying high-energy photons in the 100 MeV energy range. EGRET viewed a gamma-ray sky dominated by prominent emission from the Milky Way, but featuring an array of other sources, including quasars, pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, and many sources that remain unidentified. A central feature of the EGRET results was the high degree of variability seen in many gamma-ray sources, indicative of the powerful forces at work in objects visible to gamma-ray telescopes.

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