THE GAMMA-RAY BACKGROUND

被引:24
作者
SETTI, G
WOLTJER, L
机构
[1] ESO,GARCHING,GERMANY
[2] OBSERV HAUTE PROVENCE,F-04870 ST MICHEL,FRANCE
关键词
BL LACERTAE OBJECTS; GENERAL; DIFFUSE RADIATION;
D O I
10.1086/192030
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The contribution of discrete sources to the hard gamma-ray background is estimated. Flat spectrum quasars, and to a lesser extent BL Lac objects, make an important contribution, which may be crudely estimated from the GRO results combined with the radio source counts. Normal galaxies contribute probably at the 10% level with the importance of the contribution depending upon the still uncertain evolutionary effects.
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页码:629 / 631
页数:3
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