THE HIGH-ENERGY EXTRAGALACTIC GAMMA-RAY BACKGROUND AND ITS RELEVANCE TO THE ORIGIN OF ULTRA-HIGH ENERGY COSMIC-RAYS

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作者：

ERLYKIN, AD ^{[1
]}

WOLFENDALE, AW ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV DURHAM,DEPT PHYS,DURHAM DH1 3LE,ENGLAND

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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS G-NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS | 1995年 / 21卷 / 08期

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10.1088/0954-3899/21/8/011

中图分类号：

O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];

学科分类号：

070202 ;

摘要：

An analysis is made of the contribution of unresolved 'sources', mainly active galactic nuclei (AGN), to the high energy diffuse gamma-ray flux using several approaches. It is shown that the AGN contribution is almost certainly the dominant source of this Aux. The implications for the origin of ultra-high energy cosmic rays-which themselves generate gamma rays by interacting with the cosmic microwave background-are discussed.

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页码：1149 / 1165

页数：17

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