Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1975 · 79 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesAstronomyPhysicsAstrophysicsExtragalactic AstronomyGalactic AstronomyExtragalactic AstrophysicsGalactic AstrophysicsGalactic CenterGalactic Gamma-ray AstronomyGamma-ray SourcesCosmic Ray NucleosynthesisCosmic Ray OriginsCosmic-ray Source DistributionsExtragalactic Gamma-ray SourcesGalactic Center Gamma-ray EmissionGalactic Cosmic RaysGamma-ray Emission From The Galactic Center RegionHigh-energy Emission Models
Gamma-ray emission from the Galaxy in directions away from the Galactic Centre supplies a test for models for the origin of cosmic ray nuclei of a few GeV. Extragalactic origin is shown to be improbable, while a plausible distribution of Galactic sources gives a good explanation of the observations.