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Gamma-ray evidence for a galactic halo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

F. W. Stecker
F. W. Stecker*
Affiliation:
Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenblet, Maryland U.S.A.

Abstract

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γ-ray data favor a cosmic-ray propagation halo comparable with the thickness of the primary radio emission disk of our Galaxy and the halo seen around NGC891.

Type
VIII. THE SPHEROIDAL COMPONENT
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 84: The Large-Scale Characteristics of the Galaxy , 1979 , pp. 475 - 482
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1979 

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