COS-B observations of gamma-ray emission from local galactic featuresEvidence for large scale correlations between the high-energy photon sky and the known local distribution of diffuse interstellar matter is discussed. Evidence is presented of correlations with the Gould's Belt and the Dolidze Belt. The correlations indicate that the emission of gamma rays at medium latitudes can be explained by the distribution of interstellar matter, and the interaction of CR with interstellar matter can explain the mechanism of the gamma-ray emission by regarding the emissivity as a global average of the two systems since they contain most of the local dense cloud.
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19820038956
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Legacy CDMS
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Conference Proceedings
Authors
Bignami, G. F. (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Milan, Italy)
Barbareschi, L. (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Milan, Italy)
Caraveo, P. A. (CNR Istituto di Fisica Cosmica, Milan, Italy)
Bloemen, J. B. G. M. (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Milan, Italy)
Hermsen, W. (Leiden, Rijksuniversiteit, Sterrewacht Leiden, Netherlands)
Buccheri, R. (CNR Istituto di Fisica Cosmica e Informatica, Palermo, Italy)
Kanbach, G. (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Milan, Italy)
Mayer-Hasselwander, H. A. (Max-Planck-Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik Garching, Germany)
Lebrun, F. (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY; Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Service d'Electronique Physique, Gif-sur-Yvette Essonne, France)
Paul, J. A. (Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Service d'Electronique Physique, Gif-sur-Yvette Essonne, France)