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γ-ray astronomy balloon results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

C. E. Fichtel ,
D. A. Kniffen  and
H. B. Ogelman
C. E. Fichtel
Affiliation:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., U.S.A.
D. A. Kniffen
Affiliation:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., U.S.A.
H. B. Ogelman
Affiliation:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., U.S.A.

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The significance of high energy (≳ 30 MeV) γ-Ray astronomy and its relationship to cosmic rays and many of the high energy processes of the universe has been realized for over a decade. Through the last six to eight years, searches for point sources, mostly from balloon experiments, but also Explorers 11 and OSO-3, have been unsuccessful in clearly establishing the existence of any point source. Recently on OSO-3, Clark et al. (1968) have obtained positive evidence for a celestial γ-Ray flux which is anisotropic with a higher intensity in the direction of the galactic center region. In this talk, I wish to summarize our balloon results relating to both of these questions and indicate what we hope to accomplish with our new large γ-Ray detector over the coming months.

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Research Article
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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 37: Non-Solar X- and Gamma-Ray Astronomy , 1970 , pp. 315 - 320
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1970 

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