A cosmic-ray explanation of the galactic ridge of cosmic X-rays

C. L. Bhat; T. Kifune; A. Wolfendale

DOI:10.1038/318267A0

Corpus ID: 4262045

A cosmic-ray explanation of the galactic ridge of cosmic X-rays

@article{Bhat1985ACE,
  title={A cosmic-ray explanation of the galactic ridge of cosmic X-rays},
  author={C. L. Bhat and T. Kifune and A. Wolfendale},
  journal={Nature},
  year={1985},
  volume={318},
  pages={267-269}
}

C. L. Bhat, T. Kifune, A. Wolfendale

Published 1985

Physics

Nature

Recent observations1 with the Exosat X-ray satellite have confirmed the existence of an apparently diffuse galactic ridge of emission extending over the inner Galaxy (l = 320° −40°) and confined to about ±2° in galactic latitude. On the basis of measurements2 carried out in the galactic plane at l≃55°, we have proposed previously3 that the diffuse galactic X-ray flux known at that time could be understood in terms of the synchrotron radiation of cosmic-ray electrons in the galactic magnetic… CONTINUE READING

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