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Diffuse Galactic Gamma-rays from star clusters

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2020-08-27 v1

Abstract

We demonstrate that young star clusters have a γ\gamma-ray surface brightness comparable to that of the diffuse Galactic emission (DGE), and estimate that their sky coverage in the direction of the inner Galaxy exceeds unity. We therefore suggest that they comprise a significant fraction of the DGE.

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@article{arxiv.2008.11220,
  title  = {Diffuse Galactic Gamma-rays from star clusters},
  author = {Biman B. Nath and David Eichler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.11220},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

5 pages, 1 figure, Accepted for publication in MNRAS Letters

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