Published September 1984 | Version v1
Report

Point source of very high energy gamma ray

Creators

  • 1. Tokyo Univ., Tanashi (Japan). Inst. for Cosmic Ray Research

Description

Recent experiments show the positive evidences of point sources of very high energy gamma rays above 1012eV. In the energy region of 1015-16eV, the most reliable evidences are found on Cyg X-3 among the reported sources. A brief review of the experimental works on the source is introduced. The emission mechanism of very high energy gamma ray in Cyg X-3 is also discussed. Intensive fluxes of cosmic ray proton at the source can explain the observed value of the gamma ray flux. This indicates the possibility that the high energy cosmic ray particles are originated at the point source of very high energy gamma ray. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Proceedings of workshop on grand unified theories and cosmology
Imprint Pagination
462 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 201-210.
Report number
KEK--84-12

Conference

Title
Workshop on grand unified theories and cosmology.
Dates
7-10 Dec 1983.
Place
Oho, Ibaraki (Japan).