• Title of article

    PeV gamma rays from interactions of ultra high energy cosmic rays in the Milky Way

  • Author/Authors

    Gupta، نويسنده , , Nayantara، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2012
  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    503
  • To page
    507
  • Abstract
    The PeV gamma ray background produced in the interactions of ultra high energy cosmic rays with the ambient matter and radiations during their propagation in the Milky Way has been calculated in this paper. If the primary ultra high energy cosmic rays are produced from Galactic point sources then those point sources are also emitting PeV gamma rays. We discuss that the detection of galactocentric PeV gamma rays in the future would be a signature of the presence of EeV cosmic accelerators in the Milky Way.
  • Keywords
    PeV gamma rays , Milky Way
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Serial Year
    2012
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Record number

    1336136