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A brief assessment if given of the question of a gradient of cosmic ray intensity in the Galaxy. It is concluded that there is certainly a gradient in the electron component. Concerning the nuclear component there is less certainty although the present author inclines to the view that there is a gradient here too; certainly a consistent picture can be constructed in which both electrons and nuclei have gradients of magnitude which bear a simple relationship one to the other.
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Wolfendale, A.W. (1987). Gamma Rays and the Distribution of Cosmic Rays in the Galaxy. In: Morfill, G.E., Scholer, M. (eds) Physical Processes in Interstellar Clouds. NATO ASI Series, vol 210. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3945-5_7
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