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Recently the galactic plane has been observed in the low and medium energy gamma-ray range in the directions towards the center and anticenter. Spectral measurements are now available at those energies, where the contribution from π°-decay gamma rays can be neglected. The high MeV-fluxes observed in both parts of the Galaxy are an indication of either a strong electron induced component or a high contribution from unresolved sources. Several interstellar cosmic-ray electron spectra have been used to calculate the contribution from electron bremsstrahlung and inverse Compton collisions with optical, infrared and 2.7 K black-body photons. From these calculations restrictions on the interstellar electron spectrum are derived.
Proceedings of the XVIII General Assembly of the IAU: Galactic Astrophysics and Gamma-Ray Astronomy, held at Patras, Greece, 19 August 1982.
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Sacher, W., Schönfelder, V. (1983). Origin of the Diffuse Galactic Gamma-Ray Emission at Low and Medium Gamma-Ray Energies. In: Morfill, G.E., Buccheri, R. (eds) Galactic Astrophysics and Gamma-Ray Astronomy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7208-7_16
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