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High energy photons from the Crab nebula due to the universal microwave field

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The flux of high energy photons emanating from the Crab nebula due to inverse Compton scattering of the universal microwave photons from the high energy electrons in the nebula has been calculated. This flux is compared with experimentally obtained values at certain energies and also with the flux calculated due to Compton-synchrotron process. The flux of gamma-rays of about 100 MeV due to the scattering of the microwave photons is found to be of the same order as that due to the Compton-synchrotron process.

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Communicated by Prof. R. R. Daniel,f.a.sc.

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Apparao, M.V.K. High energy photons from the Crab nebula due to the universal microwave field. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 65, 349–352 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03054096

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