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Gamma-Rays From Electron, Proton Beam Interactions with Matter and/or Radiation: Application to Cyg X-1, Geminga and 3C 273

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Cosmic Rays, Supernovae and the Interstellar Medium

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In this paper we review the most recent studies on the electron-proton beam interactions with the matter and/or radiation. The photon energy spectra from Inverse Compton Scattering (ICS) of an. arbitrary background radiation by relativistic electron beams, the photon energy spectra from proton-proton interactions via π° decay, and the spectra of the secondary electrons from π± decay, for relativistic proton beams are discussed.

The theoretical spectra have been succesfully used to fit the experimental data of Cyg X-l, Geminga, and 3C 273.

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  1. Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale, CNR C.P. 67, I 00044, Frascati, Italy

    F. Giovannelli

  2. Laboratorio de Astrofísica Espacial y Física Fundamental, Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, E 28850, Torrejon de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain

    L. S. Graziati

  3. Institute of Physics, University of Lodz U1, Nowotki 149/153, PL 90-236, Lodz, Poland

    W. Bednarek, S. Karakula & W. Tkaczyk

  4. International School for Advanced Studies, Strada Costiera 11, I 31014, Trieste, Italy

    S. Karakula & W. Tkaczyk

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Giovannelli, F., Graziati, L.S., Bednarek, W., Karakula, S., Tkaczyk, W. (1991). Gamma-Rays From Electron, Proton Beam Interactions with Matter and/or Radiation: Application to Cyg X-1, Geminga and 3C 273. In: Shapiro, M.M., Silberberg, R., Wefel, J.P. (eds) Cosmic Rays, Supernovae and the Interstellar Medium. NATO ASI Series, vol 337. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3158-2_18

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