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Gamma-Ray Astronomy at MPE

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Astrophysics Research :

• All-Sky Survey in Continuum and Line Emission
• Gamma Ray Source Catalogs
• Diffuse Galactic Continuum Emission:
  • Cosmic ray interactions in interstellar space
  • unresolved source contribution
• Galactic Gamma-Ray Continuum Sources
  • gamma-ray pulsars
  • X-ray binaries as gamma-ray sources
  • supernova remnants
  • interstellar clouds
  • unidentified sources
• Astrophysics with Gamma-Ray Lines from Radioactivities
  • Diffuse Galactic Line Emission ( Study of Nucleosynthesis Sites ):
    • Mapping of 1.809 MeV - emission of radioactive²⁶Al
    • Search for 1.17 and 1.33 MeV emission from radioactive ⁶⁰Fe
  • Galactic Gamma-Ray Line Sources
    • in 1.809 MeV (²⁶Al)
    • in 1.157 MeV (⁴⁴Ti)
    • in 1.275 MeV (²²Na)
    • in 2.223 MeV (neutron capture)
• Extragalactic gamma-Ray Sources
  • extragalactic supernovae
  • normal galacxies
  • Active Galaxies and Blazars
  • unidentified sources
• Cosmic Gamma-Ray Background Radiation
• Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts
• Solar Flare Gamma-Ray and Neutron Emission

• Development of a new instrument for low-energy gamma-ray astronomy: MEGA