The Moon as a Cosmic-Ray Spectrometer: Prospects for MeV Gamma-Ray Observations

The Moon as a Cosmic-Ray Spectrometer: Prospects for MeV Gamma-Ray Observations

The Moon is the closest celestial gamma-ray emitting object. Its gamma-ray emission arises from interactions between Galactic cosmic rays (CRs) and the lunar surface. While the lunar GeV gamma-ray spectrum is dominated by a continuum from hadronic decay processes, the MeV emission exhibits both cont...

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Main Authors: Tatsuki Fujiwara, Ellis R. Owen, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Manel Errando, Kohei Fukuda, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Hirokazu Odaka, Keigo Okuma, Kentaro Terada, Naomi Tsuji, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Hiroki Yoneda, Ao Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
Subjects:
Gamma-ray astronomy
The Moon
Cosmic rays
Nuclear physics
Gamma-ray lines
Monte Carlo methods
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/add68b
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