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A Monte Carlo program has been developed in order to examine the influence of multiple Compton scattering in the atmosphere on the spectrum of cosmic diffuse gamma rays. It is shown that the corrections to the made to the measurements of the double-Compton gamma telescope at 2·5 gr cm−2 rest atmosphere by Schönfelder and Lichti (1974) are lower than 4% in the energy range between 1.5 and 10 MeV.
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Under support of a fellowship by the ‘Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst’
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Moyano, C., Schönfelder, V. Influence of multiple compton scattering on the spectrum of soft diffuse gamma rays at balloon altitudes. Astrophys Space Sci 30, L17–L20 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00648295
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00648295