TL;DR
This paper reviews the findings from the EGRET telescope, highlighting the diverse gamma-ray sources in the universe, their variability, and the insights gained into high-energy cosmic processes.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive summary of EGRET's gamma-ray observations, emphasizing the diversity and variability of sources in the high-energy universe.
Findings
Gamma-ray sky dominated by Milky Way emission
Detection of quasars, pulsars, and gamma-ray bursts
High variability observed in many sources
Abstract
Cosmic gamma rays provide insight into some of the most dynamic processes in the Universe. At the dawn of a new generation of gamma-ray telescopes, this review summarizes results from the Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, the principal predecessor mission studying high-energy photons in the 100 MeV energy range. EGRET viewed a gamma-ray sky dominated by prominent emission from the Milky Way, but featuring an array of other sources, including quasars, pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, and many sources that remain unidentified. A central feature of the EGRET results was the high degree of variability seen in many gamma-ray sources, indicative of the powerful forces at work in objects visible to gamma-ray telescopes.
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