Abstract
Recent INTEGRAL observations have confirmed the existence of diffuse sub-MeV radiation from the inner Galaxy. We propose a new explanation for the origin of this diffuse component in terms of electrostatic bremsstrahlung radiation from high-energy electrons. This electrostatic bremsstrahlung interpretation requires a very flat power law energy spectrum of high-energy electrons in the inner Galaxy which is reasonable if many point sources with significant spectral dispersion contribute to the injection of high-energy electrons in the Galaxy. The electrostatic bremsstrahlung interpretation avoids the enormous source power problem that previous explanations by radiation from low-energy electrons have.
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