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Diffuse $\gamma$-ray emission from misaligned active galactic nuclei

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2013-05-21 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We calculate the diffuse γ\gamma-ray emission due to the population of misaligned AGN (MAGN) unresolved by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the {\it Fermi} Gamma-ray Space Telescope ({\it Fermi}). A correlation between the γ\gamma-ray luminosity and the radio-core luminosity is established and demonstrated to be physical by statistical tests, as well as compatible with upper limits based on {\it Fermi}-LAT data for a large sample of radio-loud MAGN. We constrain the derived γ\gamma-ray luminosity function by means of the source count distribution of the MAGN detected by the {\it Fermi}-LAT. We finally estimate the diffuse γ\gamma-ray flux due to the whole MAGN population which ranges from 10% up to nearly the entire measured Isotropic Gamma-Ray Background (IGRB). We evaluate also the room left to galactic DM at high latitudes (>10>10^\circ), by taking into account the results on the MAGN together with the other significant galactic and extragalactic γ\gamma-rays emitting sources.

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@article{arxiv.1305.4200,
  title  = {Diffuse $\gamma$-ray emission from misaligned active galactic nuclei},
  author = {M. Di Mauro and F. Donato and F. Calore},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.4200},
  year   = {2013}
}

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Proceedings of Rencontres de Moriond, La Thuile, March 9th - 16th, 2013

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