Diffuse $\gamma$-ray emission from misaligned active galactic nuclei
Abstract
We calculate the diffuse -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 -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 -ray luminosity function by means of the source count distribution of the MAGN detected by the {\it Fermi}-LAT. We finally estimate the diffuse -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 (), by taking into account the results on the MAGN together with the other significant galactic and extragalactic -rays emitting sources.
Cite
@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}
}
Comments
Proceedings of Rencontres de Moriond, La Thuile, March 9th - 16th, 2013