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The origin of the Fermi-LAT $\gamma$-ray background

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2019-08-14 v1

Abstract

The origin of the Isotropic Diffuse γ\gamma-Ray Background (IGRB) is one of the most intriguing mystery in astrophysics. Recently the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope has measured the IGRB spectrum from 100 MeV to 820 GeV. Thousands of extragalactic sources are detected at γ\gamma-ray energies and, thanks to Fermi-LAT catalogs and to population studies, we show that the IGRB can be explained, in the entire energy range, by the γ\gamma-ray emission from unresolved misaligned Active Galactic Nuclei, blazars and Star Forming Galaxies. Finally we derive, with a dedicated analysis based on the 2FHL Fermi-LAT catalog at E>50E>50 GeV, the intrinsic source count distribution of blazars and demonstrate that this source population explains the 8614+16%86^{+16}_{-14}\% of the total extragalactic γ\gamma-ray background.

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@article{arxiv.1601.04323,
  title  = {The origin of the Fermi-LAT $\gamma$-ray background},
  author = {Mattia Di Mauro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.04323},
  year   = {2019}
}

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7 pages, 2 figures, Proceeding of the MG14 conference, July 2015, Rome