Understanding limitations in the determination of the diffuse Galactic gamma-ray emission
Astrophysics
2008-11-26 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We discuss uncertainties and possible sources of errors associated with the determination of the diffuse Galactic gamma-ray emission using the EGRET data. Most of the issues will be relevant also in the GLAST era. The focus here is on issues that impact evaluation of dark matter annihilation signals against the diffuse gamma-ray emission of the Milky Way.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0609768,
title = {Understanding limitations in the determination of the diffuse Galactic gamma-ray emission},
author = {I. V. Moskalenko and S. W. Digel and T. A. Porter and O. Reimer and A. W. Strong},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0609768},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
4 pages, to appear in proceedings of 7th UCLA symposium on Sources and Detection of Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe (Marina del Rey, Feb 22-24, 2006); Nuclear Physics B, in press