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Classical novae produce radioactive nuclei which are emitters of gamma-rays in the MeV range. Some examples are the lines at 478 and 1275 keV (from 7Be and 22Na) and the positron-electron annihilation emission (511 keV line and a continuum…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-01-09 M. Hernanz

The supernova remnant (SNR) G51.26+0.11 was recently discovered and little is known about its properties and environment. Using data from the \emph{Fermi} Large Area Telescope we study the GeV emission seen in the direction of G51.26+0.11…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-17 Miguel Araya

The recent IceCube publication claims the observation of cosmic neutrinos with energies down to $\sim 10$ TeV, reinforcing the growing evidence that the neutrino flux in the 10-100 TeV range is unexpectedly large. Any conceivable source of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-05-20 Antonio Capanema , Arman Esmaili , Kohta Murase

In this paper, we suggest a new hypothesis for explaining the spectrum of the extragalactic MeV gamma-ray background as observed by COMPTEL and SMM. We propose that both the flux level and spectrum can be accounted for as a superposition of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. W. Stecker , M. H. Salamon , C. Done

The interaction between a supernova ejecta and the circum-stellar medium drives a strong shock wave which accelerates particles (i.e., electrons and protons). The radio and X-ray emission observed after the supernova explosion constitutes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-24 Shao-Qiang Xi , Ruo-Yu Liu , Xiang-Yu Wang , Rui-Zhi Yang , Qiang Yuan , Bing Zhang

Analysis of data from the EGRET gamma-ray detector on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory indicated an anomaly in the form of an excess diffuse galactic flux at GeV energies over that which was theoretically predicted. Various explanations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 F. W. Stecker , S. D. Hunter , D. A. Kniffen

The origin of the extragalactic gamma-ray background is a pressing cosmological mystery. The Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope has recently measured the intensity and spectrum of this background; both are substantially different from previous…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-16 Brian D. Fields , Vasiliki Pavlidou , Tijana Prodanovic

In the past few decades, observations indicated that an unexplained high production rate of positrons (the strong 511 keV line) exists in the Milky Way center. By using the fact that a large amount of high density gas used to exist near the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-11 Man Ho Chan , Chung Hei Leung

Observations of diffuse gamma rays above hundreds of TeV from the Galactic disk provide strong evidence for the existence of PeV cosmic-ray accelerators--so-called PeVatrons--in the Galaxy. However, mounting observations have ruled out most…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-19 Furong Li , Wei Liu , Yali Shao , Yi-Qing Guo

The recent detection of gamma-ray burst GRB~221009A has attracted attention due to its record brightness and first-ever detection of $\gtrsim 10$ TeV $\gamma$ rays from a GRB. Despite being the second-nearest GRB ever detected, at a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-18 Hassan Abdalla , Soebur Razzaque , Markus Böttcher , Justin Finke , Alberto Domínguez

The Galactic gamma-ray diffuse emission is currently observed in the GeV-TeV energy range with unprecedented accuracy by the Fermi satellite. Understanding this component is crucial as it provides a background to many different signals such…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-18 Timur Delahaye , Armand Fiasson , Martin Pohl , Pierre Salati

The 511 keV electron-positron annihilation line, most recently characterized by the INTEGRAL/SPI experiment, is highly concentrated towards the Galactic centre. Its origin remains unknown despite decades of scrutiny. We propose a novel…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-04-02 A. Vecchio , A. C. Vincent , J. Miralda-Escude , C. Pena-Garay

GammeV is an experiment conducted at Fermilab that employs the light shining through a wall technique to search for axion-like particles and employs a particle in a jar technique to search for dilaton-like chameleon particles. We obtain…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 W. Wester

One of the most prominent features of the $\gamma$-ray sky is the emission from our own Galaxy. The Galactic plane has been observed by Fermi-LAT in GeV and H.E.S.S. in TeV light. Fermi has modeled the Galactic emission as the sum of a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-09 Ellis Owen , Christoph Deil , Axel Donath , Régis Terrier

The diffused gamma halo around our Galaxy recently discovered by EGRET could be produced by annihilations of relic neutrinos N (of fourth generation), whose mass is within a narrow range (Mz /2 < M < Mz). Neutrino annihilations in the halo…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Daniele Fargion , Rostislav Konoplich , Marco Grossi , Maxim Khlopov

The 3.5 keV line is a purported emission line observed in galaxies, galaxy clusters, and the Milky Way whose origin is inconsistent with known atomic transitions and has previously been suggested to arise from dark matter decay. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-08 Christopher Dessert , Joshua W. Foster , Yujin Park , Benjamin R. Safdi

We first report GeV $\gamma$-ray emission from supernova remnant (SNR) G15.9+0.2 in this work. The results show that its power-law spectral index is 2.94$\pm$0.25 with a 6.47$\sigma$ significance level, and the $\gamma$-ray emission can be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-27 Yunchuan Xiang , Zejun Jiang , Mengyao Tang

The Fermi satellite has recently detected gamma ray emission from the central regions of our Galaxy. This may be evidence for dark matter particles, a major component of the standard cosmological model, annihilating to produce high-energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-07 Timothy D. Brandt , Bence Kocsis

Several high-frequency peaked BL Lac objects such as Mrk 501 are strong TeV emitters. However, a significant fraction of the TeV gamma rays emitted are likely to be absorbed in interactions with the diffuse IR background, yielding…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Z. G. Dai , B. Zhang , L. J. Gou , P. Meszaros , E. Waxman

Recent EGRET observations of the diffuse Galactic gamma-ray emission reveal a spectrum which is incompatible with the assumption that the cosmic ray spectra measured locally hold throughout the Galaxy: the spectrum above 1 GeV, where the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 I. Büsching , M. Pohl , R. Schlickeiser