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We present a new method to interpret the $\gamma$-ray data of our inner Galaxy as measured by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (Fermi LAT). We train and test convolutional neural networks with simulated Fermi-LAT images based on models tuned…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-29 Sascha Caron , Germán A. Gómez-Vargas , Luc Hendriks , Roberto Ruiz de Austri

The extragalactic $\gamma$-ray background (EGB) arises from the accumulation of $\gamma$-ray emissions from resolved and unresolved extragalactic sources as well as diffuse processes. It is important to study the statistical properties of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-04 Masato Shirasaki , Oscar Macias , Shunsaku Horiuchi , Naoki Yoshida , Chien-Hsiu Lee , Atsushi J. Nishizawa

We use the recent measurement of the isotropic $\gamma$-ray background (IGRB) by Fermi LAT and analysis of the contribution of unresolved point $\gamma$-ray sources to IGRB to build constraints on the models of ultra-high cosmic rays…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-23 Oleg Kalashev

The intergalactic magnetic field (IGMF) may leave an imprint on the angular anisotropy of the extragalactic gamma-ray background through its effect on electromagnetic cascades triggered by interactions between very high energy photons and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 Tonia M. Venters , Vasiliki Pavlidou

It has recently become apparent that the background level of diffuse radio emission on the sky is significantly higher than the level that can result from known extragalactic radio source classes or our Galaxy given our current…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-02 J. Singal

Analyses of measurements of the distribution of absolute brightness temperature over the radio sky have led recently to suggestions that there exists a substantial unexplained extragalactic radio background. Consequently, there have been…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Ravi Subrahmanyan , Ramanath Cowsik

The detailed origin of the diffuse gamma-ray background is still unknown. However, the contribution of unresolved sources is expected to induce small-scale anisotropies in this emission, which may provide a way to identify and constrain the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 G. A. Gomez-Vargas , A. Cuoco , T. Linden , M. A. Sanchez-Conde , J. M. Siegal-Gaskins , T. Delahaye , M. Fornasa , E. Komatsu , F. Prada , J. Zavala

We present a new theoretical modeling to predict luminosity and spectrum of gamma-ray and neutrino emission of a star-forming galaxy, from star formation rate ($\psi$), gas mass ($M_{\rm gas}$), stellar mass, and disk size, taking into…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-02 Takahiro Sudoh , Tomonori Totani , Norita Kawanaka

More than 90% of the Galactic gas-related gamma-ray emissivity above 1 GeV is attributed to the decay of neutral pions formed in collisions between cosmic rays and interstellar matter, with lepton-induced processes becoming increasingly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 C. D. Dermer , A. W. Strong , E. Orlando , L. Tibaldo

The all-sky survey in high-energy gamma rays (E > 30 MeV) carried out by the Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) aboard the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory provides a unique opportunity to examine in detail the diffuse gamma-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-15 Yu. A. Golubkov , M. Yu. Khlopov

Fermi has detected gamma-ray emission from eight globular clusters. We suggest that the gamma-ray emission from globular clusters may result from the inverse Compton scattering between relativistic electrons/positrons in the pulsar wind of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 K. S. Cheng , D. O. Chernyshov , V. A. Dogiel , C. Y. Hui , A. K. H. Kong

The Fermi bubbles, two giant structures above and below the Galactic center (GC), are among the most important discoveries of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Studying their physical origin has been providing valuable insights into…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-02 H. -Y. K. Yang , M. Ruszkowski , E. G. Zweibel

We argue that gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) may be the origin of the cosmic gamma-ray background radiation observed in GeV range. It has theoretically been discussed that protons may carry a much larger amount of energy than electrons in GRBs,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Tomonori Totani

GeV-TeV gamma-rays and PeV-EeV neutrino backgrounds provide a unique window on the nature of the ultra-high-energy cosmic-rays (UHECRs). We discuss the implications of the recent Fermi-LAT data regarding the extragalactic gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-04-26 Noemie Globus , Denis Allard , Etienne Parizot , Tsvi Piran

Can we learn about New Physics with astronomical and astro-particle data? Understanding how this is possible is key to unraveling one of the most pressing mysteries at the interface of cosmology and particle physics: the fundamental nature…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-02-22 Stefano Profumo

We explore potential of current and next-generation gamma-ray telescopes for the detection of weak magnetic fields in the intergalactic medium. We demonstrate that using two complementary techniques, observation of extended emission around…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-31 A. Neronov , D. Semikoz

Galactic cosmic rays are commonly believed to be accelerated at supernova remnants via diffusive shock acceleration. Despite the popularity of this idea, a conclusive proof for its validity is still missing. Gamma-ray astronomy provides us…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 F. Acero , A. Bamba , S. Casanova , E. de Cea , E. de Ona Wilhelmi , S. Gabici , Y. Gallant , D. Hadasch , A. Marcowith , G. Pedaletti , O. Reimer , M. Renaud , D. F. Torres , F. Volpe

It is believed that the observed diffuse gamma ray emission from the galactic plane is the result of interactions between cosmic rays and the interstellar gas. Such emission can be amplified if cosmic rays penetrate into dense molecular…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Stefano Gabici , Felix Aharonian , Pasquale Blasi

The inner region of the Milky Way is one of the most interesting and complex regions of the gamma-ray sky. The intense interstellar emission and resolved point sources, as well as potential contributions by other sources such as unresolved…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Troy A. Porter , Simona Murgia

One of the unsolved questions in gamma-ray astronomy is whether the extragalactic gamma-ray background is of the discrete-source origin. To respond to this question, one first needs to reduce the data by differentiating charged particles…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-04 D. A. Prokhorov , A. Moraghan