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The quest for Dark Matter signals in the gamma-ray sky is one of the most intriguing and exciting challenges in astrophysics. In this paper we perform the analysis of the energy spectrum of the \textit{Fermi bubbles} at different latitudes,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-12-31 Wei-Chih Huang , Alfredo Urbano , Wei Xue

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

The physical origin of the >0.1 GeV emission detected from Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) by the Fermi satellite has not yet been completely understood. In this work we consider the GeV light curves of ten GRBs with measured redshift detected by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 L. Nava , G. Vianello , N. Omodei , G. Ghisellini , G. Ghirlanda , A. Celotti , F. Longo , R. Desiante , R. Barniol Duran

The Fermi bubbles are gigantic gamma-ray structures in our Galaxy. The physical origin of the bubbles is still under debate. The leading scenarios can be divided into two categories. One is the nuclear star forming activity similar to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Yoshiyuki Inoue , Shinya Nakashima , Masaya Tahara , Jun Kataoka , Tomonori Totani , Yutaka Fujita , Yoshiaki Sofue

In this study, we treat the Fermi bubbles as a scaled-up version of supernova remnants (SNRs). The bubbles are created through activities of the super-massive black hole (SMBH) or starbursts at the Galactic center (GC). Cosmic-rays (CRs)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Yutaka Fujita , Yutaka Ohira , Ryo Yamazaki

Stochastic acceleration of cosmic rays in second order Fermi processes is usually considered too slow to reach ultra-high energies, except in specific cases. In this paper we present the energy spectrum obtained from second order Fermi…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-23 Tobias Winchen , Stijn Buitink

The Fermi and eROSITA bubbles are giant gamma-ray and X-ray lobes in the Milky Way, extending up to $\sim$50{\deg} and ~$\sim$80{\deg} in galactic latitude, respectively, yet their origins remain debated. Using three-dimensional…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-03 Ruiyu Zhang , Fulai Guo , Shaokun Xie , Ruofei Zhang , Shumin Wang , Guobin Mou , Xiaodong Duan

Supernova remnants (SNRs) have been regarded for many decades as the sources of Galactic cosmic rays (CRs) up to a few PeV. However, only with the advent of Fermi-LAT it has been possible to detect - at least in some SNRs - \gamma-rays…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-03-12 Damiano Caprioli

Recent full-sky maps of the Galaxy from the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope have revealed a diffuse component of emission towards the Galactic center and extending up to roughly +/-50 degrees in latitude. This Fermi "haze" is the inverse…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Gregory Dobler , Ilias Cholis , Neal Weiner

The Galactic Center's giant outflows are manifest in three different, non-thermal phenomena: i) the hard-spectrum, \gamma-ray `Fermi Bubbles' emanating from the nucleus and extending to |b| ~ 50 degrees; ii) the hard-spectrum,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-07-30 Roland M. Crocker , Geoffrey V. Bicknell , Andrew M. Taylor , Ettore Carretti

The nature and origin of the Fermi bubbles detected in the inner Galaxy remain elusive. In this paper, we briefly discuss some recent theoretical and observational developments, with a focus on the AGN jet model. Analogous to radio lobes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-22 Fulai Guo

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope discovered two \gamma-ray emitting bubble-shaped structures that extend nearly symmetrically on either side of our Galaxy and appear morphologically connected to the Galactic center. The origin of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-08-28 Luis Alfredo Anchordoqui , Brian James Vlcek

We study the dynamics of relativistic electromagnetic explosions as a possible mechanism for the production of Gamma-Ray Bursts. We propose that a rotating relativistic stellar-mass progenitor loses much of its spin energy in the form of an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Maxim Lyutikov , Roger Blandford

The discovery of bright gamma-ray emission coincident with supernova remnant (SNR) W51C is reported using the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. W51C is a middle-aged remnant (~10^4 yr) with intense…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-08-27 Fermi LAT collaboration

We analyse processes of particle acceleration in the Fermi Bubbles. The goal of our investigations is to obtain restrictions for acceleration mechanisms. Our analysis of the three processes: acceleration from background plasma,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 V. A. Dogiel , K. -S. Cheng , D. O. Chernyshov , C. -M. Ko

Evidence has increasingly mounted in recent decades that outflows of matter and energy from the central parsecs of our Galaxy have shaped the observed structure of the Milky Way on a variety of larger scales. On scales of ~15 pc, the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-15 G. Ponti , F. Hofmann , E. Churazov , M. R. Morris , F. Haberl , K. Nandra , R. Terrier , M. Clavel , A. Goldwurm

Blazars, a subset of powerful active galactic nuclei, feature relativistic jets that shine in a broadband electromagnetic radiation, e. g. from radio to TeV emission. Here I present the results of the studies that explore gamma-ray and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-18 Gopal Bhatta

Inverse Compton scattering by relativistic electrons produces a major component of the diffuse emission from the Galaxy. The photon fields involved are the cosmic microwave background and the interstellar radiation field from stars and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 Elena Orlando , Andrew Strong

In the modern Universe the existence of various forms of scalar fields is supposed. On the one hand these fields can explain recently discovered positive $\Lambda$-term(see e.g. Ref. \cite{ref:Sahni}), on the other hand its form cluster…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. Folomeev , V. Gurovich , R. Usupov

Relativistic flows resulting from sudden explosive events upscatter ambient interstellar photons of local radiation fields. For Lorentz factor $ > 100$ and dense optical - UV radiation fields the emergent signal is a typical gamma ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Amotz Shemi
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