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Fermi bubbles are giant gamma-ray structures extended north and south of the Galactic center with characteristic sizes of order of 10 kpc recently discovered by Fermi Large Area Telescope. Good correlation between radio and gamma-ray…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 D. O. Chernyshov , K. S. Cheng , V. A. Dogiel , C. M. Ko

Fermi has discovered two giant gamma-ray-emitting bubbles that extend nearly 10kpc in diameter north and south of the galactic center (GC). The existence of the bubbles was first evidenced in X-rays detected by ROSAT and later WMAP detected…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 K. S. Cheng , D. O. Chernyshov , V. A. Dogiel , C. -M. Ko , W. -H. Ip

We analyze the gamma-ray sky at energies of 0.5 to 50 GeV using the undecimated wavelet transform on the sphere. Focusing on the inner $60^{\circ} \times 60^{\circ}$ of the sky, we identify and characterize four separate residuals beyond…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-15 Bhaskaran Balaji , Ilias Cholis , Patrick J. Fox , Samuel D. McDermott

Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper (WHAM) observations reveal high-velocity and [NII]$\lambda6584$ emission lines in the same direction and velocity as ultraviolet absorption-line features that have been previously associated with the biconical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-08-19 Dhanesh Krishnarao , Robert A. Benjamin , L. Matthew Haffner

Recently evidence has emerged for enormous features in the gamma-ray sky observed by the Fermi-LAT instrument: bilateral `bubbles' of emission centered on the core of the Galaxy and extending to around 10 kpc above and below the Galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-03-24 Roland M. Crocker , Felix Aharonian

The Fermi bubbles (FBs) are large gamma-ray emitting lobes extending up to $55\deg$ in latitude above and below the Galactic center (GC). Although the FBs were discovered 8 years ago, their origin and the nature of the gamma-ray emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-12-02 Laura Herold , Dmitry Malyshev

Data from the Fermi-LAT reveal two large gamma-ray bubbles, extending 50 degrees above and below the Galactic center, with a width of about 40 degrees in longitude. The gamma-ray emission associated with these bubbles has a significantly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-01-03 Meng Su , Tracy R. Slatyer , Douglas P. Finkbeiner

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 Fermi Bubbles were discovered about a decade ago in the {\it Fermi}-LAT data as a double-lobe structure extending up to 55 deg. in Galactic latitudes above and below the Galactic Center. At the moment their origin is still unknown. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-25 E. Moulin , A. Montanari , D. Malyshev , Dm. Malyshev

The Fermi Bubbles are gamma-ray structures extending from the center of the Milky Way to +/-50 degree Galactic latitude that were discovered in data obtained by the Fermi/LAT instrument. Their origin and power source remain uncertain. To…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-11 Ami Tank , Roland Crocker , Mark R. Krumholz

The origin of sub-TeV gamma rays detected by Fermi-LAT from the Fermi bubbles at the Galactic center is still unknown. In a hadronic model, acceleration of protons and/or nuclei and their subsequent interactions with gas in the bubble…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-11 Soebur Razzaque , Lili Yang

The diffuse gamma-ray sky revealed 'Bubbles' of emission above and below the Galactic Plane symmetric around the centre of the Milky Way with a height of 10 kpc in both directions. At present there is no convincing explanation for the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Wim de Boer , Markus Weber

The Fermi Bubbles have been imaged in sub-TeV gamma rays at Fermi-LAT, and, if their origin is hadronic, they might have been seen with low statistics in $\sim 0.1- 1$ PeV neutrinos at IceCube. We discuss the detectability of these objects…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-07-22 Cecilia Lunardini , Soebur Razzaque , Lili Yang

Recently the Fermi-LAT data have revealed two gamma-ray emitting bubble-shaped structures at the Galactic center. If the observed gamma rays have hadronic origin (collisions of accelerated protons), the bubbles must emit high energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-07-06 Cecilia Lunardini , Soebur Razzaque

Analysis of the Fermi-LAT data has revealed two extended structures above and below the Galactic Centre emitting gamma rays with a hard spectrum, the so-called Fermi bubbles. Hadronic models attempting to explain the origin of the Fermi…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-10-19 ANTARES Collaboration , S. Adrián-Martínez , A. Albert , I. Al Samarai , M. André , G. Anton , S. Anvar , M. Ardid , T. Astraatmadja , J-J. Aubert , B. Baret , J. Barrios-Martí , S. Basa , V. Bertin , S. Biagi , C. Bigongiari , C. Bogazzi , B. Bouhou , M. C. Bouwhuis , J. Brunner , J. Busto , A. Capone , L. Caramete , C. Cârloganu , J. Carr , S. Cecchini , Z. Charif , Ph. Charvis , T. Chiarusi , M. Circella , F. Classen , R. Coniglione , L. Core , H. Costantini , P. Coyle , A. Creusot , C. Curtil , G. De Bonis , I. Dekeyser , A. Deschamps , C. Donzaud , D. Dornic , Q. Dorosti , D. Drouhin , A. Dumas , T. Eberl , U. Emanuele , A. Enzenhöfer , J-P. Ernenwein , S. Escoffier , K. Fehn , P. Fermani , V. Flaminio , F. Folger , U. Fritsch , L. A. Fusco , S. Galatà , P. Gay , S. Geißelsöder , K. Geyer , G. Giacomelli , V. Giordano , A. Gleixner , J. P. Gómez-González , K. Graf , G. Guillard , H. van Haren , A. J. Heijboer , Y. Hello , J. J. Hernández-Rey , B. Herold , J. Hößl , C. Hugon , C. W. James , M. de Jong , M. Kadler , O. Kalekin , A. Kappes , U. Katz , P. Kooijman , A. Kouchner , I. Kreykenbohm , V. Kulikovskiy , R. Lahmann , E. Lambard , G. Lambard , G. Larosa , D. Lattuada , D. Lefèvre , E. Leonora , D. Lo Presti , H. Loehner , S. Loucatos , F. Louis , S. Mangano , M. Marcelin , A. Margiotta , J. A. Martínez-Mora , S. Martini , T. Michael , T. Montaruli , M. Morganti , C. Müller , M. Neff , E. Nezri , D. Palioselitis , G. E. Păvălaş , C. Perrina , V. Popa , T. Pradier , C. Racca , G. Riccobene , R. Richter , C. Rivière , A. Robert , K. Roensch , A. Rostovtsev , D. F. E. Samtleben , M. Sanguineti , P. Sapienza , J. Schmid , J. Schnabel , S. Schulte , F. Schüssler , T. Seitz , R. Shanidze , C. Sieger , F. Simeone , A. Spies , M. Spurio , J. J. M. Steijger , Th. Stolarczyk , A. Sánchez-Losa , M. Taiuti , C. Tamburini , Y. Tayalati , A. Trovato , B. Vallage , C. Vallée , V. Van Elewyck , M. Vecchi , P. Vernin , E. Visser , S. Wagner , J. Wilms , E. de Wolf , K. Yatkin , H. Yepes , J. D. Zornoza , J. Zúñiga

The origin of the Fermi bubbles, which constitute two gamma-ray emitting lobes above and below the Galactic plane, remains unclear. The possibility that this Fermi bubbles gamma-ray emission originates from hadronic cosmic rays advected by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-07 Olivier Tourmente , Donna Rodgers-Lee , Andrew M. Taylor

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope reveals two large gamma-ray bubbles in the Galaxy, which extend about 50 degrees (~ 10 kpc) above and below the Galactic center (GC) and are symmetric about the Galactic plane. Using axisymmetric…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Fulai Guo , William G. Mathews

We study the spatial correlation of astrophysical neutrinos detected by IceCube with the geometry of the two large globular structures located in the center of our Galaxy, known as Fermi Bubbles (FB). Using the Fermi-LAT data collected…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-16 Paola Alvarez-Hurtado , Nissim Fraija , Antonio Galvan , Antonio Marinelli

The Galactic Center is surrounded by two giant plasma lobes known as the Fermi Bubbles, extending ~10 kpc both above and below the Galactic plane. Spectroscopic observations of Fermi Bubble directions at radio, ultraviolet, and optical…

One of the most exciting discoveries of recent years is a pair of gigantic gamma-ray emission regions, the so-called Fermi bubbles, above and below the Galactic center. The bubbles, discovered by the Fermi space telescope, extend up to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Satyendra Thoudam