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The large-scale Galactic interstellar radiation field (ISRF) is the result of stellar emission and dust re-processing of starlight. Where the energy density of the ISRF is high (e.g., the Galactic Centre), the dominant gamma-ray emission in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 T. A. Porter , I. V. Moskalenko , A. W. Strong

Various studies firmly establish the fact that gamma-ray observations can act as a unique probe to detect the possible cosmic ray (CR) sources, study the CR density distribution and explore the average properties of interstellar medium…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 Sayan Biswas , Nayantara Gupta

We predict the observational signatures of galaxy scale outflows powered by active galactic nuclei (AGN). Most of the emission is produced by the forward shock driven into the ambient interstellar medium (ISM) rather than by the reverse…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Jesse Nims , Eliot Quataert , Claude-Andre Faucher-Giguere

The extragalactic sources of ultra-high-energy (E > 4x10^19 eV) cosmic rays that make a small contribution to the flux of particles recorded by ground-based arrays are discussed. We show that cosmic rays from such sources can produce a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-09 Anna Uryson

The Universe is largely transparent to $\gamma$ rays in the GeV energy range, making these high-energy photons valuable for exploring energetic processes in the cosmos. After seven years of operation, the Fermi {\it Gamma-ray Space…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-20 F. Massaro , D. J. Thompson , E. C. Ferrara

The Fermi gamma-ray satellite has recently detected gamma-ray emissions from radio galaxy cores. From these samples, we first examine the correlation between the luminosities at 5 GHz, L_{5GHz}, and at 0.1-10 GeV, L_{gamma}, of these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Yoshiyuki Inoue

It has been suggested that unresolved radio galaxies and radio quasars (sometimes referred to as misaligned active galactic nuclei) could be responsible for a significant fraction of the observed diffuse gamma-ray background. In this study,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-17 Dan Hooper , Tim Linden , Alejandro Lopez

Blazars represent the most abundant class of high-energy extragalactic $\gamma$-ray sources. The subset of blazars known as BL Lac objects is on average closer to Earth and characterized by harder spectra at high energy than the whole…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-26 M. Di Mauro , F. Donato , G. Lamanna , D. A. Sanchez , P. D. Serpico

Radio and gamma-ray emission from active galactic nuclei (AGN) are thought to share a common origin, related to the ejection phenomena in the vicinity of supermassive black holes. Thanks to its sensitivity, surveying capability, and broad…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-29 M. Giroletti , A. Reimer , L. Fuhrmann , V. Pavlidou , J. L. Richards

Astrophysical sources outside the Milky Way, such as active galactic nuclei and star-forming galaxies, leave their imprint on the gamma-ray sky as nearly isotropic emission referred to as the Extragalactic Gamma-Ray Background (EGB). While…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-12 Mariangela Lisanti , Siddharth Mishra-Sharma , Lina Necib , Benjamin R. Safdi

Many star-forming galaxies and those hosting active galactic nuclei (AGN) show evidence of massive outflows of material in a variety of phases including ionized, neutral atomic, and molecular. Molecular outflows in particular have been the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-15 Alex McDaniel , Marco Ajello , Chris Karwin

Structure formation in the intergalactic medium (IGM) produces large-scale, collisionless shock waves, where electrons can accelerate to highly relativistic energies. Such electrons can Compton scatter cosmic microwave background photons up…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Uri Keshet , Eli Waxman , Abraham Loeb , Volker Springel , Lars Hernquist

We review the current understanding of the diffuse gamma-ray background (DGRB). The DGRB is what remains of the total measured gamma-ray emission after the subtraction of the resolved sources and of the diffuse Galactic foregrounds. It is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-28 Mattia Fornasa , Miguel A. Sanchez-Conde

The origin of the diffuse extragalactic gamma-ray background (EGB) has been intensively studied but remains unsettled. Current popular source candidates include unresolved star-forming galaxies, starburst galaxies, and blazars. In this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Amy Lien , Brian D. Fields

Star-forming and starburst galaxies (SFGs and SBGs) are powerful emitters of non-thermal $\gamma$-rays and neutrinos, due to their intense phases of star-formation activity, which should confine high-energy Cosmic-Rays (CRs) inside their…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-30 Antonio Ambrosone , Marco Chianese , Antonio Marinelli

Motivated by the discovery of the ultra-strong emission line starburst galaxies (EELGs) known as "green pea galaxies", we consider here their contribution to the intergalactic flux of ionizing UV at high redshifts. Most galaxies that have…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-08-19 Matthew A. Malkan , Sean T. Scully , Floyd W. Stecker

In principle, the angular anisotropy in the extragalactic gamma-ray background (EGRB) places severe constraints upon putative populations of unresolved gamma-ray point sources. Existing estimates of the EGRB anisotropy have been constructed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-02 Avery E. Broderick , Christoph Pfrommer , Ewald Puchwein , Philip Chang , Kendrick M. Smith

One way to understand the nonthermal history of the universe is by establishing the origins of the unresolved and truly diffuse extragalactic gamma rays. Dim blazars and radio/gamma galaxies certainly make an important contribution to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Charles D. Dermer

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

It has been indicated that low-luminosity active galactic nuclei (LLAGNs) are accelerating high-energy cosmic-ray (CR) protons in their radiatively inefficient accretion flows (RIAFs). If this is the case, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) should…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-22 Yutaka Fujita , Shigeo S. Kimura , Kohta Murase