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Compton telescopes rely on the dominant interaction mechanism in the MeV gamma-ray energy range: Compton scattering. By precisely recording the position and energy of multiple Compton scatter interactions in a detector volume, a photon's…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-05 Carolyn Kierans , Tadayuki Takahashi , Gottfried Kanbach

The detectability of charged SLAC-bag type structures is considered. These objects, known as Fermi balls, arise from the spontaneous symmetry breaking of a biased discrete symmetry in the early universe. Two classes of experimental searches…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Alick L. Macpherson , James L. Pinfold

The IceCube (IC) collaboration recently reported the detection of TeV-PeV extraterrestrial neutrinos whose origin is yet unknown. By the photon-neutrino connection in $pp$ and $p\gamma$ interactions, we use the \fermi-LAT observations to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Bin Wang , Xiao-Hong Zhao , Zhuo Li

{\it Fermi}-LAT has recently detected two gamma ray bubbles disposed symmetrically with respect to the Galactic plane. The bubbles have been suggested to be in a quasi-steady state, inflated by ongoing star formation over the age of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 K. Zubovas , A. R. King , S. Nayakshin

The Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) is a 0.2-5 MeV Compton telescope capable of imaging, spectroscopy, and polarimetry of astrophysical sources. Such capabilities are made possible by COSI's germanium cross-strip detectors, which…

The cosmic gamma-ray background radiation is one of the most fundamental observables in the gamma-ray band. Although the origin of the cosmic gamma-ray background radiation has been a mystery for a long time, the Fermi gamma-ray space…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-12-15 Yoshiyuki Inoue

The Fermi Large Area Telescope has provided the measurement of the high energy (20 GeV to 1 TeV) cosmic ray electrons and positrons spectrum with unprecedented accuracy. This measurement represents a unique probe for studying the origin and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Dario Grasso

The enhanced star formation in the inner 100 pc of the Galaxy launches a superwind at ~1600 km s$^{-1}$ for M82-like parameters. The ram pressure of the wind is very low compared to more powerful starburst winds. I show that halo gas stops…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-08-13 Brian C. Lacki

The origin of North Polar Spur (NPS) and Loop-I has been debated over almost half a century and is still unresolved. Most of the confusion is caused by the absence of any prominent counterparts of these structures in the southern Galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-12-05 Kartick Chandra Sarkar

The enigma of cosmic ray origin and propagation stands as a key question in particle astrophysics. The precise spatial and spectral measurements of diffuse Galactic gamma-ray emission provide new avenues for unraveling this mystery. Based…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-01 Qi-Ling Chen , Qiang Yuan , Yi-Qing Guo , Ming-Ming Kang , Chao-Wen Yang

Over the past 16 years, the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) has significantly advanced our view of the GeV gamma-ray sky, yet several key questions remain - such as the composition of the isotropic gamma-ray background, the origin of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-07 Christopher Eckner , Noemi Anau Montel , Florian List , Francesca Calore , Christoph Weniger

The radiative mechanism of coherent radio emission has remained an enigma since the discovery of pulsars, even the emergence of fast radio bursts (FRBs), which exhibit similarities to the single-pulse behavior of pulsars and have opened a…

We study a scenario in which the Fermi bubbles are formed through a Galactocentric outflow of gas and pre-accelerated cosmic-rays (CR). We take into account CR energy losses due to proton-proton interactions with the gas present in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-29 Gwenael Giacinti , Andrew M. Taylor

Pairing is the fundamental requirement for fermionic superfluidity and superconductivity. To understand the mechanism behind pair formation is an ongoing challenge in the study of many strongly correlated fermionic systems. Cooper pairs are…

Observations of gamma-ray bursts by the Fermi satellite, capable of detecting photons in a very broad energy band: 8keV to >300GeV, have opened a new window for the study of these enigmatic explosions. It is widely assumed that photons of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-11-20 Pawan Kumar , Rodolfo Barniol Duran

Many different physical processes have been suggested to explain the prompt gamma-ray emission in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Although there are examples of both bursts with photospheric and synchrotron emission origins, these distinct…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-07 Zeynep Acuner , Felix Ryde

In a previous work, we have shown that the formation of the Fermi bubbles can be due to the interaction between winds launched from the hot accretion flow in Sgr A* and the interstellar medium (ISM). In that work, we focus only on the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-23 Guobin Mou , Feng Yuan , Zhaoming Gan , Mouyuan Sun

Primordial Black Holes (PBHs), which may have been created in the early Universe, are predicted to be detectable by their Hawking radiation. The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope observatory offers increased sensitivity to the gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-03-26 T. N. Ukwatta , Jane H. MacGibbon , W. C. Parke , K. S. Dhuga , S. Rhodes , A. Eskandarian , N. Gehrels , L. Maximon , D. C. Morris

Motivated by the Fermi gamma-ray space telescope results, in recent years immense efforts were given to understanding the mechanism that leads to the prompt emission observed. The failure of the optically thin emission models (synchrotron…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Asaf Pe'er

With its excellent sensitivity, large field of view, broad energy coverage, and good per-photon angular resolution, the Large Area Telescope aboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope satellite provides us with an unprecedented view of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-02 Jürgen Knödlseder