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The diffuse Galactic gamma-ray background, as observed with EGRET on CGRO, exceeds the model predictions significantly above 1 GeV. This is particularly true for the inner Galaxy. We shall discuss here the contribution of the Galactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Heinz Voelk

Very recently, diffuse gamma rays with $0.1\,{\rm PeV}<E_\gamma <1\,\rm PeV$ have been discovered from the Galactic disk by the Tibet air shower array and muon detector array (Tibet AS+MD array). While the measured sub-PeV flux may be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-23 Ruo-Yu Liu , Xiang-Yu Wang

We explore the possibility that the diffuse gamma-ray background radiation (GBR) at high galactic latitudes could be dominated by inverse Compton scattering of cosmic ray (CR) electrons on the cosmic microwave background radiation and on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Arnon Dar , A. De Rújula

The high-energy diffuse gamma-ray emission and neutrino emission are expected from the Galactic plane, generated by hadronuclear interactions between cosmic rays (CR) and interstellar medium (ISM). Therefore, measurements of these diffuse…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-19 Kai Yan , Ruo-Yu Liu , Rui Zhang , Chao-Ming Li , Qiang Yuan , Xiang-Yu Wang

Various studies have implied the existence of a gaseous halo around the Galaxy extending out to 100 kpc. Galactic cosmic rays (CRs) that propagate to the halo, either by diffusion or by convection with the possibly existing large-scale…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-30 Ruo-Yu Liu , Huirong Yan , Xiang-Yu Wang , Shi Shao , Hui Li

We compute the contribution from clusters of galaxies to the diffuse neutrino and $\gamma-$ray background. Due to their unique magnetic-field configuration, cosmic rays (CRs) with energy $\leq10^{17}$ eV can be confined within these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-01 Saqib Hussain , Giulia Pagliaroli , Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino

Recent observations of cosmic rays (CRs) have revealed a two-component anomaly in the spectra of primary and secondary particles, as well as their ratios, prompting investigation into their common origin. In this study, we incorporate the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-08 Yu-Hua Yao , Xu-Lin Dong , Yi-Qing Guo , Qiang Yuan

We show that the observed fluxes, spectra and sky distributions of the high energy diffuse backgrounds of astronomical neutrinos, gamma rays and cosmic ray positrons satisfy simple relations expected from their common production in hadronic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-15 Shlomo Dado , Arnon Dar

The diffuse background of very high energy extra-terrestrial neutrinos recently discovered with IceCube is compatible with that expected from cosmic ray interactions in the Galactic interstellar medium plus that expected from hadronic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-11 Shlomo Dado , Arnon Dar

Clusters of galaxies can potentially produce cosmic rays (CRs) up to very-high energies via large-scale shocks and turbulent acceleration. Due to their unique magnetic-field configuration, CRs with energy $\leq 10^{17}$ eV can be trapped…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-07 Saqib Hussain , Rafael Alves Batista , Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , Klaus Dolag

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

Diffuse emission in gamma-rays and neutrinos are produced by the interaction of cosmic rays with the interstellar medium. Below some hundreds of TeV, the sources of these cosmic rays are most likely Galactic. Hence, observations of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-25 Anton Stall , Philipp Mertsch

Clusters of galaxies possess the capability to accelerate cosmic rays (CRs) to very high energy up to $\sim10^{18}$~eV due to their large size and magnetic field strength which favor CR confinement for cosmological times. During their…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-08 Saqib Hussain , Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , Giulia Pagliaroli

In this work, we compute the contribution from clusters of galaxies to the diffuse neutrino background. Clusters of galaxies can potentially produce cosmic rays (CRs) up to very-high energies via large-scale shocks and turbulent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-28 Saqib Hussain , Rafael Alves Batista , Elisabete de Gouveia Dal Pino , Klaus Dolag

Multi-messenger data suggest that radio galaxies (i.e. non-blazar active galaxies) are perhaps the most likely class of sources for the diffuse flux of high-energy neutrinos reported by the IceCube Collaboration. In this study, we consider…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-30 Carlos Blanco , Dan Hooper

The interaction of cosmic rays with the gas contained in our Galaxy is a guaranteed source of diffuse high energy neutrinos. We provide expectations for this component by considering different assumptions for the cosmic ray distribution in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-09 G. Pagliaroli , C. Evoli , F. L. Villante

We have developed a model which aims to reproduce observational data of many kinds related to cosmic-ray (CR) origin and propagation: direct measurements of nuclei, antiprotons, electrons and positrons, gamma-rays, and synchrotron…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 I. V. Moskalenko , A. W. Strong

The observations of the energy spectra of cosmic-ray have revealed complicated structures. Especially, spectral hardenings in the boron-to-carbon and boron-to-oxygen ratios above $\sim 200$ GV has been revealed by AMS-02 and DAMPE…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-06 Dong-Xu Sun , Pei-Pei Zhang , Yi-Qing Guo , Wei Liu , Qiang Yuan

Galactic diffuse emissions in gamma rays and neutrinos arise from interactions of cosmic rays with the interstellar medium and probe the cosmic-ray intensity away from the Solar system. Model predictions for those are influenced by the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-11 Anton Stall , Philipp Mertsch

Galactic diffuse continuum gamma-ray emission is intricately related to cosmic-ray physics and radio astronomy. We describe recent results from an approach which endeavours to take advantage of this. Information from cosmic-ray composition…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-13 A. W. Strong , I. V. Moskalenko , O. Reimer
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