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The Galactic diffuse emission is potentially able to reveal much about the sources and propagation of cosmic rays (CR), their spectra and intensities in distant locations. It can possibly unveil WIMP dark matter (DM) through its…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 I. V. Moskalenko , A. W. Strong

Models for the diffuse Galactic continuum emission and synchrotron radiation show that it is difficult to reproduce observations of both of these from the same population of cosmic-ray electrons. This indicates that an important contributor…

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

Using the cosmic ray (CR) data available in the energy interval $(10 - 2 \times 10^{7})$ GeV/particle, we have calculated the profile of the primary $\gamma$-ray spectrum produced by the interaction of these CR with thermal nuclei of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 G. A. Medina Tanco , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino

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

We present a novel interpretation of the $\gamma$-ray diffuse emission measured by Fermi-LAT and H.E.S.S. in the Galactic center (GC) region and the Galactic ridge (GR). In the first part we perform a data-driven analysis based on PASS8…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-26 D. Gaggero , D. Grasso , A. Marinelli , M. Taoso , A. Urbano

Ever since the discovery of Cosmic Rays (CRs), significant advancements have been made in modeling their propagation in the Galaxy and in the Heliosphere. However, propagation models suffer from degeneracy of many parameters. To complicate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-19 E. Orlando

In this contribution we will discuss recent results concerning the intensity and the angular distribution of the gamma-ray and neutrino emissions as should be originated from the hadronic scattering of cosmic rays (CR) with the interstellar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-08-02 C. Evoli , D. Grasso , L. Maccione

Recent results obtained by analyzing diffuse gamma-ray emission detected by Fermi-LAT show a substantial variation of the CR spectrum as a function of the distance from the Galactic Center. For energies up to tens of GeV, the CR proton…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-21 G. Morlino

The diffuse galactic EGRET gamma ray data show a clear excess for energies above 1 GeV in comparison with the expectations from conventional galactic models. This excess shows all the features expected from Dark Matter WIMP Annihilation:…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 W. de Boer , I. Gebauer , C. Sander , M. Weber , V. Zhukov

Diffuse $\gamma$-ray emission is a key probe of cosmic rays (CRs) distribution within the Galaxy. However, the discrepancies between observations and theoretical model expectations highlight the need for refined uncertainty estimates. In…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-10 Xing-Jian Lv , Xiao-Jun Bi , Kun Fang , Han-Xiang Hu , Peng-Fei Yin , Meng-Jie Zhao

An important contribution to the gamma-ray emission of our Galaxy is the Galactic Diffuse emission. We present specific developments within the PICARD code for modeling of Galactic cosmic ray propagation that are relevant for the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-26 Felix Niederwanger , Olaf Reimer , Ralf Kissmann , Richard Tuffs

Recently, a spatially extended excess of gamma rays collected by the Fermi-LAT from the inner region of the Milky Way has been detected by different groups and with increasingly sophisticated techniques. Yet, any final conclusion about the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-02-11 Francesca Calore , Ilias Cholis , Christoph Weniger

The diffuse gamma-ray background radiation (GBR) at high Galactic latitudes could be dominated by inverse Compton scattering (ICS) of cosmic ray (CR) electrons on the cosmic microwave background radiation (CBR) and on starlight (SL) in an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Arnon Dar

The excess of continuum gamma-ray emission from the Galaxy above 1 GeV is an unsolved puzzle. It may indicate that the interstellar nucleon or electron spectra are harder than local direct measurements, as could be the case if a local…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 I. V. Moskalenko , A. W. Strong , O. Reimer

Recently it was shown that the excess of diffuse Galactic gamma rays above 1 GeV could be interpreted as a Dark Matter annihilation signal. From the spectral shape of the excess it is possible to determine a range for the allowed WIMP mass…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-10-25 Christian Sander

Cosmic rays travel throughout the Galaxy, leaving traces from radio to ultra-high-energy gamma rays due to interactions with the interstellar gas, radiation field and magnetic field. Therefore, it is necessary to utilize multi-wavelength…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-15 Xin-Yu He , Pei-Pei Zhang , Qiang Yuan , Yi-Qing Guo

The diffuse gamma-rays in the Galactic center region have been studied. We propose that there exists a population of millisecond pulsars (MSPs) in the Galactic Center, which will emit GeV gamma-rays through the synchrotron-curvature…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 W. Wang , Z. J. Jiang , K. S. Cheng

We studied the problematic of uncertainties in the diffuse gamma radiation apparent in stacking analysis of EGRET data at low Galactic latitudes. Subsequently, we co-added maps of counts, exposure and diffuse background, and residuals, in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Analia N. Cillis , Olaf Reimer , Diego F. Torres

We use the GALPROP code for cosmic-ray (CR) propagation to calculate the broad-band luminosity spectrum of the Milky Way related to CR propagation and interactions in the interstellar medium. This includes gamma-ray emission from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-10-01 A. W. Strong , T. A. Porter , S. W. Digel , G. Johannesson , P. Martin , I. V. Moskalenko , E. J. Murphy

The Fermi-LAT collaboration recently confirmed EGRET finding of a discrepancy between the observed longitudinal profile of gamma-ray diffuse emission from the Galaxy and that computed with GALPROP assuming that cosmic rays are produced by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-11-09 Daniele Gaggero , Carmelo Evoli , Dario Grasso , Luca Maccione