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We discuss the possibility that the recent detection of 511 keV gamma-rays from the galactic bulge, as observed by INTEGRAL, is a consequence of low mass (~MeV) particle dark matter annihilations. We discuss the type of halo profile favored…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Celine Boehm , Dan Hooper , Joseph Silk , Michel Casse

We present a spectral analysis of the e+e- annihilation emission from the Galactic Centre region based on the first year of measurements made with the spectrometer SPI of the INTEGRAL mission. We have found that the annihilation spectrum…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. Jean , J. Knodlseder , W. Gillard , N. Guessoum , K. Ferriere , A. Marcowith , V. Lonjou , J. P. Roques

The measurement of gamma-ray lines from the decay chain of 56Ni provides unique information about the explosion in supernovae. The 56Ni freshly-produced in the supernova powers the optical light curve, as it emits gamma-rays upon its…

In this paper the KTeV collaboration reports the analysis of 112.1*10^3 candidate KL->pi+pi-gamma decays including a background of 671+/-41 events with the objective of determining the photon production mechanisms intrinsic to the decay…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 KTeV Collaboration

The bulk of the diffuse galactic gamma-ray emission above a few tens of GeV has been conventionally ascribed to the decay of neutral pions produced in cosmic-ray interactions with interstellar matter. Cosmic-ray electrons may, however, make…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 T. A. Porter , R. J. Protheroe

The Fermi bubbles are two large structures in the gamma-ray sky extending to $55^\circ$ above and below the Galactic center. We analyze 50 months of Fermi Large Area Telescope data between 100 MeV and 500 GeV above $10^\circ$ in Galactic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-09-22 LAT Collaboration

The morphology and characteristics of the so-called GeV gamma-ray excess detected in the Milky Way lead us to speculate about a possible common origin with the 511 keV line mapped by the SPI experiment about ten years ago. In the previous…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-08-05 Celine Boehm , Paolo Gondolo , Pierre Jean , Thomas Lacroix , Colin Norman , Joseph Silk

Observations of high energy gamma rays recently revealed a persistent source in spatial coincidence with the binary system Eta Carinae. Since modulation of the observed gamma-ray flux on orbital time scales has not been reported so far, an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-08-14 K. Reitberger , O. Reimer , A. Reimer , M. Werner , K. Egberts , H. Takahashi

Recent obserbations by Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope of gamma-ray pulsars have revealed further details of the structure of the emission region. We investigate the emission region for the multi-wavelength light curve using outer gap…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-11-01 Shota Kisaka , Yasufumi Kojima

The high-energy gamma-ray emission discovered using the H.E.S.S. telescopes from the binary system PSR B1259 -63, is modelled using an extension of the approach that successfully predicted it. We find that the simultaneous INTEGRAL and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 J. G. Kirk , Lewis Ball , S. Johnston

One of the most prominent features of the $\gamma$-ray sky is the emission from our own Galaxy. The Galactic plane has been observed by Fermi-LAT in GeV and H.E.S.S. in TeV light. Fermi has modeled the Galactic emission as the sum of a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-09 Ellis Owen , Christoph Deil , Axel Donath , Régis Terrier

It has recently been pointed out that the 511 keV emission line detected by Integral/SPI from the bulge of our galaxy could be explained by annihilations of light Dark Matter particles into e^+ e^-. If such a signature is confirmed, then…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-02-20 C. Boehm , P. Fayet , J. Silk

Analyzing archival data of the INTEGRAL observatory we discovered and localized a cosmic gamma-ray burst detected within fields of view of the IBIS/ISGRI and SPI telescopes on April 28, 2006. The burst has not been revealed by the INTEGRAL…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. A. Grebenev , I. V. Chelovekov

Observations of two well known binary systems (LS 5039 and LS I +61 303) with the satellite and Cherenkov telescopes revealed the broad band $\gamma$-ray spectra which seems to show two components, the first at GeV energies, showing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 W. Bednarek

Recently, the microquasar V4641 Sgr and its surrounding is detected at TeV-PeV gamma-ray band. Interestingly, the spectrum follows a power-law function continuing up to 0.8 PeV as reported by LHAASO, and the morphology of the emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-02 Su-Yu Wan , Jie-shuang Wang , Ruo-Yu Liu

An emission line with energy of $E\sim 3.5$ keV has been observed in galaxy clusters by two experiments. The emission line is consistent with the decay of a dark matter particle with a mass of $\sim 7$ keV. In this work we discuss the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-19 Ning Chen , Zuowei Liu , Pran Nath

We present a semi-empirical model for the evolving far-infrared to ultraviolet diffuse background produced by stars in galaxies. The model is designed to reproduce the results of deep galaxy surveys, and therefore may be considered as a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 T. M. Kneiske , K. Mannheim , D. Hartmann

The first gamma-ray line originating from outside the solar system that was ever detected is the 511 keV emission from positron annihilation in the Galaxy. Despite 30 years of intense theoretical and observational investigation, the main…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 N. Prantzos , C. Boehm , A. M. Bykov , R. Diehl , K. Ferriere , N. Guessoum , P. Jean , J. Knoedlseder , A. Marcowith , I. V. Moskalenko , A. Strong , G. Weidenspointner

Detailed morphological and spatially resolved spectral studies reveal the very high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray aspects of this object with unprecedented precision. We confirm previous results obtained in a survey of the Galactic Plane in 2004.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 F. Aharonian

We analyze the processes governing cosmic-ray (CR) penetration into molecular clouds and the resulting generation of gamma-ray emission. The density of CRs inside a cloud is depleted at lower energies due to the self-excited MHD turbulence.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-12-05 V. A. Dogiel , D. O. Chernyshov , A. V. Ivlev , D. Malyshev , A. W. Strong , K. S. Cheng