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The precision measurements of the spectra of cosmic ray nuclei and leptons in recent years have revealed the existence of multiple features, such as the spectral break at $\sim 300$ GV rigidity seen by PAMELA and AMS-02 and more recently…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-05 Carmelo Evoli , Elena Amato , Pasquale Blasi , Roberto Aloisio

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

It has recently become apparent that the background level of diffuse radio emission on the sky is significantly higher than the level that can result from known extragalactic radio source classes or our Galaxy given our current…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-02 J. Singal

We use Chandra deep observations of the Galactic Center (GC) region to improve the constraints on the unresolved fraction of the Galactic X-ray background (also known as the Galactic ridge X-ray emission). We emphasize the importance of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Revnivtsev , A. Vikhlinin , S. Sazonov

We consider the problem of the cosmic ray spectrum formation assuming that cosmic rays are produced by Galactic sources. The anomalous diffusion equation proposed in our recent papers is used to describe cosmic ray propagation in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-17 Nikolay Volkov , Anatoly Lagutin , Alexander Tyumentsev , Roman Raikin

Most studies of GeV Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCR) nuclei assume a steady state/continuous distribution for the sources of cosmic rays, but this distribution is actually discrete in time and in space. The current progress in our understanding…

Measurements of cosmic ray fluxes by the PAMELA and CREAM experiments show unexpected spectral features between 200 GeV and 100 TeV. They could be due to the presence of nearby and young cosmic ray sources. This can be studied in the myriad…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-10-15 G. Bernard , T. Delahaye , P. Salati , R. Taillet

The origin of Galactic cosmic rays remains unconfirmed, but promising candidates for their sources are found in star-forming regions. We report a series of X-ray observations, with Suzaku, toward the nearby star-forming region of Cygnus X.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 T. Mizuno , T. Tanabe , H. Takahashi , K. Hayashi , R. Yamazaki , I. Grenier , L. Tibaldo

We perform a composite likelihood analysis of subdivided regions within the central $26^\circ\times20^\circ$ of the Milky Way, with the aim of characterizing the spectrum of the gamma-ray galactic center excess in regions of varying…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-30 Shunsaku Horiuchi , Manoj Kaplinghat , Anna Kwa

A number of recent lines of evidence point towards the presence of hot, out-flowing plasma from the central regions of compact Galactic and extragalactic X-ray sources. Additionally, it has long been noted that many of these sources exhibit…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Lev Titarchuk , Chris Shrader

Galactic and extragalactic objects in the universe are sources of high-energy neutrinos {that may contribute to the astrophysical neutrino signal seen by IceCube.} Recently, a study done using cascade-like events seen by IceCube reported…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-02 Abhishek Desai , Justin Vandenbroucke , Samalka Anandagoda , Jessie Thwaites , M. J. Romfoe

The undisputed galactic origin of cosmic rays at energies below the so-called knee implies an existence of a nonthemal population of galactic objects which effectively accelerate protons and nuclei to TeV-PeV energies. The distinct…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Felix Aharonian

With experimental results of AMS on the spectra of cosmic ray (CR) $e^{-}$, $e^{+}$, $e^{-}+e^{+}$ and positron fraction, as well as new measurements of CR $e^{-}+e^{+}$ flux by HESS, one can better understand the CR lepton ($e^{-}$ and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-29 Shi Zhao-Dong , Liu Siming

Millisecond pulsars have been discussed as a possible source of the gamma-ray excess observed from the region surrounding the Galactic Center. With this in mind, we use the observed population of bright low-mass X-ray binaries to estimate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-01 Ilias Cholis , Dan Hooper , Tim Linden

The Tibet ASgamma experiment just reported their measurement of sub-PeV diffuse gamma ray emission from the Galactic disk, with the highest energy up to 957 TeV. These gamma-rays are most likely the hadronic origin by cosmic ray interaction…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-04-09 Bing-Qiang Qiao , Wei Liu , Meng-Jie Zhao , Xiao-Jun Bi , Yi-Qing Guo

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory has recently reported strong evidence for neutrino emission from the Galactic plane. The signal is consistent with model predictions of diffuse emission from cosmic ray propagation in the interstellar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-09 Antonio Ambrosone , Kathrine Mørch Groth , Enrico Peretti , Markus Ahlers

The recent discovery of the gamma-ray emission from the lobes of the closest radio galaxy Centaurus A by Fermi implies the presence of high-energy electrons at least up to gamma ~ 10^5 - 10^6. These high-energy electrons are required to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 F. Massaro , M. Ajello

In recent years, $\gamma$-ray emission has been detected from star-forming galaxies (SFGs) in the local universe, including M82, NGC 253, Arp 220 and M33. The bulk of this emission is thought to be of hadronic origin, arising from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-02 Ellis R. Owen , Khee-Gan Lee , Albert K. H. Kong

Two independent indirect manifestations of Galactic gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are considered, whose importance for gamma-ray astronomy will depend on a still poorly known -- though astrophysically important -- parameter, namely the GRB…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Etienne Parizot

EGRET data on the Gamma ray emission from the inner Galaxy have shown a rather flat spectrum, extending to about 50 GeV. It is usually assumed that these gamma-rays arise from the interactions of cosmic ray nuclei with ambient matter.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Wolfgang Rhode , Torsten A. Ensslin , Peter L. Biermann