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Gamma-ray and neutrino diffuse emissions of the Galaxy above the TeV

As recently shown, Fermi-LAT measurements of the diffuse gamma-ray emission from the Galaxy favor the presence of a smooth softening in the primary cosmic-ray spectrum with increasing Galactocentric distance. This result can be interpreted in terms of a spatial-dependent rigidity scaling of the diff...

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Autores principales: Gaggero, Daniele, Grasso, Dario, Marinelli, Antonio, Urbano, Alfredo, Valli, Mauro
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/718/5/052018
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author Gaggero, Daniele
Grasso, Dario
Marinelli, Antonio
Urbano, Alfredo
Valli, Mauro
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Grasso, Dario
Marinelli, Antonio
Urbano, Alfredo
Valli, Mauro
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description As recently shown, Fermi-LAT measurements of the diffuse gamma-ray emission from the Galaxy favor the presence of a smooth softening in the primary cosmic-ray spectrum with increasing Galactocentric distance. This result can be interpreted in terms of a spatial-dependent rigidity scaling of the diffusion coefficient. The DRAGON code was used to build a model based on such feature. That scenario correctly reproduces the latest Fermi-LAT results as well as local cosmic-ray measurements from PAMELA, AMS-02 and CREAM. Here we show that the model, if extrapolated at larger energies, grasps both the gamma-ray flux measured by MILAGRO at 15 TeV and the H.E.S.S. data from the Galactic ridge, assuming that the cosmic-ray spectral hardening found by those experiments at about 250 GeV/n is present in the whole inner Galactic plane region. Moreover, we show as that model also predicts a neutrino emission which may account for a significant fraction, as well as for the correct spectral shape, of the astrophysical flux measured by IceCube above 25 TeV.
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spelling cern-20388432022-08-17T13:32:33Zdoi:10.1088/1742-6596/718/5/052018http://cds.cern.ch/record/2038843engGaggero, DanieleGrasso, DarioMarinelli, AntonioUrbano, AlfredoValli, MauroGamma-ray and neutrino diffuse emissions of the Galaxy above the TeVAstrophysics and AstronomyAs recently shown, Fermi-LAT measurements of the diffuse gamma-ray emission from the Galaxy favor the presence of a smooth softening in the primary cosmic-ray spectrum with increasing Galactocentric distance. This result can be interpreted in terms of a spatial-dependent rigidity scaling of the diffusion coefficient. The DRAGON code was used to build a model based on such feature. That scenario correctly reproduces the latest Fermi-LAT results as well as local cosmic-ray measurements from PAMELA, AMS-02 and CREAM. Here we show that the model, if extrapolated at larger energies, grasps both the gamma-ray flux measured by MILAGRO at 15 TeV and the H.E.S.S. data from the Galactic ridge, assuming that the cosmic-ray spectral hardening found by those experiments at about 250 GeV/n is present in the whole inner Galactic plane region. Moreover, we show as that model also predicts a neutrino emission which may account for a significant fraction, as well as for the correct spectral shape, of the astrophysical flux measured by IceCube above 25 TeV.arXiv:1507.07796oai:cds.cern.ch:20388432015-07-28
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Gaggero, Daniele
Grasso, Dario
Marinelli, Antonio
Urbano, Alfredo
Valli, Mauro
Gamma-ray and neutrino diffuse emissions of the Galaxy above the TeV
title Gamma-ray and neutrino diffuse emissions of the Galaxy above the TeV
title_full Gamma-ray and neutrino diffuse emissions of the Galaxy above the TeV
title_fullStr Gamma-ray and neutrino diffuse emissions of the Galaxy above the TeV
title_full_unstemmed Gamma-ray and neutrino diffuse emissions of the Galaxy above the TeV
title_short Gamma-ray and neutrino diffuse emissions of the Galaxy above the TeV
title_sort gamma-ray and neutrino diffuse emissions of the galaxy above the tev
topic Astrophysics and Astronomy
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/718/5/052018
http://cds.cern.ch/record/2038843
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