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Gamma-ray and Neutrino Diffuse Emissions of the Galaxy at very High Energy

Several independent analyzes of Fermi-LAT results found evidences of a spatial dependent cosmic ray (CR) spectral index which is not accounted for by conventional models of CR transport in the Galaxy. Moreover, several experiments have established the presence of a CR spectral hardening above few hu...

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Autores principales: Grasso, D, Gaggero, D, Marinelli, A, Urbano, A, Valli, M
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2017.06.003
http://cds.cern.ch/record/2315125
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Sumario:Several independent analyzes of Fermi-LAT results found evidences of a spatial dependent cosmic ray (CR) spectral index which is not accounted for by conventional models of CR transport in the Galaxy. Moreover, several experiments have established the presence of a CR spectral hardening above few hundred GeV. We show that these results may have a relevant impact on the γ -ray and neutrino diffuse emissions of the Galaxy above the TeV. Indeed a phenomenological model which adopts a spatial dependent diffusion coefficient, so to account for those features, also reproduces the γ -ray excess found by Milagro at 15 TeV and the spectrum measured by H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT in the Galactic ridge. The same model predicts a neutrino emission along the Galactic plane which is significantly larger than expected on the basis of conventional models. This emission is compatible with ANTARES upper limits and is a natural target for KM3NeT.