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A possible origin of gamma rays from the Fermi Bubbles
Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7066-3614
2014 (English)In: Nuclear physics B, Proceedings supplements, ISSN 0920-5632, E-ISSN 1873-3832, Vol. 256-257, p. 125-130Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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One of the most exciting discoveries of recent years is a pair of gigantic gamma-ray emission regions, the so-called Fermi bubbles, above and below the Galactic center. The bubbles, discovered by the Fermi space telescope, extend up to ∼50°∼50° in Galactic latitude and are ∼40°∼40° wide in Galactic longitude. The gamma-ray emission is also found to correlate with radio, microwave and X-rays emission. The origin of the bubbles and the associated non-thermal emissions are still not clearly understood. Possible explanations for the non-thermal emission include cosmic-ray injection from the Galactic center by high speed Galactic winds/jets, acceleration by multiple shocks or plasma turbulence present inside the bubbles, and acceleration by strong shock waves associated with the expansion of the bubbles. In this paper, I will discuss the possibility that the gamma-ray emission is produced by the injection of Galactic cosmic-rays mainly protons during their diffusive propagation through the Galaxy. The protons interact with the bubble plasma producing π°π°-decay gamma rays, while at the same time, radio and microwave synchrotron emissions are produced by the secondary electrons/positrons resulting from the π±π± decays.

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2014. Vol. 256-257, p. 125-130
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cosmic rays, diffusion, Galaxy, gamma rays
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Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
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Physics, Astroparticle Physics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-51543DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2014.10.015OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-51543DiVA, id: diva2:915312
Available from: 2016-03-29 Created: 2016-03-29 Last updated: 2019-02-27Bibliographically approved

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