Gamma-Ray Astronomy| Gamma-Ray Astronomy |
In General
> s.a. photon phenomenology in quantum gravity.
* VERITAS: (The Very Energetic Radiation
Imaging Telescope Array System) A ground-based array located at the Fred Lawrence Whipple
Observatory in southern Arizona, and one of the world's most sensitive gamma-ray instruments
at energies of 85 GeV to > 30 TeV; Objects, dark matter, cosmic rays.
@ General references:
Hillier 85;
AS 81(93)342;
Gehrels & Paul PT(98)feb;
Miniati ap/02-proc [and large-scale structure];
Voelk NPPS(05)ap/04 [high-energy];
Moskalenko ap/04-conf [propagation];
Primack et al AIP(05)ap [observational];
Grenier a0804-conf [sources, rev];
Vandenbroucke a1012-conf [rev];
Holder APP(12)-a1204 [TeV, rev];
Knödlseder CRP(16)-a1602 [future];
Horns & Jacholkowska CRP(16)-a1602 [intergalactic medium and fundamental physics].
@ Ground-based, VERITAS:
Aharonian ap/97-conf [VeritasTeV];
Weekes et VERITAS a1001-proc [status];
Staszak et al a1510-proc [highlights].
@ Ground-based, other:
Halzen & Hooper JCAP(03) [IceCube];
Krawczynski et al a0709-proc [status and future];
Hinton & Hofmann ARAA(09)-a1006 [TeV observations];
Holder BJP(14)-a1407-conf;
Horns JPCS(16)-a1602 [rev].
@ Space missions: Knödlseder EA(05)ap-proc;
Atwood et al SA(07)dec,
McEnery et al pw(08)may [GLAST];
Diehl PoS-a1005,
Winkler SSR-a1110-proc [INTEGRAL];
Thompson et al PT(12)nov [Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope].
@ Very high energy: Ong PRP(98);
Hoffman et al RMP(99);
Sinnis ap/99;
Weekes AIP(01)ap/00;
Thompson et al ApJS(05)ap/04 [highest energies seen by Compton GRO];
Cuoco et al JCAP(07) [and large-scale structure];
De Angelis et al RNC(08)-a0712;
Ribo ChJAA-a0801-conf [rev];
Mori JPSJ(09)-a0809-proc [rev];
Lorenz & Wagner EPJH(12)-a1207 [history];
Biteau & Williams ApJ(15)-a1502 [conclusions for cosmology and particle physics from TeV observations];
Owen et al PoS-a1506 [Milky Way, above 10 GeV];
De Angelis AIP(17)-a1610 [and fundamental physics];
Ong Phys(19) [E > 100 TeV detection];
news sn(21)may
[E > 1015 eV detection].
Gamma-Ray Sources
> s.a. gamma-ray bursts [GRBs]; wormholes.
* Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes: Short bursts,
of less than 1 ms in duration, discovered in 1992 by NASA's Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory,
which can be produced by any thunderatorm, usually in the higher parts (11 to 14 km high).
* Diffuse galactic emission: 1990s, EGRET and
CGRO measured a diffuse galactic emission larger than expected from cosmic-ray interaction
models; 2009, Fermi LAT measurements were consistent with models and did not confirm the excess;
2012: Most gamma rays detected by Fermi LAT cannot be attributed to individual point sources].
@ Dark matter annihilation: Beacom et al PRL(05) [through positron production];
Elsässer & Mannheim PRL(05) [supersymmetry];
Ando PRL(05);
Ahn & Komatsu PRD(05) [1–20 MeV];
Bertone ApSS(07)ap/06-proc [rev].
@ Background, diffuse emission: Strong et al AIP(05)ap;
Dado et al NPPS(07)ap/06,
Ando et al PRD(07) [origin];
Kneiske a0707-proc [rev];
Ando & Pavlidou MNRAS(09)-a0908 [and galaxy clustering];
Abdo et al PRL(09) [galactic, Fermi LAT measurements];
Abdo et al PRL(10)
+ Oberlack Phy(10) [extragalactic, Fermi LAT measurements];
Gómez et Fermi-LAT NCC(11)-a1012-in [anisotropies];
Boyarsky et al a1205 [in the galactic plane, and the feature at 130 GeV];
Inoue a1412-proc [rev];
Fornasa et al PRP(15)-a1502;
Ruiz-Lapuente ApJ-a1502 [MeV range, origin];
Bartoli et al ApJ(15)-a1507 [from the galactic plane].
@ Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes: Abdo et al PRD(09);
news NASA(10)jan [Firefly mission],
NASA(10)feb [potential dangers];
Tavani et al PRL(11)
+ Dwyer Phy(11) [in storm clouds];
Gurevich et al PLA(11) [thunderstorm discharges];
news mnn(12)dec [detection by satellite];
news pw(13)apr,
Tsuchiya et al PRL(13)-a1306
+ news pw(13)jul [and lightning];
news NASA(13)sep [future measurements],
NASA(14)dec [results].
@ From the Milky Way galactic center:
Dogiel et al PASJ(09)-a0906;
Hooper & Linden PRD(11)-a1110;
Fields et al PRL(14).
@ From galaxy clusters: Blasi et al IJMPA(07);
Pinzke et al PRD(11).
@ Cosmic rays: Anchordoqui et al PRL(07)ap/06 [cosmic ray photo-disintegration/de-excitation];
Macias & Gordon PRD(14) [and molecular clouds];
Aloisio PoS-a1412 [acceleration and propagation of cosmic rays].
@ Related topics: Tavecchio a1001-proc [AGNs];
news bbc(10)aug [novae];
news Sci(10)dec [dark bursts];
news msnbc(11)may [superflare from M1].
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