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THE SPECTRUM AND MORPHOLOGY OF THE FERMI BUBBLES

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Ackermann, M., Albert, A., Atwood, W. B., Baldini, L., Ballet, J., Barbiellini, G., Bastieri, D., Bellazzini, R. +127 more·2014·The Astrophysical Journal

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The Fermi bubbles are two large structures in the gamma-ray sky extending to 55° above and below the Galactic center. We analyze 50 months of Fermi Large Area Telescope data between 100 MeV and 500 GeV above 10° in Galactic latitude to derive the spectrum and morphology of the Fermi bubbles. We thoroughly explore the systematic uncertainties that arise when modeling the Galactic diffuse emission through two separate approaches. The gamma-ray spectrum is well described by either a log parabola or a power law with an exponential cutoff. We exclude a simple power law with more than 7σ significance. The power law with an exponential cutoff has an index of 1.9 ± 0.2 and a cutoff energy of 110 ± 50 GeV. We find that the gamma-ray luminosity of the bubbles is erg s −1 . We confirm a significant enhancement of gamma-ray emission in the southeastern part of the bubbles, but we do not find significant evidence for a jet. No significant variation of the spectrum across the bubbles is detected. The width of the boundary of the bubbles is estimated to be deg. Both inverse Compton (IC) models and hadronic models including IC emission from secondary leptons fit the gamma-ray data well. In the IC scenario, synchrotron emission from the same population of electrons can also explain the WMAP and Planck microwave haze with a magnetic field between 5 and 20 μG.

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  • The steepening of the γ-ray spectrum could simply be due to the lack of cosmic-ray electron acceleration at energies ≳TeV.

    “A general fit assuming a CRe population containing a simple power law and an exponential cutoff, i.e. N ∝ Γ -2 . 2 exp( -Γ / 2 . 5 × 10 6 ), has also been shown to fit well with the FB spectra (Su et al. 2010; Ackermann et al. 2014) indicating that the steepening of the γ -ray spectrum could simply be due to the lack of CRe acceleration at Ee ≳ TeV.”

    From The Fermi/eROSITA bubbles: a look into the nuclear outflow from the Milky Way (2024) · cites this paper as Ackermann et al. 2014

    Section 7.1 (p. 44) reports that an electron spectrum with an exponential cutoff at 1.25 TeV fits the Fermi-bubble γ-ray spectrum. But the Summary and conclusions (p. 53) says the cutoff can be explained by electron cooling from inverse-Compton and synchrotron losses; it does not attribute the cutoff to a lack of electron acceleration above TeV energies. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Complete integration in the 0.1-500 GeV range produces a γ-ray luminosity of ≃4×10^37 erg s^-1, for an assumed distance of 9.4 kpc to the center of the FBs and a total size of 0.66 sr.

    “Complete integration in the 0 . 1 -500 GeV range produces a γ -ray luminosity of ≃ 4 × 10 37 erg s -1 , for an assumed distance of 9 . 4 kpc to the center of the FBs and a total size of 0 . 66 sr (Su et al. 2010; Ackermann et al. 2014).”

    From The Fermi/eROSITA bubbles: a look into the nuclear outflow from the Milky Way (2024) · cites this paper as Ackermann et al. 2014

  • The outer edge of the NPS falls precisely on the outer edge of the Haslam 408 MHz radio map, 28.4 GHz map, and the γ-ray residual map of the soft component, indicating a common origin.

    “The outer edge of the NPS also falls precisely on the outer edge of the Haslam 408 MHz radio map (Haslam et al. 1982), 28 . 4 GHz map (Planck Collaboration et al. 2016), and the γ -ray residual map of the soft component (figure 2; Ackermann et al. 2014) indicating a common origin.”

    From The Fermi/eROSITA bubbles: a look into the nuclear outflow from the Milky Way (2024) · cites this paper as Ackermann et al. 2014

  • The origin of the diffuse γ-ray emission in our Galaxy can be attributed to three main processes: Hadronic, Bremsstrahlung, and Inverse Compton (IC).

    “The origin of the diffuse γ -ray emission in our Galaxy can be attributed to three main processes Hadronic , Bremsstrahlung , and Inverse Compton (IC) (Fichtel et al. 1978; Su et al. 2010; Ackermann et al. 2014).”

    From The Fermi/eROSITA bubbles: a look into the nuclear outflow from the Milky Way (2024) · cites this paper as Ackermann et al. 2014

  • The typical magnetic field in the haze is B ∼ 8 μG.

    “Further analysis of the microwave spectrum showed that the typical magnetic field in the haze is, B ∼ 8 µ G (Su et al. 2010; Dobler 2012; Ackermann et al. 2014; Narayanan & Slatyer 2017).”

    From The Fermi/eROSITA bubbles: a look into the nuclear outflow from the Milky Way (2024) · cites this paper as Ackermann et al. 2014

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Ackermann, M., Albert, A., Atwood, W. B., Baldini, L., Ballet, J., Barbiellini, G., Bastieri, D., Bellazzini, R., Bissaldi, E., Blandford, R. D., Bloom, E. D., Bottacini, E., Brandt, T. J., Bregeon, J., Bruel, P., Buehler, R., Buson, S., Caliandro, G. A., Cameron, R. A., Caragiulo, M., Caraveo, P. A., Cavazzuti, E., Cecchi, C., Charles, E., Chekhtman, A., Chiang, J., Chiaro, G., Ciprini, S., Claus, R., Cohen-Tanugi, J., Conrad, J., Cutini, S., D'Ammando, F., de Angelis, A., de Palma, F., Dermer, C. D., Digel, S. W., Venere, L. D., do Couto e Silva, E., Drell, P. S., Favuzzi, C., Ferrara, E. C., Focke, W. B., Franckowiak, A., Fukazawa, Y., Funk, S., Fusco, P., Gargano, F., Gasparrini, D., Germani, S., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Giroletti, M., Godfrey, G., Gomez-Vargas, G. A., Grenier, I. A., Guiriec, S., Hadasch, D., Harding, A. K., Hays, E., Hewitt, J. W., Hou, X., Jogler, T., Jóhannesson, G., Johnson, A. S., Johnson, W. N., Kamae, T., Kataoka, J., Knödlseder, J., Kocevski, D., Kuss, M., Larsson, S., Latronico, L., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Lovellette, M. N., Lubrano, P., Malyshev, D., Manfreda, A., Massaro, F., Mayer, M., Mazziotta, M. N., McEnery, J. E., Michelson, P. F., Mitthumsiri, W., Mizuno, T., Monzani, M. E., Morselli, A., Moskalenko, I. V., Murgia, S., Nemmen, R., Nuss, E., Ohsugi, T., Omodei, N., Orienti, M., Orlando, E., Ormes, J. F., Paneque, D., Panetta, J. H., Perkins, J. S., Pesce-Rollins, M., Petrosian, V., Piron, F., Pivato, G., Rainò, S., Rando, R., Razzano, M., Razzaque, S., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Sánchez-Conde, M., Schaal, M., Schulz, A., Sgrò, C., Siskind, E. J., Spandre, G., Spinelli, P., Stawarz, Ł., Strong, A. W., Suson, D. J., Tahara, M., Takahashi, H., Thayer, J. B., Tibaldo, L., Tinivella, M., Torres, D. F., Tosti, G., Troja, E., Uchiyama, Y., Vianello, G., Werner, M., Winer, B. L., Wood, K. S., Wood, M., & Zaharijas, G.
Affiliations
  • Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY (DE)
  • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
  • University of California, Santa Cruz (US)
  • Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa (IT)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • University of Trieste (IT)
  • University of Padua (IT)
  • Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste (IT)
  • Goddard Space Flight Center (US)
  • Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari (IT)
  • Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Milano (IT)
  • Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (IT)
  • George Mason University (US)
  • Astronomical Observatory of Rome (IT)
  • Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (SE)
  • Istituto di Radioastronomia di Bologna (IT)
  • United States Naval Research Laboratory (US)
  • University of Bari Aldo Moro (IT)
  • Hiroshima University (JP)
  • University of Perugia (IT)
  • Universität Innsbruck (AT)
  • University of Iceland (IS)
  • Waseda University (JP)
  • Stockholm University (SE)
  • Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino (IT)
  • Yale University (US)
  • Mahidol University (TH)
  • University of California, Irvine (US)
  • University of Denver (US)
  • University of Johannesburg (ZA)
  • National Academy of Sciences (US)
  • Jagiellonian University (PL)
  • Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (DE)
  • Purdue University Northwest (US)
  • Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ES)
  • The Ohio State University (US)
Corresponding author
Malyshev, D.
Venue
The Astrophysical Journal
Published
2014-09-05
Volume
793
Issue
1
Pages
64
ISSN
  • 0004-637X (ISSN-L)
  • 1538-4357
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W2165063682
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328
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19.55
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Language
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Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Keywords
Fermi bubbles, gamma-ray spectra, gamma-ray morphology, Galactic diffuse emission, inverse Compton emission, hadronic interaction models, synchrotron radiation, cosmic ray acceleration, Galactic Center, gamma-ray luminosity, magnetic field

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