Isotropic diffuse gamma-ray emission 0.1-820GeV

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The {gamma}-ray sky can be decomposed into individually detected sources, diffuse emission attributed to the interactions of Galactic cosmic rays with gas and radiation fields, and a residual all-sky emission component commonly called the isotropic diffuse {gamma}-ray background (IGRB). The IGRB comprises all extragalactic emissions too faint or too diffuse to be resolved in a given survey, as well as any residual Galactic foregrounds that are approximately isotropic. The first IGRB measurement with the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (Fermi) used 10 months of sky-survey data and considered an energy range between 200MeV and 100GeV. Improvements in event selection and characterization of cosmic-ray backgrounds, better understanding of the diffuse Galactic emission (DGE), and a longer data accumulation of 50 months allow for a refinement and extension of the IGRB measurement with the LAT, now covering the energy range from 100MeV to 820GeV. The IGRB spectrum shows a significant high-energy cutoff feature and can be well described over nearly four decades in energy by a power law with exponential cutoff having a spectral index of 2.32+/-0.02 and a break energy of (279+/-52)GeV using our baseline DGE model. The total intensity attributed to the IGRB is (7.2+/-0.6)x10^-6^/cm2/s/sr above 100MeV, with an additional +15%/-30% systematic uncertainty due to the Galactic diffuse foregrounds.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.17990086
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Creator Ackermann M.; Ajello M.; Albert A.; Atwood W.B.; Baldini L.; Ballet J.,Barbiellini G.; Bastieri D.; Bechtol K.; 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.; Cuoco A.,Cutini S.; D'Ammando F.; de Angelis A.; de Palma F.; Dermer C.D.,Digel S.W.; 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.; Giommi P.; Giordano F.,Giroletti M.; Godfrey G.; Gomez-Vargas G.A.; Grenier I.A.; Guiriec S.,Gustafsson M.; Hadasch D.; Hayashi K.; Hays E.; Hewitt J.W.; Ippoliti P.,Jogler T.; Johannesson G.; Johnson A.S.; Johnson W.N.; Kamae T.,Kataoka J.; Knodlseder J.; Kuss M.; Larsson S.; Latronico L.; Li J.; Li L.,Longo F.; Loparco F.; Lott B.; Lovellette M.N.; Lubrano P.; Madejski G.M.,Manfreda A.; Massaro F.; Mayer M.; Mazziotta M.N.; McEnery J.E.,Michelson P.F.; Mitthumsiri W.; Mizuno T.; Moiseev A.A.; Monzani M.E.,Morselli A.; Moskalenko I.V.; Murgia S.; Nemmen R.; Nuss E.; Ohsugi T.,Omodei N.; Orlando E.; Ormes J.F.; Paneque D.; Panetta J.H.; Perkins J.S.,Pesce-Rollins M.; Piron F.; Pivato G.; Porter T.A.; Raino S.; Rando R.,Razzano M.; Razzaque S.; Reimer A.; Reimer O.; Reposeur T.; Ritz S.,Romani R.W.; Sanchez-Conde M.; Schaal M.; Schulz A.; Sgro C.; Siskind E.J.,Spandre G.; Spinelli P.; Strong A.W.; Suson D.J.; Takahashi H.,Thayer J.G.; 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.; Zimmer S.
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Publication Year 2015
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics