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EGRET GeV异常的可能原因及其启示

The Likely Cause of the EGRET GeV Anomaly and its Implications

F. W. Stecker, S. D. Hunter, D. A. Kniffen

摘要:

对康普顿伽马射线天文台EGRET伽马射线探测器的数据分析表明,在GeV能量下,银河系的扩散通量超过了理论上的预测。对这种反常现象的各种解释已经提出,包括调用超对称暗物质湮灭。我们重新审视这些解释在这里,包括一个新的讨论可能的系统误差的EGRET探测器的灵敏度测定。我们的结论是,EGRET的“GeV异常”的最可能的解释是一个错误的EGRET的灵敏度在能量超过1 GeV的估计。我们给出了为什么会出现这种情况的原因。我们从我们新的全天空分析中找到了证据,这与异常可能是超对称暗物质湮灭的信号的假设不一致。我们还重新确认了EGRET小组关于河外伽马射线背景谱的原始结果。我们的分析对即将到来的伽马射线大面积望远镜(GLAST)任务具有重要意义。

英文摘要:

Analysis of data from the EGRET gamma-ray detector on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory indicated an anomaly in the form of an excess diffuse galactic flux at GeV energies over that which was theoretically predicted. Various explanations for this anomaly have been put forth, including the invocation of supersymmetric dark matter annihilation. We reexamine these explanations here, including a new discussion of the possible systematic errors in the sensitivity determination of the EGRET detector. We conclude that the most likely explanation of the EGRET ``GeV anomaly'' was an error in the estimation of the of the EGRET sensitivity at energies above ~1 GeV. We give reasons why such a situation could have occurred. We find evidence from our new all-sky analysis which is inconsistent with the assumption that the anomaly can be a signal of supersymmetric dark matter annihilation. We also reconfirm the original results of the EGRET team on the extragalactic gamma-ray background spectrum. There are important implications of our analysis for the upcoming Gamma Ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) mission.

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