Intergalactic magnetic field spectra from diffuse gamma-rays

Wenlei Chen; Borun D. Chowdhury; Francesc Ferrer; Hiroyuki Tashiro; Tanmay Vachaspati

doi:10.1093/mnras/stv308

Intergalactic magnetic field spectra from diffuse gamma-rays

Wenlei Chen, Borun D. Chowdhury, Francesc Ferrer, Hiroyuki Tashiro, Tanmay Vachaspati

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Non-vanishing parity-odd correlators of gamma-ray arrival directions observed by Fermi-LAT indicate the existence of a helical intergalactic magnetic field with strength B ~ 10^-14 G on ~10 Mpc scales. We successfully test this hypothesis using more stringent cuts of the data, Monte Carlo simulations with Fermi-LAT time exposure information, separate analyses for the Northern and Southern galactic hemispheres, and confirm predictions made in Tashiro & Vachaspati. With some further technical assumptions, we show how to reconstruct the magnetic helicity spectrum from the parity-odd correlators.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3371-3380
Number of pages	10
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	450
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv308
State	Published - Apr 24 2015

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Cosmology: observations
Early universe
Gamma-rays: diffuse background

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Space and Planetary Science

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Intergalactic magnetic field spectra from diffuse gamma-rays

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