INTEGRAL constraints on the Galactic hard X-ray background from the Milky Way anticenter

Details INTEGRAL constraints on the Galactic hard X-ray background from the Milky Way anticenter INTEGRAL constraints on the Galactic hard X-ray background from the Milky Way anticenter

2011-09-12

arxiv.org/abs/1109.2471v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

8 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol.537, January 2012

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361/201118053

We present results of a study of the Galactic ridge X-ray emission (GRXE) in hard X-rays with the IBIS telescope on board INTEGRAL in the region near the Galactic Anticenter (GA) at l=155 deg. We assumed a conservative 2 sigma upper limit on the flux from the GA in the 25-60 keV energy band of 1.25E-10 erg/s/cm^2 (12.8 mCrab) per IBIS field of view, or 6.6E-12 erg/s/cm^2 (0.7 mCrab) per degree longitude in the 135 deg. < l < 175 deg. region. This upper limit exceeds the expected GRXE intensity in the GA direction by an order of magnitude, given the near-infrared (NIR) surface brightness of the Milky Way in this region and the standard hard X-ray-to-NIR intensity ratio for the GRXE, assuming stellar origin. Based on the CGRO/EGRET surface brightness of the Galaxy above 100 MeV as a tracer of the cosmic-ray (CR) induced gamma-ray background, the expected GRXE flux in GA exceeds the measured 2 sigma upper limit by a factor of 4. Therefore, the non-detection of hard X-ray emission from the GA does not contradict the stellar nature of the GRXE, but is inconsistent with CR origin.

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