Observation of Multi-Tev Diffuse Gamma Rays from the Galactic Plane with the Tibet Air Shower Array

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2002-08-06

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0208107v1

Astrophys.J. 580 (2002) 887-895

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

22 pages, 8 figures, Accepted for publication in ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/343857

Data from the Tibet-III air shower array (with energies around 3 TeV) and from the Tibet-II array (with energies around 10 TeV) have been searched for diffuse gamma rays from the Galactic plane. These arrays have an angular resolution of about 0.9 degrees. The sky regions searched are the inner Galaxy, 20 degrees <= l <= 55 degrees, and outer Galaxy, 140 degrees <= l <= 225 degrees, and |b| <= 2 degrees or <= 5 degrees. No significant Galactic plane gamma-ray excess was observed. The 99% confidence level upper limits for gamma-ray intensity obtained are (for |b| <= 2 degrees) 1.1 times 10^{-15} cm^{-2}s^{-1}sr^{-1}MeV^{-1} at 3 TeV and 4.1 times 10^{-17} cm^{-2}s^{-1}sr^{-1}MeV^{-1} at 10 TeV for the inner Galaxy, and 3.6 times 10^{-16} cm^{-2}s^{-1}sr^{-1}MeV^{-1} at 3 TeV and 1.3 times 10^{-17} cm^{-2}s^{-1}sr^{-1}MeV^{-1} at 10 TeV for the outer Galaxy, assuming a differential spectral index of 2.4. The upper limits are significant in the multi-TeV region when compared to those from Cherenkov telescopes in the lower energy region and other air shower arrays in the higher energy region; however, the results are not sufficient to rule out the inverse Compton model with a source electron spectral index of 2.0.

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