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Report number | arXiv:1604.03349 |
Title | Measurement of the high-energy gamma-ray emission from the Moon with the Fermi Large Area Telescope |
Author(s) |
Ackermann, M. (DESY, Zeuthen) ; Ajello, M. (Clemson U.) ; Albert, A. (SLAC ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Atwood, W. B. (UC, Santa Cruz) ; Baldini, L. (INFN, Pisa ; Pisa U. ; SLAC ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Barbiellini, G. (INFN, Trieste ; Trieste U.) ; Bastieri, D. (INFN, Padua ; Padua U.) ; Bellazzini, R. (INFN, Pisa) ; Bissaldi, E. (INFN, Bari) ; Blandford, R. D. (SLAC ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Bonino, R. (INFN, Turin ; Turin U.) ; Bottacini, E. (SLAC ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Bregeon, J. (Montpellier U.) ; Bruel, P. (Ecole Polytechnique) ; Buehler, R. (DESY, Zeuthen) ; Caliandro, G. A. (SLAC ; Stanford U., HEPL ; CIFS, Turin) ; Cameron, R. A. (SLAC ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Caragiulo, M. (Bari Polytechnic ; INFN, Bari) ; Caraveo, P.A. (Brera Observ.) ; Cavazzuti, E. (ASDC, Frascati) ; Cecchi, C. (INFN, Perugia ; Perugia U.) ; Chekhtman, A. (George Mason U. ; Naval Research Lab, Wash., D.C.) ; Chiang, J. (SLAC ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Chiaro, G. (Padua U.) ; Ciprini, S. (ASDC, Frascati ; INFN, Perugia) ; Claus, R. (SLAC ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Cohen-Tanugi, J. (Montpellier U.) ; Costanza, F. (INFN, Bari) ; Cuoco, A. (INFN, Turin ; Turin U.) ; Cutini, S. (ASDC, Frascati ; Rome Observ. ; INFN, Perugia) ; D'Ammando, F. (Bologna Observ. ; Bologna U.) ; de Angelis, A. (INFN, Trieste ; Udine U.) ; de Palma, F. (INFN, Bari ; Naples U.) ; Desiante, R. (Udine U. ; INFN, Turin) ; Digel, S.W. (SLAC ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Di Venere, L. (Bari Polytechnic ; INFN, Bari) ; Drell, P.S. (SLAC ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Favuzzi, C. (Bari Polytechnic ; INFN, Bari) ; Fegan, S.J. (Ecole Polytechnique) ; Focke, W.B. (SLAC ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Franckowiak, A. (SLAC ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Funk, S. (Erlangen - Nuremberg U., ECAP) ; Fusco, P. (Bari Polytechnic ; INFN, Bari) ; Gargano, F. (INFN, Bari) ; Gasparrini, D. (ASDC, Frascati ; INFN, Perugia) ; Giglietto, N. (Bari Polytechnic ; INFN, Bari) ; Giordano, F. (Bari Polytechnic ; INFN, Bari) ; Giroletti, M. (Bologna Observ.) ; Glanzman, T. (SLAC ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Godfrey, G. (SLAC ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Grenier, I. A. (AIM, Saclay) ; Grove, J.E. (Naval Research Lab, Wash., D.C.) ; Guiriec, S. (NASA, Goddard ; Unlisted, US) ; Harding, A. K. (NASA, Goddard) ; Hewitt, J. W. (North Florida U.) ; Horan, D. (Ecole Polytechnique) ; Hou, X. (Yunnan Observ.) ; Iafrate, G. (INFN, Trieste ; Trieste Observ.) ; Jóhannesson, G. (Iceland U.) ; Kamae, T. (Tokyo U.) ; Kuss, M. (INFN, Pisa) ; Larsson, S. (Royal Inst. Tech., Stockholm ; Stockholm U., OKC) ; Latronico, L. (INFN, Turin) ; Li, J. (ICE, Bellaterra) ; Li, L. (Royal Inst. Tech., Stockholm ; Stockholm U., OKC) ; Longo, F. (INFN, Trieste ; Trieste U.) ; Loparco, F. (Bari Polytechnic ; INFN, Bari) ; Lovellette, M.N. (Naval Research Lab, Wash., D.C.) ; Lubrano, P. (INFN, Perugia ; Perugia U.) ; Magill, J. (Maryland U.) ; Maldera, S. (INFN, Turin) ; Manfreda, A. (INFN, Pisa) ; Mayer, M. (DESY, Zeuthen) ; Mazziotta, M.N. (INFN, Bari) ; Michelson, P.F. (SLAC ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Mitthumsiri, W. (Mahidol U.) ; Mizuno, T. (Hiroshima U., HASC) ; Monzani, M.E. (SLAC ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Morselli, A. (INFN, Rome2) ; Murgia, S. (UC, Irvine) ; Nuss, E. (Montpellier U.) ; Omodei, N. (SLAC ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Orlando, E. (SLAC ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Ormes, J.F. (Denver U.) ; Paneque, D. (Munich, Max Planck Inst. ; SLAC ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Perkins, J. S. (NASA, Goddard) ; Pesce-Rollins, M. (INFN, Pisa ; SLAC ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Petrosian, V. (SLAC ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Piron, F. (Montpellier U.) ; Pivato, G. (INFN, Pisa) ; Rainò, S. (Bari Polytechnic ; INFN, Bari) ; Rando, R. (INFN, Padua ; Padua U.) ; Razzano, M. (INFN, Pisa ; MIUR, Rome) ; Reimer, A. (Innsbruck U., Inst. Astrophys. ; SLAC ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Reimer, O. (Innsbruck U., Inst. Astrophys. ; SLAC ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Sgrò, C. (INFN, Pisa) ; Reposeur, T. (CENBG, Gradignan) ; Siskind, E.J. (Citicorp Securities, N.Y.) ; Spada, F. (INFN, Pisa) ; Spandre, G. (INFN, Pisa) ; Spinelli, P. (Bari Polytechnic ; INFN, Bari) ; Takahashi, H. (Hiroshima U.) ; Thayer, J.B. (SLAC ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Thompson, D.J. (NASA, Goddard) ; Tibaldo, L. (Heidelberg, Max Planck Inst.) ; Torres, D. F. (ICE, Bellaterra ; ICREA, Barcelona) ; Tosti, G. (INFN, Perugia ; Perugia U.) ; Troja, E. (NASA, Goddard ; Maryland U.) ; Vianello, G. (SLAC ; Stanford U., HEPL) ; Winer, B. L. (Ohio State U. ; Ohio State U., CCAPP) ; Wood, K. S. (Naval Research Lab, Wash., D.C.) ; Yassine, M. (Montpellier U.) ; Cerutti, F. (CERN) ; Ferrari, A. (CERN) ; Sala, P.R. (INFN, Milan) |
Publication | 2016-04-08 |
Imprint | 12 Apr 2016 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Note | Comments: Published by PRD, 16 pages, 11 figures, corresponding authors: F. Loparco and M. N. Mazziotta Published by PRD, 16 pages, 11 figures, corresponding authors: F. Loparco and M. N. Mazziotta |
In: | Phys. Rev. D 93 (2016) 082001 |
DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.082001 |
Subject category | Astrophysics and Astronomy |
Abstract | We have measured the gamma-ray emission spectrum of the Moon using the data collected by the Large Area Telescope onboard the Fermi satellite during its first 7 years of operation, in the energy range from 30 MeV up to a few GeV. We have also studied the time evolution of the flux, finding a correlation with the solar activity. We have developed a full Monte Carlo simulation describing the interactions of cosmic rays with the lunar surface. The results of the present analysis can be explained in the framework of this model, where the production of gamma rays is due to the interactions of cosmic-ray proton and helium nuclei with the surface of the Moon. Finally, we have used our simulation to derive the cosmic-ray proton and helium spectra near Earth from the Moon gamma-ray data. |
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