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Title: Wavelet-based techniques for the gamma-ray sky

Journal Article · · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY (United States)
  2. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
  3. The Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
  4. Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA (United States); Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ (United States)

Here, we demonstrate how the image analysis technique of wavelet decomposition can be applied to the gamma-ray sky to separate emission on different angular scales. New structures on scales that differ from the scales of the conventional astrophysical foreground and background uncertainties can be robustly extracted, allowing a model-independent characterization with no presumption of exact signal morphology. As a test case, we generate mock gamma-ray data to demonstrate our ability to extract extended signals without assuming a fixed spatial template. For some point source luminosity functions, our technique also allows us to differentiate a diffuse signal in gamma-rays from dark matter annihilation and extended gamma-ray point source populations in a data-driven way.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1341885
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-15-504-T; YITP-SB-15-43; arXiv:1512.00012; 1407425; TRN: US1701809
Journal Information:
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 2016, Issue 07; ISSN 1475-7516
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 12 works
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