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Title: Observations of M31 and M33 with the Fermi Large Area Telescope: A Galactic Center Excess in Andromeda?

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Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Contributing Org.:
Fermi-LAT Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1355736
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1565891
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-18-29816
Journal ID: ISSN 1538-4357
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515; 89233218CNA000001
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
The Astrophysical Journal (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal (Online); Journal Volume: 836; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; galaxies: Local Group—gamma rays; galaxy—cosmic rays: general; Atomic, Nuclear and Particle Physics; Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Ackermann, M., Ajello, M., Albert, A., Baldini, L., Ballet, J., Barbiellini, G., Bastieri, D., Bellazzini, R., Bissaldi, E., Bloom, E. D., Bonino, R., Bottacini, E., Brandt, T. J., Bregeon, J., Bruel, P., Buehler, R., Cameron, R. A., Caputo, R., Caragiulo, M., Caraveo, P. A., Cavazzuti, E., Cecchi, C., Charles, E., Chekhtman, A., Chiaro, G., Ciprini, S., Costanza, F., Cutini, S., D’Ammando, F., Palma, F. de, Desiante, R., Digel, S. W., Lalla, N. Di, Mauro, M. Di, Venere, L. Di, Favuzzi, C., Funk, S., Fusco, P., Gargano, F., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Giroletti, M., Glanzman, T., Green, D., Grenier, I. A., Guillemot, L., Guiriec, S., Hayashi, K., Hou, X., Jóhannesson, G., Kamae, T., Knödlseder, J., Kong, A. K. H., Kuss, M., Mura, G. La, Larsson, S., Latronico, L., Li, J., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Lubrano, P., Maldera, S., Malyshev, D., Manfreda, A., Martin, P., Mazziotta, M. N., Michelson, P. F., Mirabal, N., Mitthumsiri, W., Mizuno, T., Monzani, M. E., Morselli, A., Moskalenko, I. V., Negro, M., Nuss, E., Ohsugi, T., Omodei, N., Orlando, E., Ormes, J. F., Paneque, D., Persic, M., Pesce-Rollins, M., Piron, F., Porter, T. A., Principe, G., Rainò, S., Rando, R., Razzano, M., Reimer, O., Sánchez-Conde, M., Sgrò, C., Simone, D., Siskind, E. J., Spada, F., Spandre, G., Spinelli, P., Tanaka, K., Tibaldo, L., Torres, D. F., Troja, E., Uchiyama, Y., Wang, J. C., Wood, K. S., Wood, M., Zaharijas, G., and Zhou, M. Observations of M31 and M33 with the Fermi Large Area Telescope: A Galactic Center Excess in Andromeda?. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa5c3d.
Ackermann, M., Ajello, M., Albert, A., Baldini, L., Ballet, J., Barbiellini, G., Bastieri, D., Bellazzini, R., Bissaldi, E., Bloom, E. D., Bonino, R., Bottacini, E., Brandt, T. J., Bregeon, J., Bruel, P., Buehler, R., Cameron, R. A., Caputo, R., Caragiulo, M., Caraveo, P. A., Cavazzuti, E., Cecchi, C., Charles, E., Chekhtman, A., Chiaro, G., Ciprini, S., Costanza, F., Cutini, S., D’Ammando, F., Palma, F. de, Desiante, R., Digel, S. W., Lalla, N. Di, Mauro, M. Di, Venere, L. Di, Favuzzi, C., Funk, S., Fusco, P., Gargano, F., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Giroletti, M., Glanzman, T., Green, D., Grenier, I. A., Guillemot, L., Guiriec, S., Hayashi, K., Hou, X., Jóhannesson, G., Kamae, T., Knödlseder, J., Kong, A. K. H., Kuss, M., Mura, G. La, Larsson, S., Latronico, L., Li, J., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Lubrano, P., Maldera, S., Malyshev, D., Manfreda, A., Martin, P., Mazziotta, M. N., Michelson, P. F., Mirabal, N., Mitthumsiri, W., Mizuno, T., Monzani, M. E., Morselli, A., Moskalenko, I. V., Negro, M., Nuss, E., Ohsugi, T., Omodei, N., Orlando, E., Ormes, J. F., Paneque, D., Persic, M., Pesce-Rollins, M., Piron, F., Porter, T. A., Principe, G., Rainò, S., Rando, R., Razzano, M., Reimer, O., Sánchez-Conde, M., Sgrò, C., Simone, D., Siskind, E. J., Spada, F., Spandre, G., Spinelli, P., Tanaka, K., Tibaldo, L., Torres, D. F., Troja, E., Uchiyama, Y., Wang, J. C., Wood, K. S., Wood, M., Zaharijas, G., & Zhou, M. Observations of M31 and M33 with the Fermi Large Area Telescope: A Galactic Center Excess in Andromeda?. United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa5c3d
Ackermann, M., Ajello, M., Albert, A., Baldini, L., Ballet, J., Barbiellini, G., Bastieri, D., Bellazzini, R., Bissaldi, E., Bloom, E. D., Bonino, R., Bottacini, E., Brandt, T. J., Bregeon, J., Bruel, P., Buehler, R., Cameron, R. A., Caputo, R., Caragiulo, M., Caraveo, P. A., Cavazzuti, E., Cecchi, C., Charles, E., Chekhtman, A., Chiaro, G., Ciprini, S., Costanza, F., Cutini, S., D’Ammando, F., Palma, F. de, Desiante, R., Digel, S. W., Lalla, N. Di, Mauro, M. Di, Venere, L. Di, Favuzzi, C., Funk, S., Fusco, P., Gargano, F., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Giroletti, M., Glanzman, T., Green, D., Grenier, I. A., Guillemot, L., Guiriec, S., Hayashi, K., Hou, X., Jóhannesson, G., Kamae, T., Knödlseder, J., Kong, A. K. H., Kuss, M., Mura, G. La, Larsson, S., Latronico, L., Li, J., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Lubrano, P., Maldera, S., Malyshev, D., Manfreda, A., Martin, P., Mazziotta, M. N., Michelson, P. F., Mirabal, N., Mitthumsiri, W., Mizuno, T., Monzani, M. E., Morselli, A., Moskalenko, I. V., Negro, M., Nuss, E., Ohsugi, T., Omodei, N., Orlando, E., Ormes, J. F., Paneque, D., Persic, M., Pesce-Rollins, M., Piron, F., Porter, T. A., Principe, G., Rainò, S., Rando, R., Razzano, M., Reimer, O., Sánchez-Conde, M., Sgrò, C., Simone, D., Siskind, E. J., Spada, F., Spandre, G., Spinelli, P., Tanaka, K., Tibaldo, L., Torres, D. F., Troja, E., Uchiyama, Y., Wang, J. C., Wood, K. S., Wood, M., Zaharijas, G., and Zhou, M. Mon . "Observations of M31 and M33 with the Fermi Large Area Telescope: A Galactic Center Excess in Andromeda?". United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa5c3d. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1355736.
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