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On the Measurement of Handedness in Fermi Large Area Telescope Data
Stockholm University, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (Nordita). Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Astronomy.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6805-5794
Stockholm University, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (Nordita). Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Astronomy. University of Colorado, USA; Carnegie Mellon University, USA.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7304-021X
Number of Authors: 32020 (English)In: Astrophysical Journal, ISSN 0004-637X, E-ISSN 1538-4357, Vol. 898, no 2, article id 124Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

A handedness in the arrival directions of high-energy photons from outside our Galaxy can be related to the helicity of an intergalactic magnetic field. Previous estimates by Tashiro et al. and Chen et al. showed a hint of a signal present in the photons observed by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). An update on the measurement of handedness in Fermi-LAT data is presented using more than 10 yr of observations. Simulations are performed to study the uncertainty of the measurements, taking into account the structure of the exposure caused by the energy-dependent instrument response and its observing profile, as well as the background from the interstellar medium. The simulations are required to accurately estimate the uncertainty and to show that previously the uncertainty was significantly underestimated. The apparent signal in the earlier analysis of Fermi-LAT data is rendered nonsignificant.

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2020. Vol. 898, no 2, article id 124
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Gamma-rays, Extragalactic magnetic fields
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-185441DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab9744ISI: 000556895600001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-185441DiVA, id: diva2:1475317
Available from: 2020-10-12 Created: 2020-10-12 Last updated: 2022-02-25Bibliographically approved

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