A cross-correlation study of the Fermi-LAT $\gamma$-ray diffuse extragalactic signal

Abstract

In this work, starting from 21 months of data from the Fermi-Large Area Telescope, we derive maps of the residual isotropic gamma-ray emission, a relevant fraction of which is expected to be contributed by the extragalactic diffuse gamma-ray background. We compute the angular two-point auto-correlation function of the residual Fermi-LAT maps at energies E>1GeV, E>3GeV and E>30GeV well above the Galactic plane and find no significant correlation signal. This is, indeed, what is expected if the EGB were contributed by BL Lacertae, Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars or star-forming galaxies, since, in this case, the predicted signal is very weak. Then, we search for the Integrated Sachs-Wolfe signature by cross-correlating the Fermi-LAT maps with the WMAP7-Cosmic Microwave Background map. We find a cross-correlation consistent with zero, even though the expected signal is larger than that of the EGB auto-correlation. Finally, in an attempt to constrain the nature of the gamma-ray background we cross-correlate the Fermi-LAT maps with the angular distributions of objects that may contribute to the EGB: QSOs in the SDSS-DR6 catalog, NVSS galaxies, 2MASS galaxies and LRG in the SDSS catalog. The cross-correlation is always consistent with zero, in agreement with theoretical expectations, but we find (with low statistical significance) some interesting features that may indicate that some specific classes of objects contribute to the EGB. A chi2 analysis confirms that the correlation properties of the 21-month data do not provide strong constraints of the EGB origin. However, the results suggest that the situation will significantly improve with the 5- and 10-year Fermi-LAT data. The future EGB analysis will then allow placing significant constraints on the nature of the EGB and might provide in addition a detection of the ISW signal. (Abridged)

18 pages, 23 figures, 2 tables, MNRAS in press

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