Gamma rays from the Galactic Centre region: a review
arXiv:1505.06055 · doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2015.05.002
Abstract
During the last decades, increasingly precise astronomical observations of the Galactic Centre (GC) region at radio, infrared, and X-ray wavelengths laid the foundations to a detailed understanding of the high energy astroparticle physics of this most remarkable location in the Galaxy. Recently, observations of this region in high energy (HE, 10 MeV - 100GeV) and very high energy (VHE, > 100 GeV) gamma rays added important insights to the emerging picture of the Galactic nucleus as a most violent and active region where acceleration of particles to very high energies -- possibly up to a PeV -- and their transport can be studied in great detail. Moreover, the inner Galaxy is believed to host large concentrations of dark matter (DM), and is therefore one of the prime targets for the indirect search for gamma rays from annihilating or decaying dark matter particles. In this article, the current understanding of the gamma-ray emission emanating from the GC is summarised and the results of recent DM searches in HE and VHE gamma rays are reviewed.
arXiv commentinvited review, accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics
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