3 papers
astro-ph.CO2026
Cosmological - Pair-Production Background
Mika A. Gelowicz, Thomas Siegert, Saurabh Mittal +10
The origin of positrons is one of the unsolved puzzles in astrophysics as the majority of sources are still unidentified. The Cosmic Photon Background (CPB) is the isotropic radiat…
astro-ph.GA2026
Stellar flares cannot explain the Galactic 511 keV emission
Saurabh Mittal, Thomas Siegert, Francesca Calore +12
The origin of the 511 keV line signal in the Milky Way remains unresolved despite decades of observations. The measured flux of $\sim 3 \times 10^{-3}\,\mathrm{ph\,cm^{-2}\,s^{-1}}…
astro-ph.HE2025
Search for Axion-Like Particles from Nearby Pre-Supernova Stars
Saurabh Mittal, Thomas Siegert, Francesca Calore +7
Axion-like particles (ALPs) are hypothetical pseudoscalar bosons that arise in many extensions of the Standard Model and are well-motivated dark matter candidates. Nearby massive s…