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Assessing The Starburst Contribution to the Gamma-Ray and Neutrino Backgrounds
Todd A. Thompson, Eliot Quataert, Eli Waxman +1
If cosmic ray protons interact with gas at roughly the mean density of the interstellar medium in starburst galaxies, then pion decay in starbursts is likely to contribute signific…
Nonthermal gamma-ray and X-ray flashes from shock breakout in gamma-ray bursts/supernovae
Xiang-Yu Wang, Zhuo Li, Eli Waxman +1
Thermal X-ray emission which is simultaneous with the prompt gamma-rays has been detected for the first time from a supernova connected with a gamma-ray burst (GRB), namely GRB0602…
Gamma-ray bursts and collisionless shocks
E. Waxman
Particle acceleration in collisionless shocks is believed to be responsible for the production of cosmic-rays over a wide range of energies, from few GeV to >10^{20}eV, as well as…
The Starburst Contribution to the Extra-Galactic Gamma-Ray Background
Todd A. Thompson, Eliot Quataert, Eli Waxman
Cosmic ray protons interacting with gas at the mean density of the interstellar medium in starburst galaxies lose energy rapidly via inelastic collisions with ambient nuclei. The r…
Magnetic Fields in Starburst Galaxies and The Origin of the FIR-Radio Correlation
Todd A. Thompson, Eliot Quataert, Eli Waxman +2
We estimate minimum energy magnetic fields (B_min) for a sample of galaxies with measured gas surface densities, spanning from normal spirals to starbursts. We show that the ratio…
The Cumulative Bakground of High-Energy Neutrinos from Starburst Galaxies
Abraham Loeb, Eli Waxman
We show that starburst galaxies convert efficiently cosmic-rays into pions, which in turn decay into high-energy neutrinos and photons. The cumulative background of GeV neutrinos i…