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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 894, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab86a6
Keywords
Starburst galaxies; Gamma-rays; Neutrino astronomy
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- NASA [80NSSC18K1718]
- DOE [DE-AC02-76SF00515]
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A majority of the gamma-ray emission from star-forming galaxies is generated by the interaction of high-energy cosmic rays with the interstellar gas and radiation fields. Star-forming galaxies are expected to contribute to both the extragalactic gamma-ray background and the IceCube astrophysical neutrino flux. Using roughly 10 yr of gamma-ray data taken by the Fermi Large Area Telescope, in this study we constrain the gamma-ray properties of star-forming galaxies. We report the detection of 11 bona fide gamma-ray-emitting galaxies and 2 candidates. Moreover, we show that the cumulative gamma-ray emission of below-threshold galaxies is also significantly detected at similar to 5 sigma confidence. The gamma-ray luminosity of resolved and unresolved galaxies is found to correlate with the total (8-1000 mu m) infrared luminosity as previously determined. Above 1 GeV, the spectral energy distribution of resolved and unresolved galaxies is found to be compatible with a power law with a photon index of 2.2-2.3. Finally, we find that star-forming galaxies account for roughly 5% and 3% of the extragalactic gamma-ray background and the IceCube neutrino flux, respectively.
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