A galactic breeze origin for the Fermi bubbles emission. Issue 4 (1st December 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tourmente, Olivier; Rodgers-Lee, D; Taylor, Andrew M
• Is Part Of: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Volume 518:Issue 4(2023)
• Page Start: 6083
• Page End: 6091
• Publication Date: 2022-12-01
• Subjects: cosmic rays -- ISM: jets and outflows -- galaxy: halo -- gamma-rays: galaxies; Astronomy -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 520.5
• DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac3517
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0035-8711

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The origin of the Fermi bubbles, which constitute two gamma-ray emitting lobes above and below the Galactic plane, remains unclear. The possibility that this Fermi bubbles gamma-ray emission originates from hadronic cosmic rays advected by a subsonic Galactic outflow, or breeze, is here explored. The simulation of a breeze solution and subsequent cosmic ray transport is carried out using the hydrodynamical code, PLUTO, in combination with a cosmic ray transport code. The Galactic outflow model obtained is found to be compatible with both inferences of the decelerating outflow velocity profile of the gas in the Fermi bubbles region, and evidence for the presence of a large amount of hot ionized gas out in the Galactic halo region. Although simple, this model is found to be able to reproduce the observed Fermi-LAT energy flux at high Galactic latitudes. Following these results a prediction concerning the gamma-ray emission for 1–3 TeV photons is made for future comparison with CTA/SWGO measurements.