Implications of axion-like particles from the Fermi-LAT and H.E.S.S.observations of PG 1553+113 and PKS 2155−304

We investigate the axion-like particle(ALP)-photon oscillation effect in the high-energy y-ray spectra of PG 1553+113 and PK.S 2155-304 measured by Fermi-LAT and H.E.S.S.The choice of extragalactic background light(EBL)model,which induces the attenuation effect in observed y-ray spectra,affects the ALP implications.For the ordinary EBL model that prefers a null hypothesis,we set constraints on the ALP-photon coupling constant at 95% C.L.as gay 5×10^-11 GeV^-1 for the ALP mass 〜10 neV.We also consider the CIBER observation of the cosmic infrared radiation,which shows an excess at wavelengths of -1μm after the substraction of foregrounds.High-energy gamma-rays from extragalactic sources at high redshifts would suffer from a more significant attenuation effect caused by this excess.In this case,we find that the ALP-photon oscillation would improve the fit to the observed spectra of PKS 2155-304 and PG 1553+113 and find a favored parameter region at 95%CL..     

Nearby dark matter subhalo that accounts for the DAMPE excess

The precise spectrum of electrons and positrons at high energies plays an important role in understanding their origin.DArk Matter Particle Explorer has reported their first measurement of the e+e-spectrum from 25 GeV to4.6 TeV.This spectrum reveals a tentative peak at ～1.4 TeV,which requires a nearby source of e+e-.In this work,we study the properties of a large nearby dark matter subhalo that accouns for this spectral peak,such as its mass and distance from Earth,for different concentration models.We compare spectra of the sources in 3 FGL with that from DM annihilation in the subhalo,and find ten candidates that have comparable gamma-ray spectra.However,according to the N-body simulation,the probability that such a large subhalo is close enough to Earth is less than 0.1%.     

太阳邻域的小型及微型暗晕和中等质量黑洞

银河系中可能存在10^3--10^4个中等质量的黑洞（10^2--10^3M⊙）和10^3个小型暗晕（质量为10^6M⊙）或10^15个微型暗晕（质量10^-6M⊙）。离我们最近的微小暗晕和黑洞可能只有0．3—3000光年．如果暗物质是可以自湮灭的中超子（即最轻的中性超对称粒子，neutralino），这些子结构所产生的高能γ射线就有希望被下一代γ射线探测器（如GLAST）探测到。     

Detecting dark energy in long baseline neutrino oscillations

In this paper, we discuss a possibility of studying properties of dark energy in long baseline neutrino oscillation experiments. We consider two types of models of neutrino dark energy. For one type of models the scalar field is taken to be quintessence-like and for the other phantom-like. In these models the scalar fields couple to the neutrinos to give rise to spatially varying neutrino masses. We will show that the two types of models predict different behaviors of the spatial variation of the neutrino masses inside the Earth and consequently result in different signals in long baseline neutrino oscillation experiments.     

Updated study on multi-TeV cosmic-ray modulation with the Tibet Ⅲ air shower array using the east-west method

We study the sidereal and solar time modulation of multi-TeV cosmic rays using the east-west method with Tibet Ⅲ air shower array data taken from November 1999 to December 2008. The statistics are twice the amount used in our previous paper. In this analysis, the amplitude of the observed sidereal time modulation is about 0.1%, and the modulation shows an excess from about 4 to 7 hours and a deficit around 12 hours in local sidereal time. The sidereal time modulation has a weak dependence on the primary energy of the cosmic rays. However, the solar time modulation shows a large energy dependence. We find that the solar time modulation is fairly consistent with the prediction of the Compton-Getting effect for high-energy samples (6.2 TeV and 12.0 TeV), but exceeds the prediction for the low-energy sample (4.0 TeV). Such a discrepancy may be due to the solar modulation or the characteristics of the experimental device in the near threshold energy.     

暗物质粒子探测及进展

正暗物质是天文学家观测宇宙时发现的一种"暗"的物质。所谓"暗"的物质是指没有观测到这种物质任何的电磁辐射。我们知道,天文学家观测宇宙所通过的媒介是不同波段的电磁波,像图1所示,根据波长的不同,电磁波从波长最长的无线电波、微波、红外线、可见光到波长比较短的紫外线、X射线和能量最高的γ射线。现代的天文观测仪器发     

Searching for γ-ray emission from Reticulum Ⅱ by Fermi-LAT

Recently, many new dwarf spheroidal satellites(dSphs) have been discovered by the Dark Energy Survey(DES). These dSphs are ideal candidates for probing for gamma-ray emissions from dark matter(DM) annihilation.However, no significant signature has been found by the Fermi-LAT dSph observations. In this work, we reanalyze the Fermi-LAT Pass 8 data from the direction of Reticulum II, where a slight excess has been reported by some previous studies. We treat Reticulum II(DES J0335.6-5403) as a spatially extended source, and find that no significant gamma-ray signature is observed. Based on this result, we set upper-limits on the DM annihilation cross section.     

An updated search of steady TeV γ-ray point sources in northern hemisphere using the Tibet air shower array

Using the data taken from Tibet II High Density (HD) Array (1997 February—1999 September) and Tibet-III array (1999 November—2005 November), our previous northern sky survey for TeV γ-ray point sources has now been updated by a factor of 2.8 improved statistics. From 0.0° to 60.0° in declination (Dec) range, no new TeV γ-ray point sources with sufficiently high significance were identified while the well-known Crab Nebula and Mrk421 remain to be the brightest TeV γ-ray sources within the field of view of the Tibet air shower array. Based on the currently available data and at the 90% confidence level (C.L.), the flux upper limits for different power law index assumption are re-derived, which are approximately improved by 1.7 times as compared with our previous reported limits.