Author/Authors :
Grasso، نويسنده , , D. and Profumo، نويسنده , , S. and Strong، نويسنده , , A.W. and Baldini، نويسنده , , L. and Bellazzini، نويسنده , , R. and Bloom، نويسنده , , E.D. and Bregeon، نويسنده , , J. and Di Bernardo، نويسنده , , G. and Gaggero، نويسنده , , D. and Giglietto، نويسنده , , N. and Kamae، نويسنده , , T. and Latronico، نويسنده , , L. and Longo، نويسنده , , F. and Mazziotta، نويسنده , , M.N. and Moiseev، نويسنده , , A.A. and Mo، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
The Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) recently measured the cosmic ray electrons-plus-positrons (CRE) spectrum between 20 GeV and 1 TeV. In this contribution we discuss several interpretations of those measurements in combination with other experimental data. We show that, as far as concerns the reported Fermi-LAT data alone, a simple interpretation invoking a single class of astrophysical electron sources is possible. If, however, also the CRE spectrum measured by H.E.S.S. and especially the positron fraction reported by PAMELA are accounted, that scenario fails to provide a combined description of those results. Rather, we show that several combinations of parameters, involving e ± pair emission by pulsars or dark matter annihilation, allow a consistent interpretation of all data sets.
Keywords :
Pulsars , Dark matter , Fermi-LAT , Cosmic rays electrons
