Speaker
Mariia Kudenko
(Institute for Nuclear Research Russian Academy of Science)
Description
In this work study of possible correlations between very high-energy Fermi LAT photons and active galactic nuclei is presented. Two main issues related to this field of studies are are background modeling and the non‑uniform sky distribution of sources. Approach used in this analysis is data‑driven: background is estimated empirically and associations between photons and candidate sources are tested with the use of correlation methods that look for deviations from isotropy. This framework provides controlled significance estimates and can be applied to other source classes. Preliminary results and sensitivity are discussed.
Primary author
Mariia Kudenko
(Institute for Nuclear Research Russian Academy of Science)
