Precise Measurements of TeV Halos around Geminga and Monogem Pulsars with HAWC
Por:
Albert, A, Alfaro, R, Alvarez, C, Arteaga-Velázquez, JC, Rojas, DA, Solares, HAA, Babu, R, Belmont-Moreno, E, Bernal, A, Caballero-Mora, KS, Capistrán, T, Carramiñana, A, Casanova, S, Cotti, U, Cotzomi, J, de León, SC, de la Fuente, E, Depaoli, D, Di Lalla, N, Hernandez, RD, Dingus, BL, Duvernois, MA, Durocher, M, Díaz-Vélez, JC, Engel, K, Espinoza, C, Fan, KL, Fang, K, Fraija, N, García-González, JA, Garfias, F, Goksu, H, González, MM, Goodman, JA, Groetsch, S, Harding, JP, Hernández-Cadena, S, Herzog, I, Hüntemeyer, P, Huang, D, Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, F, Iriarte, A, Joshi, V, Kaufmann, S, Kieda, D, Lara, A, Lee, WH, Lee, J, Vargas, HL, Linnemann, JT, Longinotti, AL, Luis-Raya, G, Malone, K, Martinez, O, Martínez-Castro, J, Matthews, JA, Miranda-Romagnoli, P, Montes, JA, Morales-Soto, JA, Moreno, E, Mostafá, M, Nayerhoda, A, Nellen, L, Noriega-Papaqui, R, Olivera-Nieto, L, Omodei, N, Araujo, YP, Pérez-Pérez, EG, Rho, CD, Rosa-González, D, Salazar, H, Salazar-Gallegos, D, Sandoval, A, Schneider, M, Schwefer, G, Serna-Franco, J, Son, Y, Springer, RW, Tibolla, O, Tollefson, K, Torres, I, Torres-Escobedo, R, Turner, R, Urea-Mena, F, Varela, E, Villaseñor, L, Wang, X, Watson, IJ, Willox, E, Wu, H, Yun-Cárcamo, S, Zhou, H, de León, C, Di Mauro, MD
Publicada:
1 oct 2024
Resumen:
We present the most precise measurements to date for the spatial extension and energy spectrum of the gamma-ray region between a pulsar's wind nebula and the interstellar medium, better known as the halo, present around Geminga and PSR B0656+14 (Monogem) using similar to 2398 days of >1 TeV data collected by the HAWC observatory. We interpret the data using a physically motivated model for the diffuse gamma-ray emission generated from positrons and electrons (e(+/-)) injected by the pulsar wind nebula and inverse Compton scattering with interstellar radiation fields. We find the morphologies of the regions inside these halos are characterized by an inhibited diffusion that are approximately three orders of magnitudes smaller than the Galactic average. We also obtain the e(+/-) emission efficiencies of 6.6% and 5.1%, respectively, for Geminga and Monogem. These results have remarkable consequences for the study of the particle diffusion in the region between the pulsar wind nebulae and the interstellar medium, and for the interpretation of the flux of positrons measured by the AMS-02 experiment above 10 GeV.
Filiaciones:
Albert, A:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM USA
Alfaro, R:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Alvarez, C:
Univ Autonoma Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico
Arteaga-Velázquez, JC:
Univ Michoacana, Morelia, Mexico
Rojas, DA:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Solares, HAA:
Penn State Univ, Dept Phys, University Pk, PA USA
Babu, R:
Michigan State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, E Lansing, MI USA
Belmont-Moreno, E:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Bernal, A:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Caballero-Mora, KS:
Univ Autonoma Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico
Capistrán, T:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Carramiñana, A:
Inst Nacl Astrofis, Puebla, Mexico
Casanova, S:
Polish Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Phys, IFJ PAN, PL-31342 Warsaw, Poland
Cotti, U:
Univ Michoacana, Morelia, Mexico
Cotzomi, J:
Benemerita Univ Autonoma Puebla, Fac Ciencias Fis Matemat, Puebla, Mexico
de León, SC:
Univ Wisconsin, Madison, WI USA
de la Fuente, E:
Univ Guadalajara, Ctr Univ Ciencias Exactas & Ingn, Dept Fis, Guadalajara, Mexico
Univ Guadalajara, Ctr Univ Valles, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
Depaoli, D:
Max Planck Inst Nucl Phys, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Di Lalla, N:
Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
Hernandez, RD:
Inst Nacl Astrofis, Puebla, Mexico
Dingus, BL:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM USA
Duvernois, MA:
Univ Wisconsin, Madison, WI USA
Durocher, M:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM USA
Díaz-Vélez, JC:
Univ Wisconsin, Madison, WI USA
Engel, K:
Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, College Pk, MD USA
Espinoza, C:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Fan, KL:
Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, College Pk, MD USA
Fang, K:
Univ Wisconsin, Madison, WI USA
Fraija, N:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
García-González, JA:
Tecnol Monterrey, Escuela Ingn & Ciencias, Zapopan, NL, Mexico
Garfias, F:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Goksu, H:
Max Planck Inst Nucl Phys, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
González, MM:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Goodman, JA:
Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, College Pk, MD USA
Groetsch, S:
Michigan State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, E Lansing, MI USA
Harding, JP:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM USA
Hernández-Cadena, S:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Herzog, I:
Michigan State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, E Lansing, MI USA
Hüntemeyer, P:
Michigan State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, E Lansing, MI USA
Huang, D:
Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, College Pk, MD USA
Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, F:
Univ Autonoma Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico
Iriarte, A:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Joshi, V:
Friedrich Alexander Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Nurnberg, Germany
Kaufmann, S:
Univ Politecn Pachuca, Pachuca, Hgo, Mexico
Kieda, D:
Univ Utah, Wellsville, UT USA
Lara, A:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Geofis, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Lee, WH:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Lee, J:
Hanyang Univ, Seoul 04763, South Korea
Vargas, HL:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Linnemann, JT:
Michigan State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, E Lansing, MI USA
Longinotti, AL:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Luis-Raya, G:
Univ Politecn Pachuca, Pachuca, Hgo, Mexico
Malone, K:
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM USA
Martinez, O:
Benemerita Univ Autonoma Puebla, Fac Ciencias Fis Matemat, Puebla, Mexico
Martínez-Castro, J:
Inst Politecn Nacl CIIDIR Sinaloa, Mexico City, Mexico
Matthews, JA:
Univ New Mexico, Las Cruces, NM 88003 USA
Miranda-Romagnoli, P:
Univ Autonoma Estado Hidalgo, Pachuca, Mexico
Montes, JA:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Morales-Soto, JA:
Univ Michoacana, Morelia, Mexico
Moreno, E:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Benemerita Univ Autonoma Puebla, Fac Ciencias Fis Matemat, Puebla, Mexico
Mostafá, M:
Temple Univ, Temple, TX USA
Nayerhoda, A:
Polish Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Phys, IFJ PAN, PL-31342 Warsaw, Poland
Nellen, L:
Sungkyunkwan Univ, SungKyunKwan Coll, Suwon, South Korea
Noriega-Papaqui, R:
Univ Autonoma Estado Hidalgo, Pachuca, Mexico
Olivera-Nieto, L:
Max Planck Inst Nucl Phys, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Omodei, N:
Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
Araujo, YP:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Pérez-Pérez, EG:
Univ Politecn Pachuca, Pachuca, Hgo, Mexico
Rho, CD:
Sungkyunkwan Univ, SungKyunKwan Coll, Suwon, South Korea
Rosa-González, D:
Inst Nacl Astrofis, Puebla, Mexico
Salazar, H:
Benemerita Univ Autonoma Puebla, Fac Ciencias Fis Matemat, Puebla, Mexico
Salazar-Gallegos, D:
Michigan State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, E Lansing, MI USA
Sandoval, A:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Schneider, M:
Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, College Pk, MD USA
Schwefer, G:
Max Planck Inst Nucl Phys, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Serna-Franco, J:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Astron, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Son, Y:
Hanyang Univ, Seoul 04763, South Korea
Springer, RW:
Univ Utah, Wellsville, UT USA
Tibolla, O:
Univ Politecn Pachuca, Pachuca, Hgo, Mexico
Tollefson, K:
Michigan State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, E Lansing, MI USA
Torres, I:
Inst Nacl Astrofis, Puebla, Mexico
Torres-Escobedo, R:
Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Shanghai, Peoples R China
Turner, R:
Michigan State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, E Lansing, MI USA
Urea-Mena, F:
Inst Nacl Astrofis, Puebla, Mexico
Varela, E:
Benemerita Univ Autonoma Puebla, Fac Ciencias Fis Matemat, Puebla, Mexico
Villaseñor, L:
Benemerita Univ Autonoma Puebla, Fac Ciencias Fis Matemat, Puebla, Mexico
Wang, X:
Michigan State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, E Lansing, MI USA
Watson, IJ:
Hanyang Univ, Seoul 04763, South Korea
Willox, E:
Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, College Pk, MD USA
Wu, H:
Univ Wisconsin, Madison, WI USA
Yun-Cárcamo, S:
Univ Maryland, Dept Phys, College Pk, MD USA
Zhou, H:
Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Shanghai, Peoples R China
de León, C:
Univ Michoacana, Morelia, Mexico
Di Mauro, MD:
Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Torino, Turin, Italy
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