A Dual-Zone Diffusion Model for High Energy Emissions of the Cygnus Cocoon
Abstract
As one of the brightest galactic -ray sources, the Cygnus Cocoon superbubble has been observed by many detectors, such as -LAT, ARGO, HAWC, and LHAASO. However, the origin of -ray emission for the Cygnus Cocoon and the possible contribution to PeV cosmic rays are still under debate. The recent ultrahigh-energy -ray observations by LHAASO up to 1.4 PeV towards the direction of the Cygnus Cocoon, as well as the neutrino event report of IceCube-201120A coming from the same direction, suggest that the Cygnus Cocoon may be one of the sources of high-energy cosmic rays in the Galaxy. In this work, we propose a dual-zone diffusion model for the Cygnus Cocoon: the cocoon region and surrounding interstellar medium (ISM). This scenario can account for the -ray data from GeV to 50 TeV and agree with the one sub-PeV neutrino event result from IceCube so far. Moreover, it predict a non-negligible contribution -ray emission at hundreds TeV from the ISM surrounding the Cygnus Cocoon. This possible diffuse TeV-PeV gamma-ray features can be resolved by the future LHAASO observations.
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@article{arxiv.2308.15831,
title = {A Dual-Zone Diffusion Model for High Energy Emissions of the Cygnus Cocoon},
author = {Shihong Zhan and Wei Wang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.15831},
year = {2023}
}
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7 pages, 5 figures, MNRAS in press