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HAWC J0630+186 Could Not Be Powered by PSR J0630+19

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2026-03-11 v1

Abstract

3HWC J0630+186 is one of the very-high-energy gamma-ray sources in the third High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) catalog, its origin and source are, however, not clearly identified. The only possible associated source is PSR J0630+19 depart from the center of 3HWC J0630+186. A few TeV halos of pulsars are currently believed the most dominant TeV-PeV gamma-ray sources, and PSR J0630+19 was firstly discovered by Arecibo survey with normal pulsar period, but its age and spin-down luminosity are not available. It is then difficult to determine if 3HWC J0630+186 and PSR J0630+19 are associated or not. With the awarded telescope time in five-hundred-meter aperture spherical radio telescope (FAST) observing cycle, we have obtained the follow-up timing observations of PSR J0630+19 with observed duration more than one year. From our pulsar data analysis, we determined a more precise position and derived parameters via pulsar timing. The parameters indicate that it is an old pulsar with energy loss too low to power the very-high-energy emissions from 3HWC J0630+186.

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@article{arxiv.2603.09189,
  title  = {HAWC J0630+186 Could Not Be Powered by PSR J0630+19},
  author = {Bojun Wang and Xiaohong Cui and Jiguang Lu and Heng Xu and Renxin Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.09189},
  year   = {2026}
}

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7 pages, 4 figures