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Prospects for gamma-ray emission from magnetar regions in CTAO observations

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2025-01-16 v1 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Recent multi-wavelength observations have highlighted magnetars as significant sources of cosmic rays, particularly through their gamma-ray emissions. This study examines three magnetar regions - CXOU J171405.7-31031, Swift J1834-0846, and SGR 1806-20 - known for emitting detectable electromagnetic signals. We assess the detectability of these regions using the upcoming Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) by conducting an ON/OFF spectral analysis and compare the expected results with existing observations. Our findings indicate that CTAO will detect gamma-ray emissions from these three magnetar regions with significantly reduced emission flux errors compared to current instruments. In special, the study shows that the CXOUJ1714-3810 and SwiftJ1834-0846 magnetar regions can be observed by the full southern and northern CTAO arrays in just five hours of observation, with mean significances above 10σ10 \,\sigma and 30σ30 \,\sigma, respectively. This paper discusses the regions analyzed, presents key results, and concludes with insights drawn from the study.

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@article{arxiv.2412.02860,
  title  = {Prospects for gamma-ray emission from magnetar regions in CTAO observations},
  author = {M. F. Sousa and R. Jr. Costa and Jaziel G. Coelho and R. C. Dos Anjos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.02860},
  year   = {2025}
}

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Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal