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TeV halos are extended very-high-energy (VHE; 0.1-100 TeV) gamma-ray emission around middle-aged pulsars. So far they have only been found around isolated pulsars, but it has been suggested that they may also be powered by millisecond…

Using data from the HAWC gamma-ray Telescope, we have studied a sample of 37 millisecond pulsars (MSPs), selected for their spindown power and proximity. From among these MSP, we have identified four which favor the presence of very…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-25 Dan Hooper , Tim Linden

Measurements of the nearby pulsars Geminga and B0656+14 by the HAWC and Milagro telescopes have revealed the presence of bright TeV-emitting halos surrounding these objects. If young and middle-aged pulsars near the Galactic Center transfer…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-12 Dan Hooper , Ilias Cholis , Tim Linden

Observations by HAWC and Milagro have detected bright and spatially extended TeV gamma-ray sources surrounding the Geminga and Monogem pulsars. We argue that these observations, along with a substantial population of other extended TeV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-29 Tim Linden , Katie Auchettl , Joseph Bramante , Ilias Cholis , Ke Fang , Dan Hooper , Tanvi Karwal , Shirley Weishi Li

Diffuse TeV emission has been observed by H.E.S.S. in the Galactic Center region, in addition to the GeV gamma rays observed by Fermi. We propose that a population of unresolved millisecond pulsars located around the Galactic Center,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-08 Claire Guépin , Lucia Rinchiuso , Kumiko Kotera , Emmanuel Moulin , Tanguy Pierog , Joseph Silk

Extended gamma-ray emission around isolated pulsars at TeV energies, also known as TeV halos, have been found around a handful of middle-aged pulsars. The halos are significantly more extended than their pulsar wind nebulae but much smaller…

Milagro observations have found bright, diffuse TeV emission concentrated along the galactic plane of the Milky Way. The intensity and spectrum of this emission is difficult to explain with current models where gamma-ray production is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-28 Tim Linden , Benjamin J. Buckman

It was proposed that the central dense stellar cluster in the Galactic Center, containing the mass of $\sim$4 times larger than that of the central black hole, had been formed as a result of a merging of several massive globular clusters.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-12 W. Bednarek , T. Sobczak

The recent analyses of the Fermi Large Area Telescope data show an extended GeV $\gamma$-ray excess on top of the expected diffuse background in the Galactic center region, which can be explained with annihilating dark matter or a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-04-23 Qiang Yuan , Kunihito Ioka

We propose that there possibly exists a population of millisecond pulsars in the Galactic center region. Millisecond pulsars (MSPs) could emit GeV gamma-rays through synchrotron-curvature radiation as predicted by outer gap models. In the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 W. Wang

Two energetic millisecond pulsars (MSPs) within globular clusters (GC), J1823-3021A in NGC 6624 and PSR B1821-24 in M28, have been recently discovered to emit pulsed GeV gamma-rays. These MSPs are expected to eject energetic leptons.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-24 W. Bednarek , J. Sitarek , T. Sobczak

Millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are observed to emit multi-wavelength radiation, from radio to GeV. Spider MSPs, which interact with their low-mass companion in close orbit (orbital periods $< 1$ day), may lead to strong intrabinary shocks that…

The discovery of extended TeV emission around the Geminga and PSR B0656+14 pulsars, with properties consistent with free particle propagation in the interstellar medium (ISM), has sparked considerable discussion on the possible presence of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-29 G. Giacinti , A. M. W. Mitchell , R. López-Coto , V. Joshi , R. D. Parsons , J. A. Hinton

TeV haloes are a recently discovered class of very high energy gamma-ray emitters. These sources consist of extended regions of multi-TeV emission, originally observed around the two well-known and nearby pulsars, Geminga and PSR B0656+14…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-04 Elena Amato , Sarah Recchia

It has been proposed that a large population of unresolved millisecond pulsars (MSPs) could potentially account for the excess of GeV-scale gamma-rays observed from the region surrounding the Galactic Center. The viability of this scenario…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-13 Dan Hooper , Gopolang Mohlabeng

It has been suggested that the GeV excess, observed from the region surrounding the Galactic Center, might originate from a population of millisecond pulsars that formed in globular clusters. With this in mind, we employ the publicly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-17 Dan Hooper , Tim Linden

The diffuse gamma-rays in the Galactic center region have been studied. We propose that there exists a population of millisecond pulsars (MSPs) in the Galactic Center, which will emit GeV gamma-rays through the synchrotron-curvature…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 W. Wang , Z. J. Jiang , K. S. Cheng

Several groups of authors have analyzed Fermi LAT data in a region around the Galactic Center finding an unaccounted gamma-ray excess over diffuse backgrounds in the GeV energy range. It has been argued that it is difficult or even…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Jovana Petrovic , Pasquale D. Serpico , Gabrijela Zaharijas

Pulsar halos are a recently identified class of TeV $\gamma$-ray sources, offering valuable insights into the evolution of pulsar systems at the highest energies. However, only a handful of such sources have been detected so far, making…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-06 Tina Wach , Alison M. W. Mitchell
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