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Measuring the electron diffusion coefficient is the most straightforward task in the study of gamma-ray pulsar halos. The updated measurements of the spatial morphology and spectrum of the Geminga halo by the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-21 Kun Fang

The HAWC Collaboration has recently reported the detection of bright and spatially extended multi-TeV gamma-ray emission from Geminga, Monogem, and a handful of other nearby, middle-aged pulsars. The angular profile of the emission observed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-17 Dan Hooper , Tim Linden

Nearby pulsars within $\sim1\,{\rm kpc}$ are considered to be possible sources of 10-500 GeV cosmic-ray positron excess measured by PAMELA and AMS-02. A TeV halo around Geminga is detected by HAWC, and the measurements of its surface…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-25 Yu Meng , Yun-Feng Liang , Ben-Yang Zhu , Xiao-Na Sun , En-Wei Liang

Geminga pulsar is surrounded by a multi-TeV $\gamma$-ray halo radiated by the high energy electrons and positrons accelerated by the central pulsar wind nebula (PWN). The angular profile of the $\gamma$-ray emission reported by HAWC…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-07 Kun Fang , Xiao-Jun Bi , Peng-Fei Yin

Recently, the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) collaboration reported the discovery of the TeV halo around the Geminga pulsar. The TeV emission is believed to originate from inverse Compton scattering of pulsar-injected…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-26 Ruo-Yu Liu , Chong Ge , Xiao-Na Sun , Xiang-Yu Wang

It was suggested that the $\gamma$-ray halo around Geminga might not be interpreted by slow-diffusion. If the ballistic regime of electron/positron propagation is considered, the Geminga halo may be explained even with a large diffusion…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-21 Li-Zhuo Bao , Kun Fang , Xiao-Jun Bi , Sheng-Hao Wang

Recent observations have detected extended TeV gamma-ray emission surrounding young and middle-aged pulsars. The morphology of these "TeV halos" requires cosmic-ray diffusion to be locally suppressed by a factor of ~100-1000 compared to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-27 Carmelo Evoli , Tim Linden , Giovanni Morlino

The HAWC Collaboration has reported the detection of an extended $\gamma$-ray emission around the Geminga and Monogem pulsars of a few degree extension. Very recently, the LHAASO Collaboration released also the data for an extended…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-22 Sarah Recchia , Mattia Di Mauro , Felix A. Aharonian , Luca Orusa , Fiorenza Donato , Stefano Gabici , Silvia Manconi

The recent detection of the Geminga PWN by HAWC in the multi-TeV band allows us to infer precious information about the transport of pairs in the immediate surroundings of the pulsar and on the spectrum of pairs contributed by a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-28 Benedikt Schroer , Carmelo Evoli , Pasquale Blasi

The recent HAWC observations of very-high-energy $\gamma$-ray halo around Geminga and Monogem indicate a very slow diffusion of cosmic rays, which results in tiny contribution of positrons from these two pulsars to the local flux. This…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-15 Kun Fang , Xiao-Jun Bi , Peng-Fei Yin , Qiang Yuan

The TeV $\gamma$-ray halo around the Geminga pulsar is an important indicator of cosmic-ray (CR) propagation in the local zone of the Galaxy as it reveals the spatial distribution of the electrons and positrons escaping from the pulsar.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-31 Sheng-Hao Wang , Kun Fang , Xiao-Jun Bi , Peng-Fei Yin

Nearby pulsars have been suggested as sources of $\sim$TeV $e^+/e^-$ Cosmic Ray (CR) excess on Earth. The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory (HAWC) detected extended TeV emission regions in the direction of two nearby middle-aged…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-30 Xiaping Tang , Tsvi Piran

Pulsars convert a significant fraction of their total spin-down power into very high-energy electrons, leading to the formation of TeV halos. It is not yet known, however, whether these sources also efficiently accelerate electrons at lower…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-14 Dan Hooper , Elena Pinetti , Anastasia Sokolenko

Recently, gamma-ray halos of a few degree extension have been detected around two middle-aged pulsars, namely, Geminga and PSR B0656+14, by the High Altitude Water Cherenkov observatory (HAWC). The gamma-ray radiation arise from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-08 Yi Zhang , Ruo-Yu Liu , S. Z. Chen , Xiang-Yu Wang

As the TeV halos around Geminga and PSR B0656+14 have been confirmed by HAWC, slow diffusion of cosmic rays could be general around pulsars, and the cosmic positron spectrum from pulsars could be significantly changed. As a consequence, the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-07 Kun Fang , Xiao-Jun Bi , Peng-Fei Yin

A novel phenomenon among the recently observed Geminga pulsar halo is the presence of distinct radiation morphology at high energies, while no extended radiation is detected in the 10-500 GeV energy band within a $40\degree\times40\degree$…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-03 Lin Nie , Yu-Hai Ge , Yi-Qing Guo , Si-Ming Liu

In this letter we propose that the X-ray and the TeV observations in the vicinity of Geminga can be understood in the framework of anisotropic diffusion of injected electrons/positrons. This interpretation only requires the turbulence in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-12-04 Ruo-Yu Liu , Huirong Yan , Heshou Zhang

It has long been suggested that nearby pulsars within $\sim 1 \,{\rm kpc}$ are the leading candidate of the 10-500 GeV cosmic-ray positron excess measured by PAMELA and other experiments. The recent measurement of surface brightness profile…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-06-26 Shao-Qiang Xi , Ruo-Yu Liu , Zhi-Qiu Huang , Kun Fang , Xiang-Yu Wang

Geminga is an enigmatic radio-quiet gamma-ray pulsar located at a mere 250 pc distance from Earth. Extended very-high-energy gamma-ray emission around the pulsar was discovered by Milagro and later confirmed by HAWC, which are both water…

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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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