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The H.E.S.S. telescope has recently detected the total electron-plus-positron ($e^+e^-$) flux up to 40 TeV, finding it to be a featureless and steeply-falling power-law above 1 TeV. This result is in stark tension with standard one-zone…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-25 Isabelle John , Tim Linden

The hypothesis that pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) can significantly contribute to the excess of the positron ($e^+$) cosmic-ray flux has been consolidated after the observation of a $\gamma$-ray emission at TeV energies of a few degree size…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-15 Silvia Manconi , Mattia Di Mauro , Fiorenza Donato

We estimate the TeV gamma-ray fluxes expected from the population of young pulsars in terms of the self-consistent time dependent hadronic-leptonic model for the high energy processes inside the pulsar wind nebulae. This radiation model…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 W. Bednarek , M. Bartosik

Radio observations of very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray sources are fundamental to identify and reveal their nature, as well as to understand the physics behind these energetic sources. I will comment on some characteristics of extragalactic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-06-04 Josep M. Paredes

TeV halos are regions of enhanced photon emissivity surrounding pulsars. While multiple sources have been discovered, a self-consistent explanation of their radial profile and spherically-symmetric morphology remains elusive due to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-12 Pedro De La Torre Luque , Ottavio Fornieri , Tim Linden

The origin of cosmic-ray positrons detected with an energy above 10 GeV is one of the most intriguing mysteries in Astroparticle Physics. Different interpretations have been invoked to solve this puzzle such as pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe),…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-15 Mattia Di Mauro , Silvia Manconi , Fiorenza Donato

Interstellar magnetic field is essential in various astrophysical phenomena and processes. Pulsar halos are a recently discovered class of TeV gamma-ray sources formed by escaping electrons/positrons from pulsars. The morphology of the halo…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-23 Chao-Ming Li , Ruo-Yu Liu , Huirong Yan

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

The recent measurement by LHAASO of gamma-ray emission extending up to 100s of TeV from multiple Galactic sources represents a major observational step forward in the search for the origin of the Galactic cosmic rays. The burning question…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-30 M. Breuhaus , B. Reville , J. A. Hinton

The recent HESS detections of supernova remnant shells in TeV gamma-rays confirm the theoretical predictions that supernova remnants can operate as powerful cosmic ray accelerators. If these objects are responsible for the bulk of galactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Stefano Gabici , Felix A. Aharonian

Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) have been established as the most populous class of TeV gamma-ray emitters. Since launch, the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT)identified five high-energy (100MeV <E< 100 GeV) gamma-ray sources as PWNe, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 F. Acero , M. Ackermann , M. Ajello , A. Allafort , L. Baldini , J. Ballet , G. Barbiellini , D. Bastieri , K. Bechtol , R. Bellazzini , R. D. Blandford , E. D. Bloom , E. Bonamente , E. Bottacini , T. J. Brandt , J. Bregeon , M. Brigida , P. Bruel , R. Buehler , S. Buson , G. A. Caliandro , R. A. Cameron , P. A. Caraveo , C. Cecchi , E. Charles , R. C. G. Chaves , A. Chekhtman , J. Chiang , G. Chiaro , S. Ciprini , R. Claus , J. Cohen-Tanugi , J. Conrad , S. Cutini , M. Dalton , F. D'Ammando , F. de Palma , C. D. Dermer , L. Di Venere , E. do Couto e Silva , P. S. Drell , A. Drlica-Wagner , L. Falletti , C. Favuzzi , S. J. Fegan , E. C. Ferrara , W. B. Focke , A. Franckowiak , Y. Fukazawa , S. Funk , P. Fusco , F. Gargano , D. Gasparrini , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , M. Giroletti , T. Glanzman , G. Godfrey , T. Grégoire , I. A. Grenier , M. -H. Grondin , J. E. Grove , S. Guiriec , D. Hadasch , Y. Hanabata , A. K. Harding , M. Hayashida , K. Hayashi , E. Hays , J. Hewitt , A. B. Hill , D. Horan , X. Hou , R. E. Hughes , Y. Inoue , M. S. Jackson , T. Jogler , G. Jóhannesson , A. S. Johnson , T. Kamae , T. Kawano , M. Kerr , J. Knödlseder , M. Kuss , J. Lande , S. Larsson , L. Latronico , M. Lemoine-Goumard , F. Longo , F. Loparco , M. N. Lovellette , P. Lubrano , M. Marelli , F. Massaro , M. Mayer , M. N. Mazziotta , J. E. McEnery , J. Mehault , P. F. Michelson , W. Mitthumsiri , T. Mizuno , C. Monte , M. E. Monzani , A. Morselli , I. V. Moskalenko , S. Murgia , T. Nakamori , R. Nemmen , E. Nuss , T. Ohsugi , A. Okumura , M. Orienti , E. Orlando , J. F. Ormes , D. Paneque , J. H. Panetta , J. S. Perkins , M. Pesce-Rollins , F. Piron , G. Pivato , T. A. Porter , S. Rainò , R. Rando , M. Razzano , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , T. Reposeur , S. Ritz , M. Roth , R. Rousseau , P. M. Saz Parkinson , A. Schulz , C. Sgrò , E. J. Siskind , D. A. Smith , G. Spandre , P. Spinelli , D. J. Suson , H. Takahashi , Y. Takeuchi , J. G. Thayer , J. B. Thayer , D. J. Thompson , L. Tibaldo , O. Tibolla , M. Tinivella , D. F. Torres , G. Tosti , E. Troja , Y. Uchiyama , J. Vandenbroucke , V. Vasileiou , G. Vianello , V. Vitale , M. Werner , B. L. Winer , K. S. Wood , Z. Yang

Recently, the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) reported the discovery of 12 ultrahigh-energy (UHE; $\mathrm{\varepsilon} \ge 100$ TeV) gamma-ray sources located in the Galactic plane. A few of these UHE gamma-ray emitting…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-22 Jagdish C. Joshi , Shuta J. Tanaka , Luis Salvador Miranda , Soebur Razzaque

The H.E.S.S. array of imaging Cherenkov telescopes has discovered a number of previously unknown gamma-ray sources in the very high energy (VHE) domain above 100 GeV. The good angular resolution of H.E.S.S. (~0.1 degree per event), as well…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Yves A. Gallant

Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe) shine at multi-wavelengths and are expected to constitute the largest class of gamma-ray sources in our Galaxy. They are known to be very efficient particle accelerators: the Crab nebula, the PWNe class prototype,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-27 Barbara Olmi

In the very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray wave band, pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) represent to date the most populous class of Galactic sources. Nevertheless, the details of the energy conversion mechanisms in the vicinity of pulsars are not…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 S. Carrigan , J. A. Hinton , W. Hofmann , K. Kosack , T. Lohse , O. Reimer

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

Combined X-ray synchrotron and inverse-Compton gamma-ray observations of pulsar wind nebulae (PWN) may help to elucidate the processes of acceleration and energy loss in these systems. In particular, such observations provide constraints on…

The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) has detected multiple ultra-high energy (UHE; E$_\gamma \ge$ 100 TeV) gamma-ray sources in the Milky Way Galaxy, which are associated with Galactic ``PeVatrons'' that accelerate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-10 Agnibha De Sarkar , Pratik Majumdar

The recent discovery of a new population of ultra-high-energy gamma-ray sources with spectra extending beyond 100 TeV revealed the presence of Galactic PeVatrons - cosmic-ray factories accelerating particles to PeV energies. These sources,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-11 Emma de Oña Wilhelmi , Rubén López-Coto , Elena Amato , Felix Aharonian

Nearby electron/positron accelerators, mostly Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe), have been proposed as potential origins of the positron excess above 10 GeV. The HAWC Observatory reveals two very extended sources spatially coincident with two…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Hao Zhou , Rubén López-Coto , Francisco Salesa Greus