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The Geminga pulsar has long been one of the most intriguing MeV-GeV gamma-ray point sources. We examine the implications of the recent Milagro detection of extended, multi-TeV gamma-ray emission from Geminga, finding that this reveals the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-21 Hasan Yuksel , Matthew D. Kistler , Todor Stanev

We investigate the interstellar medium (ISM) towards seven TeV gamma-ray sources thought to be pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) using Mopra molecular line observations at 7mm [CS(1-0), SiO(1-0,v=0)], Nanten CO(1-0) data and the SGPS/GASS HI…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-10 F. J. Voisin , G. P. Rowell , M. G. Burton , Y. Fukui , H. Sano , F. Aharonian , N. Maxted , C. Braiding , R. Blackwell , J. Lau

The Galactic Center (GC) has been long known to host gamma-ray emission detected to >10 TeV. HESS data now points to two plausible origins: the supermassive black hole (perhaps with >PeV cosmic rays and neutrinos) or high-energy electrons…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-29 Matthew D. Kistler

Recent TeV observations of nearby pulsars with the HAWC telescope have been interpreted as evidence that the diffusion of high-energy electrons and positrons within pulsar wind nebulae is highly inefficient compared to the rest of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-06-27 Stefano Profumo , Javier Reynoso-Cordova , Nicholas Kaaz , Maya Silverman

We present a Chandra X-ray observation of G12.82-0.02, a shell-like radio supernova remnant coincident with the TeV gamma-ray source HESS J1813-178. We resolve the X-ray emission from the co-located ASCA source into a point source…

Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe), formed when the wind originating from a rapidly rotating neutron star flows out into its surroundings, have now been observed across the electromagnetic spectrum from the radio to the PeV gamma-ray regime. For…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-19 Alison M. W. Mitchell , Samuel T. Spencer

Very-high-energy (VHE) observations have revealed approximately 100 TeV sources in our Galaxy, and a significant fraction of them are under investigation for understanding their origin. We report our study of one of them, HESS~J1844$-$030.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-02 D. Zheng , Z. Wang , X. Zhang , Y. Chen , Y. Xing

The dominant mechanisms underlying high-energy $\gamma$-ray emission from galaxies vary by galaxy type. In starbursts, a major contribution comes from neutral pion decay. This is driven by interactions between interstellar gas and hadronic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-26 Ellis R. Owen , Yoshiyuki Inoue , Chung-Yue Hui , Tatsuki Fujiwara , Albert K. H. Kong

We report observations of gamma-ray emissions with energies in the 100 TeV energy region from the Cygnus region in our Galaxy. Two sources are significantly detected in the directions of the Cygnus OB1 and OB2 associations. Based on their…

HAWC J1826-128 is one of the brightest Galactic TeV gamma-ray sources detected by the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory, with photon energies extending up to nearly $\sim$100 TeV. This HAWC source spatially coincides with the…

We present a simple, unified model which accounts for properties of the X-ray emission from the three middle-aged pulsars PSR 1055-52, PSR 0656+14 and PSR 0630+18 (Geminga). The X-ray radiation from these objects is pulsed more strongly at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Rosalba Perna , Jeremy Heyl , Lars Hernquist

We place constraints on the properties of the interstellar turbulence that surrounds Geminga pulsar, using the recent measurements from the HAWC Observatory in this region. We propagate very-high-energy electrons in realizations of 3D…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-12 Gwenael Giacinti , Rubén López-Coto

With almost 15 years of data taken by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard the Fermi satellite we discovered an extended source of GeV emission in the region of the very-high-energy (TeV) source 1LHAASO J1945+2424. This TeV source is more…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-05 Miguel Araya , J. A. Álvarez-Quesada

Young pulsars produce relativistic winds which interact with matter ejected during the supernova explosion and the surrounding interstellar gas. Particles are accelerated to very high energies somewhere in the pulsar winds or at the shocks…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 W. Bednarek

Recent results from the HESS gamma ray telescope have shown the presence of both a diffuse, extended, flux of gamma rays above ~0.4 TeV and discrete sources in and near the Galactic Centre. Here, we put forward a possible explanation in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 A. D. Erlykin , A. W. Wolfendale

The Geminga gamma ray source was first detected by the SAS-2 gamma-ray satellite observatory and the COS-B x-ray satellite observatory, and has been identified as a radio-quiet pulsar associated with a 300,000 year old supernova remnant.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Gary Finnegan

Gamma-ray bursts may occur within pulsar wind bubbles (PWBs) under a number of scenarios, such as the supranova-like models in which the progenitor pulsar drives a powerful wind shocking against the ambient medium before it comes to death…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 X. Y. Wang , Z. G. Dai , T. Lu

HESS J1825-137 is one of the most powerful and luminous TeV gamma-ray pulsar wind nebulae (PWN). To the south of HESS J1825-137, Fermi-LAT observation revealed a new region of GeV gamma-ray emission with three apparent peaks (termed here,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-04-15 T. Collins , G. Rowell , A. M. W. Mitchell , F. Voisin , Y. Fukui , H. Sano , R. Alsulami , S. Einecke

The recently detected gamma-ray emission from Starburst galaxies is most commonly considered to be diffuse emission arising from strong interactions of accelerated cosmic rays. Mannheim et al. (2012), however, have argued that a population…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 Stefan Ohm , Jim Hinton