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Revisiting the Geminga halo at GeV energies with Fermi-LAT data

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

PSR J1907+0602: A Radio-Faint Gamma-Ray Pulsar Powering a Bright TeV Pulsar Wind Nebula

We present multiwavelength studies of the 106.6 ms gamma-ray pulsar PSR J1907+06 near the TeV source MGRO J1908+06. Timing observations with Fermi result in a precise position determination for the pulsar of R.A. = 19h07m547(2), decl. =…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 Fermi LAT Collaboration , the Fermi Pulsar Timing Consortium , : , A. A. Abdo

Extended Very-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emission Surrounding PSR J0622 + 3749 Observed by LHAASO-KM2A

We report the discovery of an extended very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray source around the location of the middle-aged (207.8 kyr) pulsar PSR J0622+3749 with the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO). The source is detected…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-07 The LHAASO collabration , Zhen Cao , F. Aharonian , Y. X. Bai , Y. W. Bao , D. Bastieri , X. J. Bi , Y. J. Bi , W. Bian , A. V. Bukevich , C. M. Cai , W. Y. Cao , Zhe Cao , J. Chang , J. F. Chang , A. M. Chen , E. S. Chen , G. H. Chen , H. X. Chen , Liang Chen , Long Chen , M. J. Chen , M. L. Chen , Q. H. Chen , S. Chen , S. H. Chen , S. Z. Chen , T. L. Chen , X. B. Chen , X. J. Chen , Y. Chen , N. Cheng , Y. D. Cheng , M. C. Chu , M. Y. Cui , S. W. Cui , X. H. Cui , Y. D. Cui , B. Z. Dai , H. L. Dai , Z. G. Dai , Danzengluobu , Y. X. Diao , X. Q. Dong , K. K. Duan , J. H. Fan , Y. Z. Fan , J. Fang , J. H. Fang , K. Fang , C. F. Feng , H. Feng , L. Feng , S. H. Feng , X. T. Feng , Y. Feng , Y. L. Feng , S. Gabici , B. Gao , C. D. Gao , Q. Gao , W. Gao , W. K. Gao , M. M. Ge , T. T. Ge , L. S. Geng , G. Giacinti , G. H. Gong , Q. B. Gou , M. H. Gu , F. L. Guo , J. Guo , X. L. Guo , Y. Q. Guo , Y. Y. Guo , Y. A. Han , O. A. Hannuksela , M. Hasan , H. H. He , H. N. He , J. Y. He , X. Y. He , Y. He , S. Hernández-Cadena , B. W. Hou , C. Hou , X. Hou , H. B. Hu , S. C. Hu , C. Huang , D. H. Huang , J. J. Huang , T. Q. Huang , W. J. Huang , X. T. Huang , X. Y. Huang , Y. Huang , Y. Y. Huang , X. L. Ji , H. Y. Jia , K. Jia , H. B. Jiang , K. Jiang , X. W. Jiang , Z. J. Jiang , M. Jin , S. Kaci , M. M. Kang , I. Karpikov , D. Khangulyan , D. Kuleshov , K. Kurinov , B. B. Li , Cheng Li , Cong Li , D. Li , F. Li , H. B. Li , H. C. Li , Jian Li , Jie Li , K. Li , L. Li , R. L. Li , S. D. Li , T. Y. Li , W. L. Li , X. R. Li , Xin Li , Y. Li , Y. Z. Li , Zhe Li , Zhuo Li , E. W. Liang , Y. F. Liang , S. J. Lin , B. Liu , C. Liu , D. Liu , D. B. Liu , H. Liu , H. D. Liu , J. Liu , J. L. Liu , J. R. Liu , M. Y. Liu , R. Y. Liu , S. M. Liu , W. Liu , X. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. N. Liu , Y. Q. Lou , Q. Luo , Y. Luo , H. K. Lv , B. Q. Ma , L. L. Ma , X. H. Ma , J. R. Mao , Z. Min , W. Mitthumsiri , G. B. Mou , H. J. Mu , A. Neronov , K. C. Y. Ng , M. Y. Ni , L. Nie , L. J. Ou , P. Pattarakijwanich , Z. Y. Pei , J. C. Qi , M. Y. Qi , J. J. Qin , A. Raza , C. Y. Ren , D. Ruffolo , A. Sáiz , D. Semikoz , L. Shao , O. Shchegolev , Y. Z. Shen , X. D. Sheng , Z. D. Shi , F. W. Shu , H. C. Song , Yu. V. Stenkin , V. Stepanov , Y. Su , D. X. Sun , H. Sun , Q. N. Sun , X. N. Sun , Z. B. Sun , N. H. Tabasam , J. Takata , P. H. T. Tam , H. B. Tan , Q. W. Tang , R. Tang , Z. B. Tang , W. W. Tian , C. N. Tong , L. H. Wan , C. Wang , G. W. Wang , H. G. Wang , J. C. Wang , K. Wang , Kai Wang , Kai Wang , L. P. Wang , L. Y. Wang , L. Y. Wang , R. Wang , W. Wang , X. G. Wang , X. J. Wang , X. Y. Wang , Y. Wang , Y. D. Wang , Z. H. Wang , Z. X. Wang , Zheng Wang , D. M. Wei , J. J. Wei , Y. J. Wei , T. Wen , S. S. Weng , C. Y. Wu , H. R. Wu , Q. W. Wu , S. Wu , X. F. Wu , Y. S. Wu , S. Q. Xi , J. Xia , J. J. Xia , G. M. Xiang , D. X. Xiao , G. Xiao , Y. L. Xin , Y. Xing , D. R. Xiong , Z. Xiong , D. L. Xu , R. F. Xu , R. X. Xu , W. L. Xu , L. Xue , D. H. Yan , T. Yan , C. W. Yang , C. Y. Yang , F. F. Yang , L. L. Yang , M. J. Yang , R. Z. Yang , W. X. Yang , Z. H. Yang , Z. G. Yao , X. A. Ye , L. Q. Yin , N. Yin , X. H. You , Z. Y. You , Q. Yuan , H. Yue , H. D. Zeng , T. X. Zeng , W. Zeng , X. T. Zeng , M. Zha , B. B. Zhang , B. T. Zhang , C. Zhang , F. Zhang , H. Zhang , H. M. Zhang , H. Y. Zhang , J. L. Zhang , Li Zhang , P. F. Zhang , P. P. Zhang , R. Zhang , S. R. Zhang , S. S. Zhang , W. Y. Zhang , X. Zhang , X. P. Zhang , Yi Zhang , Yong Zhang , Z. P. Zhang , J. Zhao , L. Zhao , L. Z. Zhao , S. P. Zhao , X. H. Zhao , Z. H. Zhao , F. Zheng , W. J. Zhong , B. Zhou , H. Zhou , J. N. Zhou , M. Zhou , P. Zhou , R. Zhou , X. X. Zhou , X. X. Zhou , B. Y. Zhu , C. G. Zhu , F. R. Zhu , H. Zhu , K. J. Zhu , Y. C. Zou , X. Zuo

Search for Extended GeV Sources in the Inner Galactic Plane

The recent detection of extended $\gamma$-ray emission around middle-aged pulsars is interpreted as inverse-Compton scattering of ambient photons by electron-positron pairs escaping the pulsar wind nebula, which are confined near the system…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-12 S. Abdollahi , F. Acero , A. Acharyya , A. Adelfio , M. Ajello , L. Baldini , J. Ballet , C. Bartolini , J. Becerra Gonzalez , R. Bellazzini , E. Bissaldi , R. Bonino , P. Bruel , R. A. Cameron , P. A. Caraveo , D. Castro , E. Cavazzuti , C. C. Cheung , N. Cibrario , S. Ciprini , G. Cozzolongo , P. Cristarella Orestano , A. Cuoco , S. Cutini , F. D'Ammando , N. Di Lalla , A. Dinesh , L. Di Venere , A. Domínguez , A. Fiori , S. Funk , P. Fusco , F. Gargano , C. Gasbarra , D. Gasparrini , S. Germani , F. Giacchino , N. Giglietto , M. Giliberti , F. Giordano , M. Giroletti , D. Green , I. A. Grenier , L. Guillemot , S. Guiriec , R. Gupta , M. Hashizume , E. Hays , J. W. Hewitt , D. Horan , X. Hou , T. Kayanoki , M. Kuss , A. Laviron , M. Lemoine-Goumard , A. Liguori , J. Li , I. Liodakis , P. Loizzo , F. Longo , F. Loparco , L. Lorusso , M. N. Lovellette , P. Lubrano , S. Maldera , D. Malyshev , G. Martí-Devesa , P. Martin , M. N. Mazziotta , I. Mereu , P. F. Michelson , N. Mirabal , W. Mitthumsiri , T. Mizuno , P. Monti-Guarnieri , M. E. Monzani , A. Morselli , I. V. Moskalenko , M. Negro , N. Omodei , M. Orienti , E. Orlando , D. Paneque , G. Panzarini , M. Persic , M. Pesce-Rollins , R. Pillera , T. A. Porter , S. Rainò , R. Rando , M. Razzano , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , M. Rocamora Bernal , M. Sánchez-Conde , P. M. Saz Parkinson , D. Serini , C. Sgrò , E. J. Siskind , D. A. Smith , G. Spandre , P. Spinelli , A. W. Strong , D. J. Suson , H. Tajima , J. B. Thayer , D. F. Torres , J. Valverde , Z. Wadiasingh , K. Wood , G. Zaharijas

Multi-messenger modeling of the Monogem pulsar halo

The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Telescope (HAWC) has detected TeV halos associated with two nearby pulsars/pulsar wind nebulae (PWN) -- Geminga and B0656+14. These TeV halos extend up to tens of pc from the central accelerators,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-26 Youyou Li , Oscar Macias , Shinichiro Ando , Jacco Vink

TeV Halos are Everywhere: Prospects for New Discoveries

Milagro and HAWC have detected extended TeV gamma-ray emission around nearby pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe). Building on these discoveries, Linden et al. [1] identified a new source class -- TeV halos -- powered by the interactions of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-28 Takahiro Sudoh , Tim Linden , John F. Beacom

Geminga's pulsar halo: an X-ray view

Geminga is the first pulsar around which a remarkable TeV gamma-ray halo extending over a few degrees was discovered by MILAGRO, HAWC and later by H.E.S.S., and by Fermi-LAT in the GeV band. More middle-aged pulsars have exhibited gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-25 Silvia Manconi , Jooyun Woo , Ruo-Yu Shang , Roman Krivonos , Claudia Tang , Mattia Di Mauro , Fiorenza Donato , Kaya Mori , Charles J. Hailey

Absence of TeV halos around millisecond pulsars

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…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-02 A. U. Abeysekara , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , D. Avila Rojas , H. A. Ayala Solares , R. Babu , E. Belmont-Moreno , A. Bernal , K. S. Caballero-Mora , T. Capistrán , A. Carramiñana , S. Casanova , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , S. Coutiño de León , E. De la Fuente , D. Depaoli , P. Desiati , N. Di Lalla , R. Diaz Hernandez , M. A. DuVernois , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , K. Engel , T. Ergin , K. L. Fan , K. Fang , N. Fraija , S. Fraija , J. A. García-González , F. Garfias , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , J. P. Harding , S. Hernández-Cadena , D. Huang , F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla , A. Iriarte , S. Kaufmann , D. Kieda , A. Lara , J. Lee , H. León Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , A. L. Longinotti , G. Luis-Raya , K. Malone , O. Martinez , J. Martínez-Castro , J. A. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , J. A. Morales-Soto , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , M. Najafi , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , M. U. Nisa , R. Noriega-Papaqui , N. Omodei , Y. Pérez Araujo , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , C. D. Rho , D. Rosa-González , E. Ruiz-Velasco , M. A. Roth , H. Salazar , A. Sandoval , J. Serna-Franco , Y. Son , R. W. Springer , O. Tibolla , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , R. Torres-Escobedo , R. Turner , F. Ureña-Mena , E. Varela , L. Villaseñor , X. Wang , Z. Wang , I. J. Watson , H. Wu , S. Yu , C. de León

XMM-Newton Observations of the TeV \gamma-ray Source HESS J1804-216

We have analyzed three XMM-Newton observations of the central part of the unidentified TeV \gamma-ray source HESS J1804-216. We focus on two X-ray sources 2XMMi J180442.0-214221 (Src 1) and 2XMMi J180432.5-214009 (Src 2), which were…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 Dacheng Lin , Natalie A. Webb , Didier Barret

Discovery of a Pulsar Candidate Associated with the TeV Gamma-ray Source HESS J1813-178

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 compact object…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 E. V. Gotthelf , D. J. Helfand

Discovery of a Young, Energetic 70.5 ms Pulsar Associated with the TeV Gamma-ray Source HESS J1837-069

We report the discovery of 70.5 ms pulsations from the X-ray source AX J1838.0-0655 using the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE). PSR J1838-0655 is a rotation-powered pulsar with spin-down luminosity Edot = 5.5e36 ergs/s, characteristic age…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 E. V. Gotthelf , J. P. Halpern

High-energy studies of the 3HWC J1954+286 region: likely Gamma-ray detection of the supernova remnant G65.1+0.6

We carry out high-energy studies of the region of the Galactic TeV source 3HWC J1954+286, whose location coincides with those of PSR~J1954+2836 and supernova remnant (SNR) G65.1+0.6. Analyzing the GeV $\gamma$-ray data obtained with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-25 Y. Xing , D. Zheng , Z. Wang , X. Zhang , Y. Chen , G. Xiang

GeV observations of the extended pulsar wind nebulae constrain the pulsar interpretations of the cosmic-ray positron excess

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

Chandra Observations of the field containing HESS J1616-508

We report the results of three Chandra observations covering most of the extent of the TeV gamma-ray source HESS J1616-508 and a search for a lower energy counterpart to this source. We detect 56 X-ray sources, of which 37 have counterparts…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-14 Jeremy Hare , Oleg Kargaltsev , George G. Pavlov , Blagoy Rangelov , Igor Volkov

HAWC J0630+186 Could Not Be Powered by PSR J0630+19

3HWC J0630+186 is one of the very-high-energy gamma-ray sources in the third High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) catalog, its origin and source are, however, not clearly identified. The only possible associated source is PSR J0630+19…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-11 Bojun Wang , Xiaohong Cui , Jiguang Lu , Heng Xu , Renxin Xu

A Search for TeV Gamma-ray Emission from Pulsar Tails by VERITAS

We report on the search for very-high-energy gamma-ray emission from the regions around three nearby supersonic pulsars (PSR B0355+54, PSR J0357+3205 and PSR J1740+1000) that exhibit long X-ray tails. To date there is no clear detection of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-18 Wystan Benbow , A. Brill , James Buckley , M Capasso , A Chromey , M. Errando , Abraham Falcone , K. A. Farrell , Qi Feng , J Finley , G. M. Foote , Lucy Fortson , Amy Furniss , Alasdair Gent , C Giuri , David Hanna , Tarek Hassan , Olivier Hervet , Jamie Holder , G Hughes , T. B. Humensky , Weidong Jin , Philip Kaaret , Oleg Kargaltsev , Mary P. Kertzman , David Kieda , Noel Klingler , Sajan Kumar , M Lang , M Lundy , Gernot Maier , C. E. McGrath , Patrick Moriarty , Reshmi Mukherjee , D Nieto , M Nievas-Rosillo , S O'Brien , Rene A. Ong , A. N. Otte , S. Patel , Konstantin Pfrang , Martin Pohl , Raul Prado , John Quinn , Kenneth J. Ragan , P. , T. Reynolds , D Ribeiro , G. T. Richards , Emmet Thomas Roache , James Ryan , Marcos Santander , Glenn H Sembroski , R Shang , Igor Volkov , S. P Wakely , Amanda Weinstein , P. Wilcox , D. A. Williams

On the Origin of TeV Gamma-ray Emission from HESS J1834-087

We present an X-ray study of the field containing the extended TeV source HESS J1834-087 using data obtained with the XMM-Newton telescope. Previously, the coincidence of this source with both the shell-type supernova remnant (SNR) W41 and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 R. Mukherjee , E. V. Gotthelf , J. P. Halpern

Millisecond Pulsars, TeV Halos, and Implications For The Galactic Center Gamma-Ray Excess

Observations by HAWC indicate that many young pulsars (including Geminga and Monogem) are surrounded by spatially extended, multi-TeV emitting regions. It is not currently known, however, whether TeV emission is also produced by recycled,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-15 Dan Hooper , Tim Linden

Eight gamma-ray pulsars discovered in blind frequency searches of Fermi LAT data

We report the discovery of eight gamma-ray pulsars in blind frequency searches using the LAT, onboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Five of the eight pulsars are young (tau_c<100 kyr), energetic (Edot>10^36 erg/s), and located within…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 P. M. Saz Parkinson , M. Dormody , M. Ziegler , P. S. Ray , A. A. Abdo , J. Ballet , M. G. Baring , A. Belfiore , T. H. Burnett , G. A. Caliandro , F. Camilo , P. A. Caraveo , A. de Luca , E. C. Ferrara , P. C. C. Freire , J. E. Grove , C. Gwon , A. K. Harding , R. P. Johnson , T. J. Johnson , S. Johnston , M. Keith , M. Kerr , J. Knödlseder , A. Makeev , M. Marelli , P. F. Michelson , D. Parent , S. M. Ransom , O. Reimer , R. W. Romani , D. A. Smith , D. J. Thompson , K. Watters , P. Weltevrede , M. T. Wolff , K. S. Wood

Pulsars in a Bubble? Following Electron Diffusion in the Galaxy with TeV Gamma Rays

TeV Halos, extended regions of TeV gamma-ray emission around middle-aged pulsars, have recently been established as a new source class in gamma-ray astronomy. These halos have been attributed to relativistic electrons and positrons that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-20 H. Fleischhack , A. Albert , C. Alvarez , R. Arceo , J. F. Beacom , R. Bird , C. A. Brisbois , K. S. Caballero-Mora , A. Carraminana , S. Casanova , P. Cristofari , P. Coppi , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , K. L. Engel , J. A. Goodman , T. Greenshaw , J. P. Harding , B. Hona , P. H. Huentemeyer , H. Li , T. Linden , K. Malone , J. Martinez-Castro , M. A. Mostafa , M. U. Nisa , C. Riviere , F. Salesa Greus , A. Sandoval , A. J. Smith , W. Springer , T. Sudoh , K. Tollefson , A. Zepeda , H. Zhou