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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

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

We report the detection of pulsed gamma-ray emission from the Geminga pulsar (PSR J0633+1746) between $15\,$GeV and $75\,$GeV. This is the first time a middle-aged pulsar has been detected up to these energies. Observations were carried out…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-23 MAGIC Collaboration , V. A. Acciari , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , A. Arbet Engels , K. Asano , D. Baack , A. Babić , A. Baquero , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , L. Bellizzi , E. Bernardini , M. Bernardos , A. Berti , J. Besenrieder , W. Bhattacharyya , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , O. Blanch , G. Bonnoli , Ž. Bošnjak , G. Busetto , R. Carosi , G. Ceribella , M. Cerruti , Y. Chai , A. Chilingarian , S. Cikota , S. M. Colak , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , G. D'Amico , V. D'Elia , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , M. Delfino , J. Delgado , C. Delgado Mendez , D. Depaoli , T. Di Girolamo , F. Di Pierro , L. Di Venere , E. Do Souto Espi\ neira , D. Dominis Prester , A. Donini , D. Dorner , M. Doro , D. Elsaesser , V. Fallah Ramazani , A. Fattorini , G. Ferrara , L. Foffano , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , C. Fruck , S. Fukami , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , S. Gasparyan , M. Gaug , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , P. Gliwny , N. Godinović , J. G. Green , D. Green , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , L. Heckmann , J. Herrera , J. Hoang , D. Hrupec , M. Hütten , T. Inada , S. Inoue , K. Ishio , Y. Iwamura , J. Jormanainen , L. Jouvin , Y. Kajiwara , M. Karjalainen , D. Kerszberg , Y. Kobayashi , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. Lamastra , D. Lelas , F. Leone , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , R. López-Coto , M. López-Moya , A. López-Oramas , S. Loporchio , B. Machado de Oliveira Fraga , C. Maggio , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , M. Mallamaci , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , D. Mazin , S. Mender , S. Mićanović , D. Miceli , T. Miener , M. Minev , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , E. Molina , A. Moralejo , D. Morcuende , V. Moreno , E. Moretti , P. Munar-Adrover , V. Neustroev , C. Nigro , K. Nilsson , D. Ninci , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , S. Nozaki , Y. Ohtani , T. Oka , J. Otero-Santos , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , L. Pavletić , P. Pe\ nil , C. Perennes , M. Persic , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , C. Priyadarshi , I. Puljak , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , C. Righi , A. Rugliancich , L. Saha , N. Sahakyan , T. Saito , S. Sakurai , K. Satalecka , F. G. Saturni , B. Schleicher , K. Schmidt , T. Schweizer , J. Sitarek , I. Šnidarić , D. Sobczynska , A. Spolon , A. Stamerra , D. Strom , M. Strzys , Y. Suda , T. Surić , M. Takahashi , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , M. Teshima , N. Torres-Albà , L. Tosti , S. Truzzi , A. Tutone , J. van Scherpenberg , G. Vanzo , M. Vazquez Acosta , S. Ventura , V. Verguilov , C. F. Vigorito , V. Vitale , I. Vovk , M. Will , D. Zarić , K. Hirotani , P. M. Saz Parkinson

We discuss $\gamma$-ray emissions from the outer gap accelerators of middle-aged pulsars for part of the series of our studies. A two-dimensional electrodynamic model is used to solve the distribution of accelerating electric fields with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Takata , H. -K. Chang

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

We present the results of deep X-ray and gamma-ray observations of the Geminga pulsar obtained in the final years of the ASCA and CGRO missions, and an upper limit from RXTE. A phase-connected ephemeris from the gamma-rays is derived that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. S. Jackson , J. P. Halpern , E. V. Gotthelf , J. R. Mattox

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 EGRET catalogue of unidentified X-ray sources has more objects along the galactic disk than at high galactic latitude, where identifications are comparatively easier. On the other hand, the Egret/GRO mission has already identified…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 P. A. Caraveo , G. F. Bignami

Context: GeV gamma-ray pulsations from over 140 pulsars have been characterized using the Fermi Large Area Telescope, enabling improved understanding of the emission regions within the neutron star magnetospheres, and the contributions of…

Detailed observation by the High-Altitude Water Cerenkov Observatory of the regions within about 20 pc of the nearby Geminga and PSR B0656+14 pulsars have suggested the need for the diffusion coefficient of 10-100 TeV leptons yielding the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-20 J J Quenby

The recently identified source class of pulsar haloes may be numerous and bright enough in the TeV range to constitute a large fraction of the sources that will be observed with the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). In this work, we quantify…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-15 Christopher Eckner , Veronika Vodeb , Pierrick Martin , Gabrijela Zaharijas , Francesca Calore

Pulsar halos are produced by electrons and positrons diffusing in the interstellar medium around their parent pulsar wind nebulae. Recent observations by HAWC and LHAASO have revealed asymmetric morphologies in the halos surrounding Geminga…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-25 Si-Zhe Wu , Chao-Ming Li , Ruo-Yu Liu

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

Isolated neutron stars are seen in x-rays through their nonthermal and/or surface thermal emissions. XMM-Newton observations of the Geminga pulsar show a 43 electron volt spectrum from the whole neutron star surface, as well as a power-law…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. A. Caraveo , A. De Luca , S. Mereghetti , A. Pellizzoni , G. F. Bignami

Timing of Geminga gamma-ray pulsar is done using data of COS B and EGRET. It is shown, that errors in angular coordinates of sources similar to Geminga strongly influence a determination of $\ddot \nu$, so that at angular precision less…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan , S. V. Repin

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

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

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…

Pulsed emission from gamma-ray pulsars originates inside the magnetosphere, from radiation by charged particles accelerated near the magnetic poles or in the outer gaps. In polar cap models, the high energy spectrum is cut off by magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Alice K. Harding