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Slow diffusion around pulsar $\gamma$-ray halos and its impact on cosmic rays propagation

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2023-08-17 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

The diffusion coefficients around the pulsar γ\gamma-ray halos are highly suppressed compared with the value in the interstellar medium. It is suggested in the literature that the γ\gamma-ray halos can be explained by a ballistic-diffusive (BD) propagation without slow diffusion. However our calculation shows that the BD propagation can not account for the γ\gamma-ray halo profile well. Furthermore the transfer efficiency of the pulsar spin down energy to the high energy electrons and positrons is even larger than 1 in the BD scenario. Therefore slow diffusion is necessary to account for the pulsar γ\gamma-ray halos. Taking the slow diffusion into account the contribution of positron flux originated from nearby pulsars to the AMS-02 data is reexamined. We may also expect a slow diffusion disk of the Milky Way as many such slow diffusion regions exist. The positron contribution to the AMS-02 data from dark matter annihilation in the new propagation model is also reexamined. We find that the dark matter scenario satisfies all the γ\gamma-ray limits in the new propagation model.

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@article{arxiv.2308.08099,
  title  = {Slow diffusion around pulsar $\gamma$-ray halos and its impact on cosmic rays propagation},
  author = {Xiao-Jun Bi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.08099},
  year   = {2023}
}

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10 pages, 8 figures. Proceedings of the 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2023) in Nagoya, Japan

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