2022MNRAS.514..762H -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 514, 762-779 (2022/July-3)
Unveiling the nature of the unidentified gamma-ray sources 4FGL J1908.6+0915e, HESS J1907+089/HOTS J1907+091, and 3HWC J1907+085 in the sky region of the magnetar SGR 1900+14.
HNATYK B., HNATYK R., ZHDANOV V. and VOITSEKHOVSKYI V.
Abstract (from CDS):
Supernova remnants (SNRs), star formation regions (SFRs), and pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) are prime candidates for Galactic PeVatrons. The non-thermal high-energy (HE, ε > 100 MeV) and very high-energy (VHE, ε > 100 GeV) γ-ray emission from these sources should be a promising manifestation of acceleration processes. We investigate the possibility to explain the HE and VHE γ-ray emission from the sky region of the magnetar SGR 1900+14 as a signature of cosmic rays accelerated in above-mentioned sources. To this end, we simulate the γ-ray emission from the extended Fermi-LAT HE source 4FGL J1908.6+0915e, the extended VHE H.E.S.S. source candidate HOTS J1907+091, and the point-like HAWC TeV source 3HWC J1907+085, which are spatially coincident with the SNR G42.8+0.6, the magnetar SGR 1900+14, and the star-forming region W49A. The simulations are performed within the hadronic and leptonic models. We show that the observed γ-ray emission from the region of the magnetar SGR 1900+14 can, in principle, include contributions of different intensities from all three types of (potentially confused) sources. The considered in detail cases of a magnetar-connected but still undetected SNR and a PWN are the most promising ones, but with a serious requirement on the energy reserve of radiated CR particles - of the order of 1051d0kpc2 erg for sources at a distance of d ∼ 10 kpc. Such energy reserve can be provided by the magnetar-related hypernova and/or magnetar wind nebula remnant created by the newborn millisecond magnetar with the large supply of rotational energy Erot ∼ 1052 erg.
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© 2022 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society
Journal keyword(s):
acceleration of particles - radiation mechanisms: non-thermal - stars: magnetars - ISM: supernova remnants
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