2023A&A...673A.148H

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2023A&A...673A.148H - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 673A148 (2023/5-1)

Detection of extended γ-ray emission around the Geminga pulsar with H.E.S.S.

HESS COLLABORATION, AHARONIAN F., AIT BENKHALI F., ASCHERSLEBEN J., ASHKAR H., BACKES M., BARBOSA MARTINS V., BATZOFIN R., BECHERINI Y., BERGE D., BERNLOHR K., BI B., BOTTCHER M., BOISSON C., BOLMONT J., BOROWSKA J., BOUYAHIAOUI M., BRADASCIO F., BROSE R., BRUN F., BRUNO B., BULIK T., BURGER-SCHEIDLIN C., CANGEMI F., CAROFF S., CASANOVA S., CELIC J., CERRUTI M., CHAMBERY P., CHAND T., CHANDRA S., CHEN A., CHIBUEZE J., CHIBUEZE O., COTTER G., DAMASCENE MBARUBUCYEYE J., DEVIN J., DJANNATI-ATAI A., DMYTRIIEV A., EGBERTS K., EINECKE S., ERNENWEIN J.-P., FEIJEN K., FICHET DE CLAIRFONTAINE G., FILIPOVIC M., FONTAINE G., FUSSLING M., FUNK S., GABICI S., GALLANT Y.A., GHAFOURIZADEH S., GIAVITTO G., GIUNTI L., GLAWION D., GLICENSTEIN J.F., GOSWAMI P., GROLLERON G., GRONDIN M.-H., HAERER L., HAUPT M., HERMANN G., HINTON J.A., HOFMANN W., HOLCH T.L., HOLLER M., HORNS D., HUANG Z., JAMROZY M., JANKOWSKY F., JOSHI V., JUNG-RICHARDT I., KASAI E., KATARZYNSKI K., KHELIFI B., KLUZNIAK W., KOMIN N., KOSACK K., KOSTUNIN D., LANG R.G., LE STUM S., LEITL F., LEMIERE A., LEMOINE-GOUMARD M., LENAIN J.-P., LEUSCHNER F., LOHSE T., LUASHVILI A., LYPOVA I., MACKEY J., MALYSHEV D., MARANDON V., MARCHEGIANI P., MARCOWITH A., MARINOS P., MARTI-DEVESA G., MARX R., MAURIN G., MEINTJES P.J., MEYER M., MITCHELL A., MODERSKI R., MOHRMANN L., MONTANARI A., MOULIN E., MULLER J., NAKASHIMA K., DE NAUROIS M., NIEMIEC J., NOEL A.P., O'BRIEN P., OHM S., OLIVERA-NIETO L., DE ONA WILHELMI E., OSTROWSKI M., PANNY S., PANTER M., PARSONS R.D., PERON G., PROKHOROV D.A., PUHLHOFER G., QUIRRENBACH A., REIMER A., REIMER O., RENAUD M., REVILLE B., RIEGER F., ROWELL G., RUDAK B., RUEDA RICARTE H., RUIZ-VELASCO E., SAHAKIAN V., SALZMANN H., SANTANGELO A., SASAKI M., SCHUSSLER F., SCHUTTE H.M., SCHWANKE U., SHAPOPI J.N.S., SINHA A., SOL H., SPECOVIUS A., SPENCER S., STAWARZ L., STEINMASSL S., SUSHCH I., SUZUKI H., TAKAHASHI T., TANAKA T., TAVERNIER T., TAYLOR A.M., TERRIER R., THORPE-MORGAN C., TSIROU M., TSUJI N., VECCHI M., VENTER C., VINK J., WAGNER S.J., WHITE R., WIERZCHOLSKA A., WONG Y.W., ZACHARIAS M., ZARGARYAN D., ZDZIARSKI A.A., ZECH A., ZOUARI S. and ZYWUCKA N.

Abstract (from CDS):

Geminga is an enigmatic radio-quiet γ-ray pulsar located at a mere 250 pc distance from Earth. Extended very-high-energy γ-ray emission around the pulsar was discovered by Milagro and later confirmed by HAWC, which are both water Cherenkov detector-based experiments. However, evidence for the Geminga pulsar wind nebula in gamma rays has long evaded detection by imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) despite targeted observations. The detection of γ-ray emission on angular scales ≳2º poses a considerable challenge for the background estimation in IACT data analysis. With recent developments in understanding the complementary background estimation techniques of water Cherenkov and atmospheric Cherenkov instruments, the H.E.S.S. IACT array can now confirm the detection of highly extended γ-ray emission around the Geminga pulsar with a radius of at least 3º in the energy range 0.5-40 TeV. We find no indications for statistically significant asymmetries or energy-dependent morphology. A flux normalisation of (2.8 ± 0.7) × 10–12 cm–2 s–1 TeV–1 at 1 TeV is obtained within a 1º radius region around the pulsar. To investigate the particle transport within the halo of energetic leptons around the pulsar, we fitted an electron diffusion model to the data. The normalisation of the diffusion coefficient obtained of D0 = 7.6–1.2+1.5 × 1027 cm2 s–1, at an electron energy of 100 TeV, is compatible with values previously reported for the pulsar halo around Geminga, which is considerably below the Galactic average.

Abstract Copyright: © The Authors 2023

Journal keyword(s): gamma rays: general - acceleration of particles - pulsars: general - diffusion

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Number of rows : 4
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 NAME Reticulum II G 03 35 42.1 -54 02 57           ~ 375 0
2 PSR J0633+1746 Psr 06 33 54.153 +17 46 12.91           ~ 1308 0
3 PSR B0656+14 Psr 06 59 48.18800 +14 14 19.2000   24.85 24.90     ~ 943 1
4 NAME Tuc III G 23 56.6 -59 36           ~ 229 0

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