The LHAASO PeVatron bright sky: What we learned

M Cardillo, A Giuliani - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The recent detection of 12 γ-ray galactic sources well above E> 100 TeV by the LHAASO
observatory has been a breakthrough in the context of the search for the origin of cosmic …

Cosmic ray processes in galactic ecosystems

ER Owen, K Wu, Y Inoue, HYK Yang, AMW Mitchell - Galaxies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Galaxy evolution is an important topic, and our physical understanding must be complete to
establish a correct picture. This includes a thorough treatment of feedback. The effects of …

Massive star cluster origin for the galactic cosmic ray population at very-high energies

T Vieu, B Reville - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We demonstrate that supernova remnant (SNR) shocks embedded within massive star
clusters can reproduce both the cosmic-ray proton and all-particle spectra measured in the …

Galactic diffuse neutrino emission from sources beyond the discovery horizon

A Ambrosone, KM Groth, E Peretti, M Ahlers - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory has recently reported strong evidence for neutrino
emission from the Galactic plane. The signal is consistent with model predictions of diffuse …

The contribution of winds from star clusters to the Galactic cosmic-ray population

G Peron, S Casanova, S Gabici, V Baghmanyan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Cosmic rays (CR) are energetic nuclei that permeate the entire Galactic disk. Their existence
requires the presence of powerful particle accelerators. While Galactic supernova …

Detection of extended γ-ray emission around the Geminga pulsar with HESS

F Aharonian, FA Benkhali, J Aschersleben… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
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 …

Observation of the Galactic Center PeVatron beyond 100 TeV with HAWC

A Albert, R Alfaro, C Alvarez, A Andrés… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We report an observation of ultrahigh-energy (UHE) gamma rays from the Galactic center
(GC) region, using 7 yr of data collected by the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) …

Understanding the TeV γ-ray emission surrounding the young massive star cluster Westerlund 1

LK Härer, B Reville, J Hinton, L Mohrmann… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Young massive star clusters (YMCs) have increasingly become the focus of
discussions on the origin of galactic cosmic rays (CRs). The proposition that CRs are …

The hunt for PeVatrons as the origin of the most energetic photons observed in the Galaxy

E de Oña Wilhelmi, R López-Coto, F Aharonian… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Ultrarelativistic particles called cosmic rays permeate the Milky Way, propagating through
the turbulent Galactic magnetic fields. The mechanisms under which these particles …

X-ray emission from Westerlund 2 detected by SRG/ART-XC and Chandra: search for radiation of TeV leptons

AM Bykov, YA Uvarov, ME Kalyashova… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present the results of current observations of the young compact cluster of massive stars
Westerlund 2 (Wd2) with the Mikhail Pavlinsky ART-XC telescope aboard the Spectrum …