Constraints on Hadronic Contributions to LHAASO Sources with Neutrino Observations

May 20, 2021
11 pages
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  • Astrophys.J. 925 (2022) 1, 85
  • Published: Jan 27, 2022
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Abstract: (IOP)
The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) detected 12 gamma-ray sources above 100 TeV, which are the possible origins of Galactic cosmic-rays. We summarize the neutrino measurements by IceCube and ANTARES in the vicinity of LHAASO sources to constrain the contribution of hadronic gamma-rays in these sources. We find that the current observations constrain hadronic gamma-rays to contribute no more than ∼60% of the gamma-rays from the Crab Nebula. Gamma-rays from two LHAASO sources, LHAASO J1825−1326 and LHAASO J1907+0626, are dominated by leptonic components up to ∼200 TeV, under the hypotheses in the analysis by IceCube. The uncertainties of the constraint on the hadronic gamma-ray emission are discussed. We also constrain the total 100 TeV gamma-ray emission from TeV pulsar wind nebulae by relying on the remarkable sensitivity of LHAASO at that energy.
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  • 11 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables, accepted by ApJ
  • Gamma-ray astronomy (628)
  • Cosmic ray sources (328)
  • Neutrino astronomy (1100)
  • cosmic radiation: galaxy
  • gamma ray: emission
  • TeV
  • IceCube
  • sensitivity
  • ANTARES
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