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href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.12767">arXiv:2501.12767</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.12767">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2501.12767">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Massive star clusters in the gamma-ray sky: the role of HII regions </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Peron%2C+G">Giada Peron</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Morlino%2C+G">Giovanni Morlino</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Gabici%2C+S">Stefano Gabici</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">Elena Amato</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2501.12767v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Massive Star Clusters (SCs) have been proposed as important CR sources, with the potential of explaining the high-energy end of the Galactic cosmic-ray (CR) spectrum, that Supernova Remnants (SNRs) seem unable to account for. Thanks to fast mass losses due to the collective stellar winds, the environment around SCs is potentially suitable for particle acceleration up to PeV energies and the energe… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2501.12767v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2501.12767v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2501.12767v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Massive Star Clusters (SCs) have been proposed as important CR sources, with the potential of explaining the high-energy end of the Galactic cosmic-ray (CR) spectrum, that Supernova Remnants (SNRs) seem unable to account for. Thanks to fast mass losses due to the collective stellar winds, the environment around SCs is potentially suitable for particle acceleration up to PeV energies and the energetics is enough to account for a large fraction of the Galactic CRs, if the system is efficient enough. A handful of star clusters have been detected in gamma-rays confirming the idea that particle acceleration is taking place in this environment. However, contamination by other sources often makes it difficult to constrain the contribution arising from SCs only. Here we present a new analysis of Fermi-LAT data collected towards a few massive young star clusters. The young age (< 3 Myr) of the clusters guarantees that no SN has exploded in the region, allowing us to determine the power contributed by the stellar component alone, and to quantify the contribution of this type of sources to the bulk of CRs. Moreover, we will present a recent statistical investigation that quantifies the degree of correlation between gamma-ray sources and these astrophysical objects and briefly discuss the observational prospect for ASTRI and CTAO. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2501.12767v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2501.12767v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 22 January, 2025; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> January 2025. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Proceeding presented at the 8th Heidelberg International Symposium on High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.11630">arXiv:2501.11630</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.11630">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2501.11630">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Gamma ray emission from embedded young massive star clusters unveiled by Fermi-LAT </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Peron%2C+G">Giada Peron</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Morlino%2C+G">Giovanni Morlino</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">Elena Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Menchiari%2C+S">Stefano Menchiari</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2501.11630v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Massive star clusters (SCs) have been proposed as additional contributors to Galactic Cosmic rays (CRs), to overcome the limitations of supernova remnants (SNR) to reach the highest energy end of the Galactic CR spectrum. Thanks to fast mass losses through collective stellar winds, the environment around SCs is potentially suitable for particle acceleration up to PeV energies. A handful of star cl… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2501.11630v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2501.11630v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2501.11630v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Massive star clusters (SCs) have been proposed as additional contributors to Galactic Cosmic rays (CRs), to overcome the limitations of supernova remnants (SNR) to reach the highest energy end of the Galactic CR spectrum. Thanks to fast mass losses through collective stellar winds, the environment around SCs is potentially suitable for particle acceleration up to PeV energies. A handful of star clusters has been detected in gamma-rays confirming the idea that particle acceleration is taking place in these environments. Here we present a new analysis of Fermi-LAT data collected towards a few massive young star clusters and estimate the contribution of these types of sources to the bulk of CRs. We then briefly discuss the observational prospects for ASTRI and CTAO. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2501.11630v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2501.11630v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 20 January, 2025; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> January 2025. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Accepted for publication in EPJ Web Conf. Proceedings of RICAP 2024</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.11439">arXiv:2411.11439</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2411.11439">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2411.11439">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Interpreting the LHAASO Galactic diffuse emission data </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Vecchiotti%2C+V">Vittoria Vecchiotti</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Peron%2C+G">Giada Peron</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">Elena Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Menchiari%2C+S">Stefano Menchiari</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Morlino%2C+G">Giovanni Morlino</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Pagliaroli%2C+G">Giulia Pagliaroli</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Villante%2C+F+L">Francesco L. Villante</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2411.11439v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Recently, the Large High-Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) collaboration has obtained a measurement of the gamma-ray diffuse emission in the ultra-high energy range, $10-10^3$ TeV after masking the contribution of known sources. The measurement appears to be 2-3 times higher than the gamma-ray signal expected from the hadronic interactions of diffuse cosmic rays with the interstellar medium… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2411.11439v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2411.11439v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2411.11439v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Recently, the Large High-Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) collaboration has obtained a measurement of the gamma-ray diffuse emission in the ultra-high energy range, $10-10^3$ TeV after masking the contribution of known sources. The measurement appears to be 2-3 times higher than the gamma-ray signal expected from the hadronic interactions of diffuse cosmic rays with the interstellar medium, potentially suggesting a contribution from unresolved sources. However, estimates of the diffuse emission are affected by large uncertainties that must be accounted for. In this work, we calculate the hadronic gamma-ray diffuse emission including uncertainties in the gas content of the Galactic disk, in the energy and spatial distribution of cosmic rays as well as in the hadronic interaction cross-section. We show that the LHAASO data above $\sim 30$ TeV are consistent with the gamma-ray diffuse emission model when all these uncertainties are taken into account. This implies that, with the current data in this energy range, there is no need to invoke a cosmic ray spectral variation toward the Galactic center, nor a dominant contribution from unresolved sources. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2411.11439v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2411.11439v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 18 November, 2024; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> November 2024. </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.00659">arXiv:2409.00659</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.00659">pdf</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s40766-024-00059-8">10.1007/s40766-024-00059-8 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Gamma-ray halos around pulsars: impact on pulsar wind physics and galactic cosmic ray transport </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">Elena Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Recchia%2C+S">Sarah Recchia</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2409.00659v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> TeV haloes are a recently discovered class of very high energy gamma-ray emitters. These sources consist of extended regions of multi-TeV emission, originally observed around the two well-known and nearby pulsars, Geminga and PSR B0656+14 (Monogem), and possibly, with different degrees of confidence, around few more objects with similar age. Since their discovery, TeV haloes have raised much inter… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2409.00659v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2409.00659v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2409.00659v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> TeV haloes are a recently discovered class of very high energy gamma-ray emitters. These sources consist of extended regions of multi-TeV emission, originally observed around the two well-known and nearby pulsars, Geminga and PSR B0656+14 (Monogem), and possibly, with different degrees of confidence, around few more objects with similar age. Since their discovery, TeV haloes have raised much interest in a large part of the scientific community, for the implications their presence can have on a broad range of topics spanning from pulsar physics to cosmic ray physics and dark matter indirect searches. In this article, we review the reasons of interest for TeV haloes and the current status of observations. We discuss the proposed theoretical models and their implications, and conclude with an overlook on the prospects for better understanding this phenomenon. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2409.00659v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2409.00659v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 1 September, 2024; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> September 2024. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">54 pages, 14 figures. Riv. Nuovo Cim. (2024)</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.04973">arXiv:2408.04973</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2408.04973">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2408.04973">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> On the correlation between young massive star clusters and gamma-ray unassociated sources </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Peron%2C+G">Giada Peron</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Morlino%2C+G">Giovanni Morlino</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Gabici%2C+S">Stefano Gabici</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">Elena Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Purushothaman%2C+A">Archana Purushothaman</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Brusa%2C+M">Marcella Brusa</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2408.04973v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Star clusters (SCs) are potential cosmic-ray (CR) accelerators and therefore are expected to emit high-energy radiation. However, a clear detection of gamma-ray emission from this source class has only been possible for a handful of cases. This could in principle result from two different reasons: either detectable SCs are limited to a small fraction of the total number of Galactic SCs, or gamma-r… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2408.04973v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2408.04973v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2408.04973v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Star clusters (SCs) are potential cosmic-ray (CR) accelerators and therefore are expected to emit high-energy radiation. However, a clear detection of gamma-ray emission from this source class has only been possible for a handful of cases. This could in principle result from two different reasons: either detectable SCs are limited to a small fraction of the total number of Galactic SCs, or gamma-ray-emitting SCs are not recognized as such and therefore are listed in the ensemble of unidentified sources. In this Letter we investigate this latter scenario, by comparing available catalogs of SCs and HII regions, obtained from Gaia and WISE observations, to the gamma-ray GeV and TeV catalogs built from Fermi-LAT, H.E.S.S. and LHAASO data. The significance of the correlation between catalogs is evaluated by comparing the results with simulations of synthetic populations. A strong correlation emerges between Fermi-LAT unidentified sources and HII regions which trace massive SCs in the earliest (< 1-2 Myr) phase of their life, where no supernova explosions have happened yet, confirming that winds of massive stars can alone accelerate particles and produce gamma-ray emission at least up to GeV energies. The association with TeV-energies sources is less evident. Similarly, no significant association is found between Gaia SCs and GeV nor TeV sources. We ascribe this fact to the larger extension of these objects, but also to an intrinsic bias in the Gaia selection towards SCs surrounded by a lower target gas density, that would otherwise hinder the detection in the optical waveband. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2408.04973v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2408.04973v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 9 August, 2024; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> August 2024. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Accepted for publication in ApJL</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.04087">arXiv:2406.04087</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2406.04087">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2406.04087">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Contribution of young massive star clusters to Galactic diffuse $纬$-ray emission </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Menchiari%2C+S">Stefano Menchiari</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Morlino%2C+G">Giovanni Morlino</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">Elena Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bucciantini%2C+N">Niccol貌 Bucciantini</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Peron%2C+G">Giada Peron</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Sacco%2C+G">Germano Sacco</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2406.04087v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Context: Young massive stellar clusters (YMSCs) have emerged as potential $纬$-ray sources, after the recent association of a dozen YMSCs with extended $纬$-ray emission. The large size of the detected halos, comparable to that of the wind-blown bubble expected around YMSCs, makes the $纬$-ray detection of individual YMSCs rather challenging. As a result, the emission from most of the Galactic YMSCs… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2406.04087v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2406.04087v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2406.04087v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Context: Young massive stellar clusters (YMSCs) have emerged as potential $纬$-ray sources, after the recent association of a dozen YMSCs with extended $纬$-ray emission. The large size of the detected halos, comparable to that of the wind-blown bubble expected around YMSCs, makes the $纬$-ray detection of individual YMSCs rather challenging. As a result, the emission from most of the Galactic YMSCs could be unresolved, thus contributing to the diffuse $纬$-ray radiation observed along the Galactic Plane. Aims: In this study, we estimate the possible contribution to the Galactic diffuse $纬$-ray emission from a synthetic population of YMSCs, and we compare it with observations obtained with different experiments, from 1 GeV to hundreds of TeV, in two regions of the Galactic Plane. Methods: As the population of galactic YMSCs is only known locally, we evaluate the contribution of $纬$-ray emission relying on the simulation of synthetic populations of YMSCs based on the observed properties of local clusters. We compute the $纬$-ray emission from each cluster assuming that the radiation is purely hadronic in nature and produced by cosmic rays accelerated at the cluster's collective wind termination shock. Results: We find that the $纬$-ray emission from unresolved YMSCs can significantly contribute to the observed Galactic diffuse flux, especially in the inner part of the Galaxy, and that an important role is played by the power injected by Wolf-Rayet stellar winds. The predicted $纬$-ray flux should be considered as a lower limit, given that our calculation neglects the contribution of supernovae exploding in YMSCs. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2406.04087v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2406.04087v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 20 January, 2025; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 6 June, 2024; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> June 2024. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Accepted for publication on A&A (20/01/2025)</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.16591">arXiv:2404.16591</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2404.16591">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2404.16591">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> The hunt of PeVatrons as the origin of the most energetic photons observed in our Galaxy </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Wilhelmi%2C+E+d+O">Emma de O帽a Wilhelmi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=L%C3%B3pez-Coto%2C+R">Rub茅n L贸pez-Coto</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aharonian%2C+F">Felix Aharonian</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">Elena Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Cao%2C+Z">Zhen Cao</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Gabici%2C+S">Stefano Gabici</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Hinton%2C+J">Jim Hinton</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2404.16591v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Ultrarelativistic particles called cosmic rays permeate the Milky Way, propagating through the Galactic turbulent magnetic fields. The mechanisms under which these particles increase their energy can be reasonably described by current theories of acceleration and propagation of cosmic rays. There are, however, still many open questions as to how to reach petaelectronvolt (PeV) energies, the maximu… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2404.16591v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2404.16591v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2404.16591v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Ultrarelativistic particles called cosmic rays permeate the Milky Way, propagating through the Galactic turbulent magnetic fields. The mechanisms under which these particles increase their energy can be reasonably described by current theories of acceleration and propagation of cosmic rays. There are, however, still many open questions as to how to reach petaelectronvolt (PeV) energies, the maximum energy believed to be attained in our Galaxy, and in which astrophysical sources (dubbed {\it PeVatrons}) this ultra-high energy acceleration happens. In this article, we describe the theoretical conditions for plasma acceleration to these energies, and the Galactic sources in which these conditions are possible. These theoretical predictions are then confronted with the latest experimental results, summarising the state-of-the-art of our current knowledge of PeVatrons. We finally describe the prospects to keep advancing the understanding of these elusive objects, still unidentified more than one hundred years after the discovery of cosmic rays. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2404.16591v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2404.16591v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 25 April, 2024; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> April 2024. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Published in Nature Astronomy, Volume 8, pages 425-431 (2024)</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.04857">arXiv:2403.04857</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2403.04857">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2403.04857">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Physics - Phenomenology">hep-ph</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Physics - Experiment">hep-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2024/07/047">10.1088/1475-7516/2024/07/047 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Dark Matter Line Searches with the Cherenkov Telescope Array </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Abe%2C+S">S. Abe</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Abhir%2C+J">J. Abhir</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Abhishek%2C+A">A. Abhishek</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Acero%2C+F">F. Acero</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Acharyya%2C+A">A. Acharyya</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Adam%2C+R">R. Adam</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aguasca-Cabot%2C+A">A. Aguasca-Cabot</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Agudo%2C+I">I. Agudo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aguirre-Santaella%2C+A">A. Aguirre-Santaella</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Alfaro%2C+J">J. Alfaro</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Alfaro%2C+R">R. Alfaro</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Alvarez-Crespo%2C+N">N. Alvarez-Crespo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Batista%2C+R+A">R. Alves Batista</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amans%2C+J+-">J. -P. Amans</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">E. Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ambrosi%2C+G">G. Ambrosi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Angel%2C+L">L. Angel</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aramo%2C+C">C. Aramo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Arcaro%2C+C">C. Arcaro</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Arnesen%2C+T+T+H">T. T. H. Arnesen</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Arrabito%2C+L">L. Arrabito</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Asano%2C+K">K. Asano</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ascasibar%2C+Y">Y. Ascasibar</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aschersleben%2C+J">J. Aschersleben</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ashkar%2C+H">H. Ashkar</a> , et al. (540 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2403.04857v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Monochromatic gamma-ray signals constitute a potential smoking gun signature for annihilating or decaying dark matter particles that could relatively easily be distinguished from astrophysical or instrumental backgrounds. We provide an updated assessment of the sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) to such signals, based on observations of the Galactic centre region as well as of sele… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2403.04857v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2403.04857v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2403.04857v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Monochromatic gamma-ray signals constitute a potential smoking gun signature for annihilating or decaying dark matter particles that could relatively easily be distinguished from astrophysical or instrumental backgrounds. We provide an updated assessment of the sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) to such signals, based on observations of the Galactic centre region as well as of selected dwarf spheroidal galaxies. We find that current limits and detection prospects for dark matter masses above 300 GeV will be significantly improved, by up to an order of magnitude in the multi-TeV range. This demonstrates that CTA will set a new standard for gamma-ray astronomy also in this respect, as the world's largest and most sensitive high-energy gamma-ray observatory, in particular due to its exquisite energy resolution at TeV energies and the adopted observational strategy focussing on regions with large dark matter densities. Throughout our analysis, we use up-to-date instrument response functions, and we thoroughly model the effect of instrumental systematic uncertainties in our statistical treatment. We further present results for other potential signatures with sharp spectral features, e.g.~box-shaped spectra, that would likewise very clearly point to a particle dark matter origin. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2403.04857v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2403.04857v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 23 July, 2024; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 7 March, 2024; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> March 2024. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">44 pages JCAP style (excluding author list and references), 19 figures; minor changes to match published version</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> JCAP 07 (2024) 047 </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.03616">arXiv:2403.03616</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2403.03616">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2403.03616">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> The nature of the X-ray filaments around bow shock pulsar wind nebulae </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Olmi%2C+B">Barbara Olmi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">Elena Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bandiera%2C+R">Rino Bandiera</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Blasi%2C+P">Pasquale Blasi</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2403.03616v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Context. We propose that the X-ray filaments emerging from selected bow shock pulsar wind nebulae are due to a charge-separated outflow of electrons and/or positrons escaping the nebula and propagating along the local Galactic magnetic field. Aims. The X-ray brightness, length, and thickness of filaments are all accounted for if a nonresonant streaming instability is excited. Methods. This is poss… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2403.03616v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2403.03616v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2403.03616v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Context. We propose that the X-ray filaments emerging from selected bow shock pulsar wind nebulae are due to a charge-separated outflow of electrons and/or positrons escaping the nebula and propagating along the local Galactic magnetic field. Aims. The X-ray brightness, length, and thickness of filaments are all accounted for if a nonresonant streaming instability is excited. Methods. This is possible if particles are released in the interstellar medium as a collimated beam, as would be expected in a reconnection region between the nebular and interstellar magnetic fields. Results. We successfully test this idea on the Guitar Nebula filament and discuss other cases. Conclusions. These filaments provide the best diagnostics available for particle escape from evolved pulsar wind nebulae, a process essential to assessing the contribution of these sources to cosmic ray positrons. The same phenomenology might govern the occurrence of TeV halos and their importance for cosmic ray transport. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2403.03616v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2403.03616v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 6 March, 2024; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> March 2024. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">8 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.10912">arXiv:2402.10912</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.10912">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2402.10912">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Particle acceleration in pulsars and pulsar wind nebulae </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">Elena Amato</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2402.10912v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> These notes summarise the contents of the lectures I delivered at the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" on "Foundations of Cosmic Ray Astrophysics". The lectures were dealing with the physics of Pulsars and Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe) in the Cosmic Ray (CR) perspective. It has become now clear that the processes taking place in the environment of fast rotating, highly magnetized neutro… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2402.10912v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2402.10912v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2402.10912v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> These notes summarise the contents of the lectures I delivered at the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" on "Foundations of Cosmic Ray Astrophysics". The lectures were dealing with the physics of Pulsars and Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe) in the Cosmic Ray (CR) perspective. It has become now clear that the processes taking place in the environment of fast rotating, highly magnetized neutron stars, often detected as pulsars, play a crucial role in the formation of the CR spectrum detected at the Earth. These lectures discuss the main aspects of this connection. Pulsars are likely contributors of the CR lepton flux at the Earth thanks to their nature of electron-positron factories. Pulsars and their nebulae are the best potential leptonic PeVatron in the Galaxy, and the Crab Nebula, the prototype of the Pulsar Wind Nebula class is the only established PeVatron in the Galaxy. Pulsars are however also potential sources of high energy hadrons, up to the energies relevant for UHECRs. Pulsars and their nebulae are the best potential leptonic PeVatrons in the Galaxy, and the Crab Nebula, the prototype of the Pulsar Wind Nebula class, is the only established PeVatron in the Galaxy. Finally, regions of suppressed particle diffusion have been observed around evolved pulsars, the so-called TeV halos, which could have an impact on galactic CR transport. These lectures discuss the physics of pulsars and PWNe, summarising what we know about these systems and what pieces of information are still missing to fully assess their role in all the above mentioned Cosmic Ray connected aspects. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2402.10912v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2402.10912v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 15 January, 2024; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> February 2024. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">39 pages, 11 figures. To appear in "Foundations of Cosmic Ray Astrophysics", Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", Course 208, Varenna, 24-29 June 2022, edited by F. Aharonian, E. Amato, and P. Blasi</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.07784">arXiv:2402.07784</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.07784">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2402.07784">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Cygnus OB2 as a test case for particle acceleration in young massive star clusters </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Menchiari%2C+S">Stefano Menchiari</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Morlino%2C+G">Giovanni Morlino</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">Elena Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bucciantini%2C+N">Niccol貌 Bucciantini</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Beltr%C3%A1n%2C+M+T">Maria Teresa Beltr谩n</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2402.07784v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> In this paper, we focus on the scientific case of Cygnus OB2, a northern sky young massive stellar cluster (YMSC) located towards the Cygnus X star-forming complex. We consider a model that assumes cosmic ray acceleration occurring only at the termination shock of the collective wind of the YMSC and address the question of whether, and under what hypotheses, hadronic emission by the accelerated pa… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2402.07784v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2402.07784v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2402.07784v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> In this paper, we focus on the scientific case of Cygnus OB2, a northern sky young massive stellar cluster (YMSC) located towards the Cygnus X star-forming complex. We consider a model that assumes cosmic ray acceleration occurring only at the termination shock of the collective wind of the YMSC and address the question of whether, and under what hypotheses, hadronic emission by the accelerated particles can account for the observations of Cygnus OB2 obtained by Fermi-LAT, HAWC and LHAASO. In order to do so, we carefully review the available information on this source, also confronting different estimates of the relevant parameters with ad hoc developed simulations. Once other model parameters are fixed, the spectral and spatial properties of the emission are found to be very sensitive to the unknown properties of the turbulent magnetic field. Comparison with the data shows that our suggested scenario is incompatible with Kolmogorov turbulence. Assuming Kraichnan or Bohm type turbulence spectra, the model accounts well for the Very High Energy (VHE) data, but fails to reproduce the centrally peaked morphology observed by Fermi-LAT, suggesting that additional effects might be important for lower energy $纬$-ray emission. We discuss how additional progress can be made with a more detailed and extended knowledge of the spectral and morphological properties of the emission. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2402.07784v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2402.07784v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 12 February, 2024; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> February 2024. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Submitted to A&A. 15 pages, 8 figures plus appendices</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.15640">arXiv:2310.15640</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2310.15640">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2310.15640">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Contribution to Galactic cosmic rays from young stellar clusters </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Morlino%2C+G">G. Morlino</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Menchiari%2C+S">S. Menchiari</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">E. Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bucciantini%2C+N">N. Bucciantini</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2310.15640v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The origin of Galactic cosmic rays (CR) is still a matter of debate. Diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) applied to supernova remnant (SNR) shocks provides the most reliable explanation. However, within the current understanding of DSA several issues remain unsolved, like the CR maximum energy, the chemical composition and the transition region between Galactic and extra-Galactic CRs. These issues… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2310.15640v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2310.15640v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2310.15640v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The origin of Galactic cosmic rays (CR) is still a matter of debate. Diffusive shock acceleration (DSA) applied to supernova remnant (SNR) shocks provides the most reliable explanation. However, within the current understanding of DSA several issues remain unsolved, like the CR maximum energy, the chemical composition and the transition region between Galactic and extra-Galactic CRs. These issues motivate the search for other possible Galactic sources. Recently, several young stellar clusters (YSC) have been detected in gamma rays, suggesting that such objects could be powerful sources of Galactic CRs. The energy input could come from winds of massive stars hosted in the clusters which is a function of the cluster total mass and initial mass function of stars. In this work we evaluate the total CR flux produced by a synthetic population of YSCs assuming that the CR acceleration occurs at the termination shock of the collective wind resulting from the sum of cluster's stellar winds. We show that the spectrum produced by YSC can significantly contribute to energies $\gtrsim 100$ TeV if the diffusion inside the wind-blown bubble is Bohm-like and the spectral slope is harder than the one produced by SNRs. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2310.15640v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2310.15640v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 24 October, 2023; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> October 2023. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Proceeding to the International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2023, Nagoya, Japan</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.07413">arXiv:2310.07413</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2310.07413">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2310.07413">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Chasing Gravitational Waves with the Cherenkov Telescope Array </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Green%2C+J+G">Jarred Gershon Green</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Carosi%2C+A">Alessandro Carosi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Nava%2C+L">Lara Nava</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Patricelli%2C+B">Barbara Patricelli</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Sch%C3%BCssler%2C+F">Fabian Sch眉ssler</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Seglar-Arroyo%2C+M">Monica Seglar-Arroyo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Consortium%2C+C">Cta Consortium</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=%3A"> :</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Abe%2C+K">Kazuki Abe</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Abe%2C+S">Shotaro Abe</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Acharyya%2C+A">Atreya Acharyya</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Adam%2C+R">Remi Adam</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aguasca-Cabot%2C+A">Arnau Aguasca-Cabot</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Agudo%2C+I">Ivan Agudo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Alfaro%2C+J">Jorge Alfaro</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Alvarez-Crespo%2C+N">Nuria Alvarez-Crespo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Batista%2C+R+A">Rafael Alves Batista</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amans%2C+J">Jean-Philippe Amans</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">Elena Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ambrosino%2C+F">Filippo Ambrosino</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ang%C3%BCner%2C+E+O">Ekrem Oguzhan Ang眉ner</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Antonelli%2C+L+A">Lucio Angelo Antonelli</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aramo%2C+C">Carla Aramo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Arcaro%2C+C">Cornelia Arcaro</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Arrabito%2C+L">Luisa Arrabito</a> , et al. (545 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2310.07413v3-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The detection of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star merger by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (GW170817), along with the discovery of the electromagnetic counterparts of this gravitational wave event, ushered in a new era of multimessenger astronomy, providing the first direct evidence that BNS mergers are progenitors of short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Such events may also produce very… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2310.07413v3-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2310.07413v3-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2310.07413v3-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The detection of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star merger by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (GW170817), along with the discovery of the electromagnetic counterparts of this gravitational wave event, ushered in a new era of multimessenger astronomy, providing the first direct evidence that BNS mergers are progenitors of short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Such events may also produce very-high-energy (VHE, > 100GeV) photons which have yet to be detected in coincidence with a gravitational wave signal. The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a next-generation VHE observatory which aims to be indispensable in this search, with an unparalleled sensitivity and ability to slew anywhere on the sky within a few tens of seconds. New observing modes and follow-up strategies are being developed for CTA to rapidly cover localization areas of gravitational wave events that are typically larger than the CTA field of view. This work will evaluate and provide estimations on the expected number of of gravitational wave events that will be observable with CTA, considering both on- and off-axis emission. In addition, we will present and discuss the prospects of potential follow-up strategies with CTA. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2310.07413v3-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2310.07413v3-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 5 February, 2024; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 11 October, 2023; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> October 2023. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Presented at the 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2023), 2023 (arXiv:2309.08219)</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Report number:</span> CTA-ICRC/2023/30 </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.03712">arXiv:2309.03712</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2309.03712">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2309.03712">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics">astro-ph.CO</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Physics - Phenomenology">hep-ph</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2024/10/004">10.1088/1475-7516/2024/10/004 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Prospects for $纬$-ray observations of the Perseus galaxy cluster with the Cherenkov Telescope Array </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Consortium%2C+T+C+T+A">The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=%3A"> :</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Abe%2C+K">K. Abe</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Abe%2C+S">S. Abe</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Acero%2C+F">F. Acero</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Acharyya%2C+A">A. Acharyya</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Adam%2C+R">R. Adam</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aguasca-Cabot%2C+A">A. Aguasca-Cabot</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Agudo%2C+I">I. Agudo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aguirre-Santaella%2C+A">A. Aguirre-Santaella</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Alfaro%2C+J">J. Alfaro</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Alfaro%2C+R">R. Alfaro</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Alvarez-Crespo%2C+N">N. Alvarez-Crespo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Batista%2C+R+A">R. Alves Batista</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amans%2C+J+-">J. -P. Amans</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">E. Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ang%C3%BCner%2C+E+O">E. O. Ang眉ner</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Antonelli%2C+L+A">L. A. Antonelli</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aramo%2C+C">C. Aramo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Araya%2C+M">M. Araya</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Arcaro%2C+C">C. Arcaro</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Arrabito%2C+L">L. Arrabito</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Asano%2C+K">K. Asano</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ascas%C3%ADbar%2C+Y">Y. Ascas铆bar</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aschersleben%2C+J">J. Aschersleben</a> , et al. (542 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2309.03712v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Galaxy clusters are expected to be dark matter (DM) reservoirs and storage rooms for the cosmic-ray protons (CRp) that accumulate along the cluster's formation history. Accordingly, they are excellent targets to search for signals of DM annihilation and decay at gamma-ray energies and are predicted to be sources of large-scale gamma-ray emission due to hadronic interactions in the intracluster med… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2309.03712v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2309.03712v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2309.03712v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Galaxy clusters are expected to be dark matter (DM) reservoirs and storage rooms for the cosmic-ray protons (CRp) that accumulate along the cluster's formation history. Accordingly, they are excellent targets to search for signals of DM annihilation and decay at gamma-ray energies and are predicted to be sources of large-scale gamma-ray emission due to hadronic interactions in the intracluster medium. We estimate the sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) to detect diffuse gamma-ray emission from the Perseus galaxy cluster. We perform a detailed spatial and spectral modelling of the expected signal for the DM and the CRp components. For each, we compute the expected CTA sensitivity. The observing strategy of Perseus is also discussed. In the absence of a diffuse signal (non-detection), CTA should constrain the CRp to thermal energy ratio within the radius $R_{500}$ down to about $X_{500}<3\times 10^{-3}$, for a spatial CRp distribution that follows the thermal gas and a CRp spectral index $伪_{\rm CRp}=2.3$. Under the optimistic assumption of a pure hadronic origin of the Perseus radio mini-halo and depending on the assumed magnetic field profile, CTA should measure $伪_{\rm CRp}$ down to about $螖伪_{\rm CRp}\simeq 0.1$ and the CRp spatial distribution with 10% precision. Regarding DM, CTA should improve the current ground-based gamma-ray DM limits from clusters observations on the velocity-averaged annihilation cross-section by a factor of up to $\sim 5$, depending on the modelling of DM halo substructure. In the case of decay of DM particles, CTA will explore a new region of the parameter space, reaching models with $蟿_蠂>10^{27}$s for DM masses above 1 TeV. These constraints will provide unprecedented sensitivity to the physics of both CRp acceleration and transport at cluster scale and to TeV DM particle models, especially in the decay scenario. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2309.03712v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2309.03712v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 7 September, 2023; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> September 2023. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">93 pages (including author list, appendix and references), 143 figures. Submitted to JCAP</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> JCAP10(2024)004 </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.01484">arXiv:2306.01484</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.01484">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2306.01484">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad1674">10.1093/mnras/stad1674 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Search for the Galactic accelerators of Cosmic-Rays up to the Knee with the Pevatron Test Statistic </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ang%C3%BCner%2C+E+O">E. O. Ang眉ner</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Spengler%2C+G">G. Spengler</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">E. Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Casanova%2C+S">S. Casanova</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2306.01484v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The Pevatron Test Statistic (PTS) is applied to data from $纬$-ray observatories to test for the origin of Cosmic Rays (CRs) at energies around the knee of the CR spectrum. Several sources are analyzed within hadronic emission models. Previously derived results for RX J1713.7$-$3946, Vela Jr., and HESS J1745$-$290 are confirmed to demonstrate the concept, reliability, and advantages of the PTS. It… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2306.01484v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2306.01484v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2306.01484v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The Pevatron Test Statistic (PTS) is applied to data from $纬$-ray observatories to test for the origin of Cosmic Rays (CRs) at energies around the knee of the CR spectrum. Several sources are analyzed within hadronic emission models. Previously derived results for RX J1713.7$-$3946, Vela Jr., and HESS J1745$-$290 are confirmed to demonstrate the concept, reliability, and advantages of the PTS. It is excluded with a significance more than $5蟽$ that the sources RX J1713.7$-$3946 and Vela Jr. are Pevatrons, while strong indications exceeding $4蟽$ are found for excluding HESS J1745$-$290 as a Pevatron. The importance to resolve source confusion with high angular resolution observations for Pevatrons searches is demonstrated using PTS for the region containing the SNR G106.3+2.7 and the Boomerang nebula. No statistically significant conclusion with respect to Pevatron associations could be drawn from this region, for the diffuse $纬$-ray emission around the Galactic Center, and the unidentified $纬$-ray sources LHAASO J2108$+$5157, HESS J1702$-$420A and MGRO J1908$+$06. Assuming the entire $纬$-ray emission from MGRO J1908+06 and the tail region of SNR G106.3+2.7 is hadronic, a statistical indication exceeding $3蟽$ is found for the underlying proton spectrum to extend beyond 350$-$400 TeV as a power-law. This result can indicate that these sources are proton and helium Pevatrons, in which the accelerated particles contribute to the knee of proton and helium spectra observed at Earth. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2306.01484v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2306.01484v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 2 June, 2023; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> June 2023. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Accepted for publication in MNRAS. 16 pages, 9 figures</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.15007">arXiv:2303.15007</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2303.15007">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2303.15007">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics">astro-ph.IM</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2023.102850">10.1016/j.astropartphys.2023.102850 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to spectral signatures of hadronic PeVatrons with application to Galactic Supernova Remnants </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Consortium%2C+T+C+T+A">The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Acero%2C+F">F. Acero</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Acharyya%2C+A">A. Acharyya</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Adam%2C+R">R. Adam</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aguasca-Cabot%2C+A">A. Aguasca-Cabot</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Agudo%2C+I">I. Agudo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aguirre-Santaella%2C+A">A. Aguirre-Santaella</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Alfaro%2C+J">J. Alfaro</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aloisio%2C+R">R. Aloisio</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Crespo%2C+N+%C3%81">N. 脕lvarez Crespo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Batista%2C+R+A">R. Alves Batista</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amati%2C+L">L. Amati</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">E. Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ambrosi%2C+G">G. Ambrosi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ang%C3%BCner%2C+E+O">E. O. Ang眉ner</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aramo%2C+C">C. Aramo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Arcaro%2C+C">C. Arcaro</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Armstrong%2C+T">T. Armstrong</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Asano%2C+K">K. Asano</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ascasibar%2C+Y">Y. Ascasibar</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aschersleben%2C+J">J. Aschersleben</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Backes%2C+M">M. Backes</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Baktash%2C+A">A. Baktash</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Balazs%2C+C">C. Balazs</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Balbo%2C+M">M. Balbo</a> , et al. (334 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2303.15007v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The local Cosmic Ray (CR) energy spectrum exhibits a spectral softening at energies around 3~PeV. Sources which are capable of accelerating hadrons to such energies are called hadronic PeVatrons. However, hadronic PeVatrons have not yet been firmly identified within the Galaxy. Several source classes, including Galactic Supernova Remnants (SNRs), have been proposed as PeVatron candidates. The pote… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2303.15007v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2303.15007v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2303.15007v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The local Cosmic Ray (CR) energy spectrum exhibits a spectral softening at energies around 3~PeV. Sources which are capable of accelerating hadrons to such energies are called hadronic PeVatrons. However, hadronic PeVatrons have not yet been firmly identified within the Galaxy. Several source classes, including Galactic Supernova Remnants (SNRs), have been proposed as PeVatron candidates. The potential to search for hadronic PeVatrons with the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is assessed. The focus is on the usage of very high energy $纬$-ray spectral signatures for the identification of PeVatrons. Assuming that SNRs can accelerate CRs up to knee energies, the number of Galactic SNRs which can be identified as PeVatrons with CTA is estimated within a model for the evolution of SNRs. Additionally, the potential of a follow-up observation strategy under moonlight conditions for PeVatron searches is investigated. Statistical methods for the identification of PeVatrons are introduced, and realistic Monte--Carlo simulations of the response of the CTA observatory to the emission spectra from hadronic PeVatrons are performed. Based on simulations of a simplified model for the evolution for SNRs, the detection of a $纬$-ray signal from in average 9 Galactic PeVatron SNRs is expected to result from the scan of the Galactic plane with CTA after 10 hours of exposure. CTA is also shown to have excellent potential to confirm these sources as PeVatrons in deep observations with $\mathcal{O}(100)$ hours of exposure per source. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2303.15007v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2303.15007v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 27 March, 2023; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> March 2023. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">34 pages, 16 figures, Accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.08849">arXiv:2303.08849</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2303.08849">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2303.08849">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acc528">10.3847/1538-4357/acc528 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Electron-Ion Temperature Ratio in Astrophysical Shocks </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Raymond%2C+J+C">John C. Raymond</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ghavamian%2C+P">Parviz Ghavamian</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bohdan%2C+A">Artem Bohdan</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ryu%2C+D">Dongsu Ryu</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Niemiec%2C+J">Jacek Niemiec</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Sironi%2C+L">Lorenzo Sironi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Tran%2C+A">Aaron Tran</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">Elena Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Hoshino%2C+M">Masahiro Hoshino</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Pohl%2C+M">Martin Pohl</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amano%2C+T">Takanobu Amano</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Fiuza%2C+F">Federico Fiuza</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2303.08849v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Collisionless shock waves in supernova remnants and the solar wind heat electrons less effectively than they heat ions, as is predicted by kinetic simulations. However, the values of T$_e$/T$_p$ inferred from the H alpha profiles of supernova remnant shocks behave differently as a function of Mach number or Alfv茅n Mach number than what is measured in the solar wind or predicted by simulations. Her… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2303.08849v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2303.08849v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2303.08849v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Collisionless shock waves in supernova remnants and the solar wind heat electrons less effectively than they heat ions, as is predicted by kinetic simulations. However, the values of T$_e$/T$_p$ inferred from the H alpha profiles of supernova remnant shocks behave differently as a function of Mach number or Alfv茅n Mach number than what is measured in the solar wind or predicted by simulations. Here we determine T$_e$/T$_p$ for supernova remnant shocks using H alpha profiles, shock speeds from proper motions, and electron temperatures from X-ray spectra. We also improve the estimates of sound speed and Alfv茅n speed used to determine Mach numbers. We find that the H alpha determinations are robust and that the discrepancies among supernova remnant shocks, solar wind shocks and computer-simulated shocks remain. We discuss some possible contributing factors, including shock precursors, turbulence and varying preshock conditions. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2303.08849v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2303.08849v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 15 March, 2023; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> March 2023. </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.03181">arXiv:2208.03181</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2208.03181">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2208.03181">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics">astro-ph.IM</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jheap.2022.06.006">10.1016/j.jheap.2022.06.006 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Galactic Observatory Science with the ASTRI Mini-Array at the Observatorio del Teide </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=D%27A%C3%AC%2C+A">A. D'A矛</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">E. Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Burtovoi%2C+A">A. Burtovoi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Compagnino%2C+A+A">A. A. Compagnino</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Fiori%2C+M">M. Fiori</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Giuliani%2C+A">A. Giuliani</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=La+Palombara%2C+N">N. La Palombara</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Paizis%2C+A">A. Paizis</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Piano%2C+G">G. Piano</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Saturni%2C+F+G">F. G. Saturni</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Tutone%2C+A">A. Tutone</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Belfiore%2C+A">A. Belfiore</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Cardillo%2C+M">M. Cardillo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Crestan%2C+S">S. Crestan</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Cusumano%2C+G">G. Cusumano</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Della+Valle%2C+M">M. Della Valle</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Del+Santo%2C+M">M. Del Santo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=La+Barbera%2C+A">A. La Barbera</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=La+Parola%2C+V">V. La Parola</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Lombardi%2C+S">S. Lombardi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Mereghetti%2C+S">S. Mereghetti</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Morlino%2C+G">G. Morlino</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Pintore%2C+F">F. Pintore</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Romano%2C+P">P. Romano</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Vercellone%2C+S">S. Vercellone</a> , et al. (30 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2208.03181v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The ASTRI (Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana) Mini-Array will be composed of nine imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes at the Observatorio del Teide site. The array will be best suited for astrophysical observations in the 0.3-200 TeV range with an angular resolution of few arc-minutes and an energy resolution of 10-15\%. A core-science programme in the first four years… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2208.03181v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2208.03181v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2208.03181v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The ASTRI (Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana) Mini-Array will be composed of nine imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes at the Observatorio del Teide site. The array will be best suited for astrophysical observations in the 0.3-200 TeV range with an angular resolution of few arc-minutes and an energy resolution of 10-15\%. A core-science programme in the first four years will be devoted to a limited number of key targets, addressing the most important open scientific questions in the very-high energy domain. At the same time, thanks to a wide field of view of about 10 degrees, ASTRI Mini-Array will observe many additional field sources, which will constitute the basis for the long-term observatory programme that will eventually cover all the accessible sky. In this paper, we review different astrophysical Galactic environments, e.g. pulsar wind nebulae, supernova remnants, and gamma-ray binaries, and show the results from a set of ASTRI Mini-Array simulations of some of these field sources made to highlight the expected performance of the array (even at large offset angles) and the important additional observatory science that will complement the core-science program. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2208.03181v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2208.03181v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 5 August, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> August 2022. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Accepted for publication in Journal of High-Energy Astrophysics</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> JHEAP, Volume 35, August 2022, Pages 139-175 </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.03177">arXiv:2208.03177</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2208.03177">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2208.03177">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics">astro-ph.IM</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jheap.2022.05.005">10.1016/j.jheap.2022.05.005 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> ASTRI Mini-Array Core Science at the Observatorio del Teide </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Vercellone%2C+S">S. Vercellone</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bigongiari%2C+C">C. Bigongiari</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Burtovoi%2C+A">A. Burtovoi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Cardillo%2C+M">M. Cardillo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Catalano%2C+O">O. Catalano</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Franceschini%2C+A">A. Franceschini</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Lombardi%2C+S">S. Lombardi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Nava%2C+L">L. Nava</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Pintore%2C+F">F. Pintore</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Stamerra%2C+A">A. Stamerra</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Tavecchio%2C+F">F. Tavecchio</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Zampieri%2C+L">L. Zampieri</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Batista%2C+R+A">R. Alves Batista</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">E. Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Antonelli%2C+L+A">L. A. Antonelli</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Arcaro%2C+C">C. Arcaro</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Gonzalez%2C+J+B">J. Becerra Gonzalez</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bonnoli%2C+G">G. Bonnoli</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bottcher%2C+M">M. Bottcher</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Brunetti%2C+G">G. Brunetti</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Compagnino%2C+A+A">A. A. Compagnino</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Crestan%2C+S">S. Crestan</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ai%2C+A+D">A. D Ai</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Fiori%2C+M">M. Fiori</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Galanti%2C+G">G. Galanti</a> , et al. (62 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2208.03177v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The ASTRI (Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana) Project led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) is developing and will deploy at the Observatorio del Teide a mini-array (ASTRI Mini-Array) composed of nine telescopes similar to the small-size dual-mirror Schwarzschild-Couder telescope (ASTRI-Horn) currently operating on the slopes of Mt. Etna in Sicily.… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2208.03177v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2208.03177v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2208.03177v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The ASTRI (Astrofisica con Specchi a Tecnologia Replicante Italiana) Project led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) is developing and will deploy at the Observatorio del Teide a mini-array (ASTRI Mini-Array) composed of nine telescopes similar to the small-size dual-mirror Schwarzschild-Couder telescope (ASTRI-Horn) currently operating on the slopes of Mt. Etna in Sicily. The ASTRI Mini-Array will surpass the current Cherenkov telescope array differential sensitivity above a few tera-electronvolt (TeV), extending the energy band well above hundreds of TeV. This will allow us to explore a new window of the electromagnetic spectrum, by convolving the sensitivity performance with excellent angular and energy resolution figures. In this paper we describe the Core Science that we will address during the first four years of operation, providing examples of the breakthrough results that we will obtain when dealing with current open questions, such as the acceleration of cosmic rays, cosmology and fundamental physics and the new window, for the TeV energy band, of the time-domain astrophysics. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2208.03177v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2208.03177v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 5 August, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> August 2022. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Published in Journal of High Energy Astrophysics. 46 Figures, 7 Tables</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Journal of High Energy Astrophysics, Volume 35, August 2022, Pages 1-42 </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.03176">arXiv:2208.03176</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2208.03176">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2208.03176">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics">astro-ph.IM</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jheap.2022.06.004">10.1016/j.jheap.2022.06.004 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Extragalactic Observatory Science with the ASTRI Mini-Array at the Observatorio del Teide </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Saturni%2C+F+G">F. G. Saturni</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Arcaro%2C+C+H+E">C. H. E. Arcaro</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Balmaverde%2C+B">B. Balmaverde</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Gonz%C3%A1lez%2C+J+B">J. Becerra Gonz谩lez</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Caccianiga%2C+A">A. Caccianiga</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Capalbi%2C+M">M. Capalbi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Lamastra%2C+A">A. Lamastra</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Lombardi%2C+S">S. Lombardi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Lucarelli%2C+F">F. Lucarelli</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Batista%2C+R+A">R. Alves Batista</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Antonelli%2C+L+A">L. A. Antonelli</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Pino%2C+E+M+d+G+D">E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Della+Ceca%2C+R">R. Della Ceca</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Green%2C+J+G">J. G. Green</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Pagliaro%2C+A">A. Pagliaro</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Righi%2C+C">C. Righi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Tavecchio%2C+F">F. Tavecchio</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Vercellone%2C+S">S. Vercellone</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Wolter%2C+A">A. Wolter</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">E. Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bigongiari%2C+C">C. Bigongiari</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=B%C3%B6ttcher%2C+M">M. B枚ttcher</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Brunetti%2C+G">G. Brunetti</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bruno%2C+P">P. Bruno</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bulgarelli%2C+A">A. Bulgarelli</a> , et al. (25 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2208.03176v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The ASTRI Mini-Array is a next-generation system of nine imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes that is going to be built at the Observatorio del Teide site. After a first phase, in which the instrument will be operated as an experiment prioritizing a schedule of primary science cases, an observatory phase is foreseen in which other significant targets will be pointed. We focus on the observatio… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2208.03176v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2208.03176v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2208.03176v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The ASTRI Mini-Array is a next-generation system of nine imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes that is going to be built at the Observatorio del Teide site. After a first phase, in which the instrument will be operated as an experiment prioritizing a schedule of primary science cases, an observatory phase is foreseen in which other significant targets will be pointed. We focus on the observational feasibility of extragalactic sources and on astrophysical processes that best complement and expand the ASTRI Mini-Array core science, presenting the most relevant examples that are at reach of detection over long-term time scales and whose observation can provide breakthrough achievements in the very-high energy extragalactic science. Such examples cover a wide range of $纬$-ray emitters, including the study of AGN low states in the multi-TeV energy range, the possible detection of Seyfert galaxies with long exposures and the searches of dark matter lines above 10 TeV. Simulations of the presented objects show that the instrument performance will be competitive at multi-TeV energies with respect to current arrays of Cherenkov telescopes. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2208.03176v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2208.03176v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 5 August, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> August 2022. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">27 pages, 10 figures, 7 tables, published on JHEAp</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Journal of High Energy Astrophysics 35 (2022), 91-111 </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.09440">arXiv:2204.09440</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2204.09440">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2204.09440">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac66cf">10.3847/2041-8213/ac66cf <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> On the potential of bright, young pulsars to power ultra-high gamma-ray sources </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Wilhelmi%2C+E+d+O">Emma de O帽a Wilhelmi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=L%C3%B3pez-Coto%2C+R">Rub茅n L贸pez-Coto</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">Elena Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aharonian%2C+F">Felix Aharonian</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2204.09440v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The recent discovery of a new population of ultra-high-energy gamma-ray sources with spectra extending beyond 100 TeV revealed the presence of Galactic PeVatrons - cosmic-ray factories accelerating particles to PeV energies. These sources, except for the one associated with the Crab Nebula, are not yet identified. With an extension of 1 degree or more, most of them contain several potential counte… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2204.09440v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2204.09440v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2204.09440v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The recent discovery of a new population of ultra-high-energy gamma-ray sources with spectra extending beyond 100 TeV revealed the presence of Galactic PeVatrons - cosmic-ray factories accelerating particles to PeV energies. These sources, except for the one associated with the Crab Nebula, are not yet identified. With an extension of 1 degree or more, most of them contain several potential counterparts, including Supernova Remnants, young stellar clusters and Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe), which can perform as PeVatrons and thus power the surrounding diffuse ultra-high energy gamma-ray structures. In the case of PWNe, gamma rays are produced by electrons, accelerated at the pulsar wind termination shock, through the inverse Compton scattering of 2.7 K CMB radiation. The high conversion efficiency of pulsar rotational power to relativistic electrons, combined with the short cooling timescales, allow gamma-ray luminosities up to the level of $L_纬\sim 0.1 \dot{E}$. The pulsar spin-down luminosity, $\dot E$, also determines the absolute maximum energy of individual photons: $E_{\rm 纬~\rm max}\approx 0.9 \dot E_{36}^{0.65}~~\rm{PeV}$. This fundamental constraint dominates over the condition set by synchrotron energy losses of electrons for young PWNe with typical magnetic field of $\approx$100$渭$G with $\dot{E} \lesssim 10^{37}\ \rm erg/s$. We discuss the implications of $E_{\rm 纬~\rm max}$ by comparing it with the highest energy photons reported by LHAASO from a dozen of ultra-high-energy sources. Whenever a PWN origin of the emission is possible, we use the LHAASO measurements to set upper limits on the nebular magnetic field. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2204.09440v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2204.09440v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 20 April, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> April 2022. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">accepted for publication in ApJ Letters</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.06899">arXiv:2202.06899</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2202.06899">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2202.06899">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-021-01580-0">10.1038/s41550-021-01580-0 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Gamma-ray halos around pulsars as the key to understanding cosmic ray transport in the Galaxy </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=L%C3%B3pez-Coto%2C+R">R. L贸pez-Coto</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Wilhelmi%2C+E+d+O">E. de O帽a Wilhelmi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aharonian%2C+F">F. Aharonian</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">E. Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Hinton%2C+J">J. Hinton</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2202.06899v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Pulsars are factories of relativistic electrons and positrons that propagate away from the pulsar, permeating later our Galaxy. The acceleration and propagation of these particles are a matter of intense debate. In the last few years, we had the opportunity to directly observing the injection of these particles into the interstellar medium through the discovery of gamma-ray halos around pulsars. T… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2202.06899v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2202.06899v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2202.06899v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Pulsars are factories of relativistic electrons and positrons that propagate away from the pulsar, permeating later our Galaxy. The acceleration and propagation of these particles are a matter of intense debate. In the last few years, we had the opportunity to directly observing the injection of these particles into the interstellar medium through the discovery of gamma-ray halos around pulsars. This new type of gamma-ray source is produced by electrons and positrons diffusing out of the pulsar wind nebula and scattering ambient photon fields to produce gamma rays. This new field of study comes with a number of observations and constraints at different wavelengths and a variety of theoretical models explaining the characteristics of these halos. We examine the characteristics of the propagation of cosmic rays inferred from the observations of halos and their local and global implications on particle transport in the Galaxy. We also discuss the prospects for observations of these sources with facilities such as LHAASO, or CTA or SWGO in the near future. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2202.06899v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2202.06899v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 14 February, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> February 2022. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Published in Nature Astronomy; authors' version. Link to the paper in https://rdcu.be/cGZ1T</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.02221">arXiv:2201.02221</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2201.02221">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2201.02221">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac019">10.1093/mnras/stac019 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Modeling the 纬-ray Pulsar Wind Nebulae population in our Galaxy </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Fiori%2C+M">M. Fiori</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Olmi%2C+B">B. Olmi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">E. Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bandiera%2C+R">R. Bandiera</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bucciantini%2C+N">N. Bucciantini</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Zampieri%2C+L">L. Zampieri</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Burtovoi%2C+A">A. Burtovoi</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2201.02221v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) represent the largest class of sources that upcoming 纬-ray surveys will detect. Therefore, accurate modelling of their global emission properties is one of the most urgent problems in high-energy astrophysics. Correctly characterizing these dominant objects is a needed step to allow 纬-ray surveys to detect fainter sources, investigate the signatures of cosmic-ray propaga… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2201.02221v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2201.02221v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2201.02221v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) represent the largest class of sources that upcoming 纬-ray surveys will detect. Therefore, accurate modelling of their global emission properties is one of the most urgent problems in high-energy astrophysics. Correctly characterizing these dominant objects is a needed step to allow 纬-ray surveys to detect fainter sources, investigate the signatures of cosmic-ray propagation and estimate the diffuse emission in the Galaxy. In this paper we present an observationally motivated construction of the Galactic PWNe population. We made use of a modified one-zone model to evolve for a long period of time the entire population. The model provides, for every source, at any age, a simplified description of the dynamical and spectral evolution. The long term effects of the reverberation phase on the spectral evolution are described, for the first time, based on physically motivated prescriptions for the evolution of the nebular radius supported by numerical studies. This effort tries to solve one of the most critical aspects of one-zone modeling, namely the typical overcompression of the nebula during the reverberation phase, resulting in a strong modification of its spectral properties at all frequencies. We compare the emission properties of our synthetic Pulsar Wind Nebulae population with the most updated catalogues of TeV Galactic sources. We find that the firmly identified and candidate PWNe sum up to about 50% of the expected objects in this class above threshold for detection. Finally, we estimate that CTA will increase the number of TeV detected PWNe by a factor$\geq3$. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2201.02221v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2201.02221v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 6 January, 2022; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> January 2022. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">15 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables. Accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.07712">arXiv:2111.07712</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2111.07712">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2111.07712">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> The Crab Pulsar and Nebula as seen in gamma-rays </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">Elena Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Olmi%2C+B">Barbara Olmi</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2111.07712v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Slightly more than 30 years ago, Whipple detection of the Crab Nebula was the start of Very High Energy gamma-ray astronomy. Since then, gamma-ray observations of this source have continued to provide new surprises and challenges to theories, with the detection of fast variability, pulsed emission up to unexpectedly high energy, and the very recent detection of photons with energy exceeding 1 PeV.… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2111.07712v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2111.07712v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2111.07712v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Slightly more than 30 years ago, Whipple detection of the Crab Nebula was the start of Very High Energy gamma-ray astronomy. Since then, gamma-ray observations of this source have continued to provide new surprises and challenges to theories, with the detection of fast variability, pulsed emission up to unexpectedly high energy, and the very recent detection of photons with energy exceeding 1 PeV. In this article we review the impact of gamma-ray observations on our understanding of this extraordinary accelerator. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2111.07712v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2111.07712v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 15 November, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> November 2021. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">27 Pages, 8 Figures</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.01171">arXiv:2111.01171</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2111.01171">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2111.01171">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.123029">10.1103/PhysRevD.104.123029 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> On the stochastic nature of Galactic cosmic-ray sources </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Evoli%2C+C">Carmelo Evoli</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">Elena Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Blasi%2C+P">Pasquale Blasi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aloisio%2C+R">Roberto Aloisio</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2111.01171v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The precision measurements of the spectra of cosmic ray nuclei and leptons in recent years have revealed the existence of multiple features, such as the spectral break at $\sim 300$ GV rigidity seen by PAMELA and AMS-02 and more recently confirmed by DAMPE and CALET, the softening in the spectra of H and He nuclei at $\sim 10$ TV reported by DAMPE, confirming previous hints by NUCLEON and CREAM, a… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2111.01171v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2111.01171v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2111.01171v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The precision measurements of the spectra of cosmic ray nuclei and leptons in recent years have revealed the existence of multiple features, such as the spectral break at $\sim 300$ GV rigidity seen by PAMELA and AMS-02 and more recently confirmed by DAMPE and CALET, the softening in the spectra of H and He nuclei at $\sim 10$ TV reported by DAMPE, confirming previous hints by NUCLEON and CREAM, a tiny change of slope at $\sim 40$ GeV in the electron spectrum, revealed by AMS-02, and the large spectral break at $\sim$ TeV reported by indirect (HESS, MAGIC and VERITAS) and direct (DAMPE, CALET) measurements of the total (electrons+positrons) lepton spectrum. In all these cases, the possibility has been suggested that these features might reflect the occasional presence of a local cosmic ray source, inducing a noticeable reshaping of the average expected spectra. All these proposals have to face the question of how likely it is for such a source to exist, a question that we address here in a quantitative way. We study the statistical properties of random distribution of sources in space and time, and the effect of the spiral structure of our Galaxy for both the spectra of light nuclei (p and He) and leptons (electrons and positrons) in different energy regions. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2111.01171v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2111.01171v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 7 December, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 1 November, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> November 2021. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">20 pages, 13 figures, accepted for publication in PRD</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.03621">arXiv:2106.03621</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2106.03621">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2106.03621">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Multi-messenger and transient astrophysics with the Cherenkov Telescope Array </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bo%C5%A1njak%2C+%C5%BD">沤. Bo拧njak</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Brown%2C+A+M">A. M. Brown</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Carosi%2C+A">A. Carosi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Chernyakova%2C+M">M. Chernyakova</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Cristofari%2C+P">P. Cristofari</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Longo%2C+F">F. Longo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=L%C3%B3pez-Oramas%2C+A">A. L贸pez-Oramas</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Santander%2C+M">M. Santander</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Satalecka%2C+K">K. Satalecka</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Sch%C3%BCssler%2C+F">F. Sch眉ssler</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Sergijenko%2C+O">O. Sergijenko</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Stamerra%2C+A">A. Stamerra</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Agudo%2C+I">I. Agudo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Batista%2C+R+A">R. Alves Batista</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">E. Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Anguner%2C+E+O">E. O. Anguner</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Antonelli%2C+L+A">L. A. Antonelli</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Backes%2C+M">M. Backes</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Balazs%2C+C">Csaba Balazs</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Baroncelli%2C+L">L. Baroncelli</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Tjus%2C+J+B">J. Becker Tjus</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bigongiari%2C+C">C. Bigongiari</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bissaldi%2C+E">E. Bissaldi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Boisson%2C+C">C. Boisson</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bolmont%2C+J">J. Bolmont</a> , et al. (120 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2106.03621v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The discovery of gravitational waves, high-energy neutrinos or the very-high-energy counterpart of gamma-ray bursts has revolutionized the high-energy and transient astrophysics community. The development of new instruments and analysis techniques will allow the discovery and/or follow-up of new transient sources. We describe the prospects for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the next-generati… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2106.03621v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2106.03621v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2106.03621v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The discovery of gravitational waves, high-energy neutrinos or the very-high-energy counterpart of gamma-ray bursts has revolutionized the high-energy and transient astrophysics community. The development of new instruments and analysis techniques will allow the discovery and/or follow-up of new transient sources. We describe the prospects for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory, for multi-messenger and transient astrophysics in the decade ahead. CTA will explore the most extreme environments via very-high-energy observations of compact objects, stellar collapse events, mergers and cosmic-ray accelerators. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2106.03621v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2106.03621v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 7 June, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> June 2021. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Submitted to ASTRONET roadmap on behalf of the CTA consortium</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.03599">arXiv:2106.03599</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2106.03599">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2106.03599">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Origin and role of relativistic cosmic particles </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Araudo%2C+A">A. Araudo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Morlino%2C+G">G. Morlino</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Olmi%2C+B">B. Olmi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Acero%2C+F">F. Acero</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Agudo%2C+I">I. Agudo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Adam%2C+R">R. Adam</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Batista%2C+R+A">R. Alves Batista</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">E. Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Anguner%2C+E+O">E. O. Anguner</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Antonelli%2C+L+A">L. A. Antonelli</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ascasibar%2C+Y">Y. Ascasibar</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Balazs%2C+C">C. Balazs</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Tjus%2C+J+B">J. Becker Tjus</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bigongiari%2C+C">C. Bigongiari</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bissaldi%2C+E">E. Bissaldi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bolmont%2C+J">J. Bolmont</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Boisson%2C+C">C. Boisson</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bordas%2C+P">P. Bordas</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bo%C5%A1njak%2C+%C5%BD">沤. Bo拧njak</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Brown%2C+A+M">A. M. Brown</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Burton%2C+M">M. Burton</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bucciantini%2C+N">N. Bucciantini</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Cangemi%2C+F">F. Cangemi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Caraveo%2C+P">P. Caraveo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Cardillo%2C+M">M. Cardillo</a> , et al. (99 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2106.03599v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> This white paper briefly summarizes the importance of the study of relativistic cosmic rays, both as a constituent of our Universe, and through their impact on stellar and galactic evolution. The focus is on what can be learned over the coming decade through ground-based gamma-ray observations over the 20 GeV to 300 TeV range. The majority of the material is drawn directly from "Science with the C… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2106.03599v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2106.03599v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2106.03599v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> This white paper briefly summarizes the importance of the study of relativistic cosmic rays, both as a constituent of our Universe, and through their impact on stellar and galactic evolution. The focus is on what can be learned over the coming decade through ground-based gamma-ray observations over the 20 GeV to 300 TeV range. The majority of the material is drawn directly from "Science with the Cherenkov Telescope Array", which describes the overall science case for CTA. We request that authors wishing to cite results contained in this white paper cite the original work. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2106.03599v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2106.03599v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 15 June, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 7 June, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> June 2021. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Submitted as input to ASTRONET Science Vision and Infrastructure roadmap on behalf of the CTA consortium. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1709.07997</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.03582">arXiv:2106.03582</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2106.03582">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2106.03582">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Physics - Phenomenology">hep-ph</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Probing Dark Matter and Fundamental Physics with the Cherenkov Telescope Array </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Iocco%2C+F">F. Iocco</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Meyer%2C+M">M. Meyer</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Doro%2C+M">M. Doro</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Hofmann%2C+W">W. Hofmann</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=P%C3%A9rez-Romero%2C+J">J. P茅rez-Romero</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Zaharijas%2C+G">G. Zaharijas</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aguirre-Santaella%2C+A">A. Aguirre-Santaella</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">E. Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Anguner%2C+E+O">E. O. Anguner</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Antonelli%2C+L+A">L. A. Antonelli</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ascasibar%2C+Y">Y. Ascasibar</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bal%C3%A1zs%2C+C">C. Bal谩zs</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Beck%2C+G">G. Beck</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bigongiari%2C+C">C. Bigongiari</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bolmont%2C+J">J. Bolmont</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bringmann%2C+T">T. Bringmann</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Brown%2C+A+M">A. M. Brown</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Burton%2C+M+G">M. G. Burton</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Chaty%2C+M+C+S">M. Cardillo S. Chaty</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Cotter%2C+G">G. Cotter</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=della+Volpe%2C+D">D. della Volpe</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Djannati-Ata%C3%AF%2C+A">A. Djannati-Ata茂</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Eckner%2C+C">C. Eckner</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Emery%2C+G">G. Emery</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Fedorova%2C+E">E. Fedorova</a> , et al. (49 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2106.03582v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Astrophysical observations provide strong evidence that more than 80% of all matter in the Universe is in the form of dark matter (DM). Two leading candidates of particles beyond the Standard Model that could constitute all or a fraction of the DM content are the so-called Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) and Axion-Like Particles (ALPs). The upcoming Cherenkov Telescope Array, which wi… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2106.03582v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2106.03582v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2106.03582v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Astrophysical observations provide strong evidence that more than 80% of all matter in the Universe is in the form of dark matter (DM). Two leading candidates of particles beyond the Standard Model that could constitute all or a fraction of the DM content are the so-called Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) and Axion-Like Particles (ALPs). The upcoming Cherenkov Telescope Array, which will observe gamma rays between 20 GeV and 300 TeV with unprecedented sensitivity, will have unique capabilities to search for these DM candidates. A particularly promising target for WIMP searches is the Galactic Center. WIMPs with annihilation cross sections correctly producing the DM relic density will be detectable with CTA, assuming an Einasto-like density profile and WIMP masses between 200 GeV and 10 TeV. Regarding new physics beyond DM, CTA observations will also enable tests of fundamental symmetries of nature such as Lorentz invariance. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2106.03582v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2106.03582v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 9 June, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 7 June, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> June 2021. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Submitted as input to the ASTRONET Science Vision and Infrastructure roadmap on behalf of the CTA consortium</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.12428">arXiv:2104.12428</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2104.12428">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2104.12428">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Plasma Physics">physics.plasm-ph</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022377821000064">10.1017/S0022377821000064 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> On particle acceleration and transport in plasmas in the Galaxy: theory and observations </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">Elena Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Casanova%2C+S">Sabrina Casanova</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2104.12428v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Accelerated particles are ubiquitous in the Cosmos and play a fundamental role in many processes governing the evolution of the Universe at all scales, from the sub-AU ones relevant for the formation and evolution of stars and planets to the Mpc ones involved in Galaxy assembly. We reveal the presence of energetic particles in many classes of astrophysical sources thanks to their production of non… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2104.12428v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2104.12428v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2104.12428v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Accelerated particles are ubiquitous in the Cosmos and play a fundamental role in many processes governing the evolution of the Universe at all scales, from the sub-AU ones relevant for the formation and evolution of stars and planets to the Mpc ones involved in Galaxy assembly. We reveal the presence of energetic particles in many classes of astrophysical sources thanks to their production of non-thermal radiation, and we detect them directly at Earth as Cosmic Rays. In the last two decades both direct and indirect observations have provided us a wealth of new, high quality data about Cosmic Rays and their interactions both in sources and during propagation, in the Galaxy and in the solar system. Some of the new data have confirmed existing theories about particle acceleration and propagation and their interplay with the environment in which they occur. Some others have brought about interesting surprises, whose interpretation is not straightforward within the standard framework and may require a change of paradigm in terms of our ideas about the origin of cosmic rays of different species or in different energy ranges. In this article, we will focus on Cosmic Rays of galactic origin, namely with energies below a few PeV, where a steepening is observed in the spectrum of energetic particles detected at the Earth. We review the recent observational findings and the current status of the theory about the origin and propagation of Galactic Cosmic Rays. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2104.12428v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2104.12428v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 26 April, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> April 2021. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Journal of Plasma Physics, Volume 87, Issue 1, article id.845870101, 2021 </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.11955">arXiv:2010.11955</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2010.11955">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2010.11955">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.103.083010">10.1103/PhysRevD.103.083010 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Galactic factories of cosmic-ray electrons and positrons </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Evoli%2C+C">Carmelo Evoli</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">Elena Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Blasi%2C+P">Pasquale Blasi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aloisio%2C+R">Roberto Aloisio</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2010.11955v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We present a novel calculation of the spectrum of electrons and positrons from random sources, supernova remnants and pulsars, distributed within the spiral arms of the Galaxy. The pulsar emissivity in terms of electron-positron pairs is considered as time dependent, following the magnetic dipole spin-down luminosity, and the temporal evolution of the potential drop is accounted for. Moreover each… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2010.11955v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2010.11955v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2010.11955v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We present a novel calculation of the spectrum of electrons and positrons from random sources, supernova remnants and pulsars, distributed within the spiral arms of the Galaxy. The pulsar emissivity in terms of electron-positron pairs is considered as time dependent, following the magnetic dipole spin-down luminosity, and the temporal evolution of the potential drop is accounted for. Moreover each pulsar, with the magnetic field and initial spin period selected at random from the observed distribution, is considered as a source of pairs only after it leaves the parent supernova due to its birth kick velocity (also selected at random from the observed distribution). We show that (i) the spectrum of electrons is characterized by a feature at $\gtrsim 50$ GeV that proves that their transport is dominated by radiative losses. The flux reduction at $E\gtrsim 1$ TeV is explained as a result of lepton transport from sources in the spiral arms. (ii) The spectrum of positrons is very well described by the contribution of pulsars and the rising positron fraction originates naturally. The implications of pulsars as positron sources in terms of positron fraction at very high energies are also discussed. (iii) The role of fluctuations in the high-energy regime is thoroughly discussed and used to draw conclusions on the possibility to single out the contribution of local sources to the lepton spectrum with current and upcoming experiments. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2010.11955v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2010.11955v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 13 April, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 22 October, 2020; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> October 2020. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">25 pages, 13 figures. Accepted for publication on PRD</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Phys. Rev. D 103, 083010 (2021) </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.01349">arXiv:2010.01349</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2010.01349">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2010.01349">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics">astro-ph.CO</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2021/02/048">10.1088/1475-7516/2021/02/048 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array for probing cosmology and fundamental physics with gamma-ray propagation </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Consortium%2C+T+C+T+A">The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=%3A"> :</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Abdalla%2C+H">H. Abdalla</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Abe%2C+H">H. Abe</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Acero%2C+F">F. Acero</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Acharyya%2C+A">A. Acharyya</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Adam%2C+R">R. Adam</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Agudo%2C+I">I. Agudo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aguirre-Santaella%2C+A">A. Aguirre-Santaella</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Alfaro%2C+R">R. Alfaro</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Alfaro%2C+J">J. Alfaro</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Alispach%2C+C">C. Alispach</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aloisio%2C+R">R. Aloisio</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=B%2C+R+A">R. Alves B</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amati%2C+L">L. Amati</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">E. Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ambrosi%2C+G">G. Ambrosi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ang%C3%BCner%2C+E+O">E. O. Ang眉ner</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Araudo%2C+A">A. Araudo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Armstrong%2C+T">T. Armstrong</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Arqueros%2C+F">F. Arqueros</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Arrabito%2C+L">L. Arrabito</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Asano%2C+K">K. Asano</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ascas%C3%ADbar%2C+Y">Y. Ascas铆bar</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ashley%2C+M">M. Ashley</a> , et al. (474 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2010.01349v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the new-generation ground-based observatory for $纬$-ray astronomy, provides unique capabilities to address significant open questions in astrophysics, cosmology, and fundamental physics. We study some of the salient areas of $纬$-ray cosmology that can be explored as part of the Key Science Projects of CTA, through simulated observations of active galactic nucle… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2010.01349v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2010.01349v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2010.01349v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the new-generation ground-based observatory for $纬$-ray astronomy, provides unique capabilities to address significant open questions in astrophysics, cosmology, and fundamental physics. We study some of the salient areas of $纬$-ray cosmology that can be explored as part of the Key Science Projects of CTA, through simulated observations of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and of their relativistic jets. Observations of AGN with CTA will enable a measurement of $纬$-ray absorption on the extragalactic background light with a statistical uncertainty below 15% up to a redshift $z=2$ and to constrain or detect $纬$-ray halos up to intergalactic-magnetic-field strengths of at least 0.3pG. Extragalactic observations with CTA also show promising potential to probe physics beyond the Standard Model. The best limits on Lorentz invariance violation from $纬$-ray astronomy will be improved by a factor of at least two to three. CTA will also probe the parameter space in which axion-like particles could constitute a significant fraction, if not all, of dark matter. We conclude on the synergies between CTA and other upcoming facilities that will foster the growth of $纬$-ray cosmology. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2010.01349v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2010.01349v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 26 February, 2021; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 3 October, 2020; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> October 2020. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">71 pages (including affiliations and references), 13 figures, 6 tables. Accepted in JCAP; matches published version. Corresponding authors: Jonathan Biteau, Julien Lefaucheur, Humberto Martinez-Huerta, Manuel Meyer, Santiago Pita, Ievgen Vovk</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> JCAP 02 (2021) 048 </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.04294">arXiv:2007.04294</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2007.04294">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2007.04294">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2020.102492">10.1016/j.astropartphys.2020.102492 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> The low rate of Galactic pevatrons </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Cristofari%2C+P">P. Cristofari</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Blasi%2C+P">P. Blasi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">E. Amato</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2007.04294v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Although supernova remnants remain the main suspects as sources of Galactic cosmic rays up to the knee, the supernova paradigm still has many loose ends. The weakest point in this construction is the possibility that individual supernova remnants can accelerate particles to the rigidity of the knee, $\sim 10^{6}$ GV. This scenario heavily relies upon the possibility to excite current driven non-re… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2007.04294v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2007.04294v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2007.04294v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Although supernova remnants remain the main suspects as sources of Galactic cosmic rays up to the knee, the supernova paradigm still has many loose ends. The weakest point in this construction is the possibility that individual supernova remnants can accelerate particles to the rigidity of the knee, $\sim 10^{6}$ GV. This scenario heavily relies upon the possibility to excite current driven non-resonant hybrid modes while the shock is still at the beginning of the Sedov phase. These modes can enhance the rate of particle scattering thereby leading to potentially very-high maximum energies. Here we calculate the spectrum of particles released into the interstellar medium from the remnants of different types of supernovae. We find that only the remnants of very powerful, rare core-collapse supernova explosions can accelerate light elements such as hydrogen and helium nuclei, to the knee rigidity, and that the local spectrum of cosmic rays directly constrains the rate of such events, if they are also source of PeV cosmic rays. On the other hand, for remnants of typical core-collapse supernova explosions, the Sedov phase is reached at late times, when the maximum energy is too low and the spectrum at very-high energies is very steep, being mostly produced during the ejecta dominated phase. For typical thermonuclear explosions, resulting in type Ia supernovae, we confirm previous findings that these objects can only produce cosmic rays up to $\lesssim 10^{5}$ GeV. The implications for the overall cosmic ray spectrum observed at the Earth and for the detection of PeVatrons by future gamma-ray observatories are discussed. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2007.04294v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2007.04294v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 8 July, 2020; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> July 2020. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">17 pages, 6 Figures, accepted to Astroparticle Physics</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.01302">arXiv:2007.01302</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2007.01302">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2007.01302">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.051101">10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.051101 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Signature of Energy Losses on the Cosmic Ray Electron Spectrum </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Evoli%2C+C">Carmelo Evoli</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Blasi%2C+P">Pasquale Blasi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">Elena Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aloisio%2C+R">Roberto Aloisio</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2007.01302v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We show that the fine structure of the electron spectrum in cosmic rays, especially the excess claimed by AMS-02 at energies $\sim$42 GeV, is fully accounted for in terms of inverse Compton losses in the photon background dominated by ultraviolet, infrared and CMB photons, plus the standard synchrotron losses in the Galactic magnetic field. The transition to the Klein-Nishina regime on the ultravi… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2007.01302v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2007.01302v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2007.01302v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We show that the fine structure of the electron spectrum in cosmic rays, especially the excess claimed by AMS-02 at energies $\sim$42 GeV, is fully accounted for in terms of inverse Compton losses in the photon background dominated by ultraviolet, infrared and CMB photons, plus the standard synchrotron losses in the Galactic magnetic field. The transition to the Klein-Nishina regime on the ultraviolet background causes the feature. Hence, contrary to previous statements, observations do not require the overlap of different components. We stress that the feature observed by AMS-02 at energies $\sim$42 GeV is not related to the positron excess, which instead requires the existence of positron sources, such as pulsars. Because energy losses are the physical explanation of this feature, we indirectly confirm that the transport of leptons in the Galaxy is loss-dominated down to energies of the order of tens of GeV. This finding imposes strong constraints on the feasibility of alternative theories of cosmic transport in which the grammage is accumulated in cocoons concentrated around sources, requiring that electrons and positrons become loss dominated only at very high energies. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2007.01302v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2007.01302v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 17 July, 2020; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 2 July, 2020; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> July 2020. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">5 pages, 3 figures, minor updates in the text, fixed a typo in Eq. 4</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 051101 (2020) </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.11534">arXiv:2003.11534</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2003.11534">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2003.11534">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-020-00663-0">10.1007/s11214-020-00663-0 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> High-energy particles and radiation in star-forming regions </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bykov%2C+A+M">A. M. Bykov</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Marcowith%2C+A">A. Marcowith</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">E. Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Kalyashova%2C+M+E">M. E. Kalyashova</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Kruijssen%2C+J+M+D">J. M. D. Kruijssen</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Waxman%2C+E">E. Waxman</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2003.11534v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Non-thermal particles and high-energy radiation can play a role in the dynamical processes in star-forming regions and provide an important piece of the multiwavelength observational picture of their structure and components. Powerful stellar winds and supernovae in compact clusters of massive stars and OB associations are known to be favourable sites of high-energy particle acceleration and sourc… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2003.11534v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2003.11534v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2003.11534v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Non-thermal particles and high-energy radiation can play a role in the dynamical processes in star-forming regions and provide an important piece of the multiwavelength observational picture of their structure and components. Powerful stellar winds and supernovae in compact clusters of massive stars and OB associations are known to be favourable sites of high-energy particle acceleration and sources of non-thermal radiation and neutrinos. Namely, young massive stellar clusters are likely sources of the PeV (petaelectronvolt) regime cosmic rays (CRs). They can also be responsible for the cosmic ray composition, e.g., 22Ne/20Ne anomalous isotopic ratio in CRs. Efficient particle acceleration can be accompanied by super-adiabatic amplification of the fluctuating magnetic fields in the systems converting a part of kinetic power of the winds and supernovae into the magnetic energy through the CR-driven instabilities. The escape and CR propagation in the vicinity of the sources are affected by the non-linear CR feedback. These effects are expected to be important in starburst galaxies, which produce high-energy neutrinos and gamma-rays. We give a brief review of the theoretical models and observational data on high-energy particle acceleration and their radiation in star-forming regions with young stellar population. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2003.11534v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2003.11534v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 1 October, 2020; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 25 March, 2020; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> March 2020. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">41 pages, Space Science Reviews v.216, id 42, topical collection Star Formation</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Space Science Reviews, Volume 216, Issue 3, article id.42, 2020 </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.04700">arXiv:2003.04700</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2003.04700">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2003.04700">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.083017">10.1103/PhysRevD.101.083017 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Impact of transport modelling on the $^{60}$Fe abundance inside Galactic cosmic ray sources </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Morlino%2C+G">Giovanni Morlino</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">Elena Amato</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2003.04700v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The ACE-CRIS collaboration has recently released the measurement of radioactive $^{60}$Fe nuclei abundance in Galactic Cosmic Rays, in the energy range $\sim 195-500$ MeV per nucleon. We model Cosmic Ray propagation and derive from this measurement the $^{60}$Fe/$^{56}$Fe ratio that is expected in the sources of Galactic Cosmic Rays. We describe Cosmic Ray origin and transport within the framework… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2003.04700v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2003.04700v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2003.04700v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The ACE-CRIS collaboration has recently released the measurement of radioactive $^{60}$Fe nuclei abundance in Galactic Cosmic Rays, in the energy range $\sim 195-500$ MeV per nucleon. We model Cosmic Ray propagation and derive from this measurement the $^{60}$Fe/$^{56}$Fe ratio that is expected in the sources of Galactic Cosmic Rays. We describe Cosmic Ray origin and transport within the framework of the disk/halo diffusion model, namely a scenario in which the matter and the Cosmic Ray sources in our Galaxy are confined to a thin disk, while Cosmic Ray propagation occurs in a much larger halo with negligible matter density. We solve the Cosmic Ray transport equation accounting for spallation reactions, decay and ionization losses as well as advection. We find that the $^{60}$Fe/$^{56}$Fe ratio at the source must be very close to the value detected in the local Cosmic Ray spectrum at Earth, due to the fact that spallation reactions are more effective for $^{56}$Fe than for $^{60}$Fe. Such a result could help identify the sources of Galactic Cosmic Rays. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2003.04700v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2003.04700v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 10 March, 2020; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> March 2020. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">11 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for publication in PRD</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.04442">arXiv:2001.04442</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2001.04442">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/2001.04442">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> The theory of Pulsar Wind Nebulae: recent progress </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">Elena Amato</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2001.04442v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Pulsar Wind Nebulae are highly intriguing astrophysical objects in many respects. They are the brightest and closest class of relativistic sources, and hence the ultimate laboratory for the physics of relativistic plasmas: several processes observed (or inferred to occur) in other classes of relativistic sources can here be studied with unique detail, like the acceleration and collimation of relat… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2001.04442v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('2001.04442v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="2001.04442v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Pulsar Wind Nebulae are highly intriguing astrophysical objects in many respects. They are the brightest and closest class of relativistic sources, and hence the ultimate laboratory for the physics of relativistic plasmas: several processes observed (or inferred to occur) in other classes of relativistic sources can here be studied with unique detail, like the acceleration and collimation of relativistic outflows, or the acceleration of particles at relativistic shocks. Here I review the current status of our theoretical understanding of Pulsar Wind Nebulae in light of the most recent 2D and 3D MHD modelling of these sources. I will discuss how these studies are taking us to the point when we can reliably use multi-wavelength observations of these nebulae as a diagnostics of the hidden physics of the pulsar wind and of the mechanism(s) through which particles are accelerated at the highly relativistic shock that terminates the wind. Finally I will briefly discuss recent progress in the modelling of evolved Pulsar Wind Nebulae and of the escape of particles from these systems. This effort is instrumental to credibly assess the role of Pulsar Winds as sources of cosmic ray leptons, and has recently been recognised to have important implications also on cosmic ray transport in the Galaxy. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('2001.04442v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('2001.04442v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 13 January, 2020; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> January 2020. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">invited talk at "High Energy Phenomena in Relativistic Outflows VII - HEPRO VII", 9-12 July 2019, Proceedings of Science</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.11829">arXiv:1911.11829</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1911.11829">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1911.11829">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz3270">10.1093/mnras/stz3270 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Deciphering the Nature of the Pulsar Wind Nebula CTB 87 with XMM-Newton </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Guest%2C+B">Benson Guest</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Safi-Harb%2C+S">Samar Safi-Harb</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=MacMaster%2C+A">Austin MacMaster</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Kothes%2C+R">Roland Kothes</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Olmi%2C+B">Barbara Olmi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">Elena Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bucciantini%2C+N">Niccolo Bucciantini</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Arzoumanian%2C+Z">Zaven Arzoumanian</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1911.11829v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> CTB 87 (G74.9+1.2) is an evolved supernova remnant (SNR) which hosts a peculiar pulsar wind nebula (PWN). The X-ray peak is offset from that observed in radio and lies towards the edge of the radio nebula. The putative pulsar, CXOU~J201609.2+371110, was first resolved with \textit{Chandra} and is surrounded by a compact and a more extended X-ray nebula. Here we use a deep {\textit{XMM-Newton}} obs… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1911.11829v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1911.11829v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1911.11829v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> CTB 87 (G74.9+1.2) is an evolved supernova remnant (SNR) which hosts a peculiar pulsar wind nebula (PWN). The X-ray peak is offset from that observed in radio and lies towards the edge of the radio nebula. The putative pulsar, CXOU~J201609.2+371110, was first resolved with \textit{Chandra} and is surrounded by a compact and a more extended X-ray nebula. Here we use a deep {\textit{XMM-Newton}} observation to examine the morphology and evolutionary stage of the PWN and to search for thermal emission expected from a supernova shell or reverse shock interaction with supernova ejecta. We do not find evidence of thermal X-ray emission from the SNR and place an upper limit on the electron density of 0.05~cm$^{-3}$ for a plasma temperature $kT\sim 0.8$ keV. The morphology and spectral properties are consistent with a $\sim$20~kyr-old relic PWN expanding into a stellar wind-blown bubble. We also present the first X-ray spectral index map from the PWN and show that we can reproduce its morphology by means of 2D axisymmetric relativistic hydrodynamical simulations. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1911.11829v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1911.11829v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 26 November, 2019; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> November 2019. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">9 pages, 10 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.10282">arXiv:1904.10282</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1904.10282">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1904.10282">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1806">10.1093/mnras/stz1806 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Effects of reacceleration and source grammage on secondary cosmic rays spectra </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bresci%2C+V">Virginia Bresci</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">Elena Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Blasi%2C+P">Pasquale Blasi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Morlino%2C+G">Giovanni Morlino</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1904.10282v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The ratio between secondary and primary cosmic ray particles is the main source of information about cosmic ray propagation in the Galaxy. Primary cosmic rays are thought to be accelerated mainly in Supernova Remnant (SNR) shocks and then released in the interstellar medium (ISM). Here they produce secondary particles by occasional collisions with interstellar matter. As a result, the ratio betwee… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1904.10282v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1904.10282v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1904.10282v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The ratio between secondary and primary cosmic ray particles is the main source of information about cosmic ray propagation in the Galaxy. Primary cosmic rays are thought to be accelerated mainly in Supernova Remnant (SNR) shocks and then released in the interstellar medium (ISM). Here they produce secondary particles by occasional collisions with interstellar matter. As a result, the ratio between the fluxes of secondary and primary particles carries information about the amount of matter cosmic rays have encountered during their journey from their sources to Earth. Recent measurements by AMS-02 revealed an unexpected behaviour of two main secondary-to-primary ratios, the Boron-to-Carbon ratio and the anti-proton-to-proton ratio. In this work we discuss how such anomalies may reflect the action of two phenomena that are usually overlooked, namely the fact that some fraction of secondary particles can be produced within the acceleration region, and the non-negligible probability that secondary particles encounter an accelerator (and are reaccelerated) during propagation. Both effects must be taken into account in order to correctly extract information about CR transport from secondary-to-primary ratios. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1904.10282v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1904.10282v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 23 April, 2019; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> April 2019. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">11 pages, 9 figures, submitted to MNRAS</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.06600">arXiv:1904.06600</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1904.06600">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1904.06600">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Astrophysics of Galaxies">astro-ph.GA</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> High-Resolution X-ray Imaging Studies of Neutron Stars, Pulsar Wind Nebulae and Supernova Remnants </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Safi-Harb%2C+S">Samar Safi-Harb</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">Elena Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Gotthelf%2C+E+V">Eric V. Gotthelf</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Katsuda%2C+S">Satoru Katsuda</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Sasaki%2C+M">Manami Sasaki</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Uchiyama%2C+Y">Yasunobu Uchiyama</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Tsuji%2C+N">Naomi Tsuji</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Guest%2C+B">Benson Guest</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1904.06600v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Supernova remnants serve as nearby laboratories relevant to many areas in Astrophysics, from stellar and galaxy evolution to extreme astrophysics and the formation of the heavy elements in the Universe. The Chandra X-ray mission has enabled a giant leap forward in studying both SNRs and their compact stellar remnants on sub-arcsecond scale. However, such high-resolution imaging studies have been m… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1904.06600v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1904.06600v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1904.06600v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Supernova remnants serve as nearby laboratories relevant to many areas in Astrophysics, from stellar and galaxy evolution to extreme astrophysics and the formation of the heavy elements in the Universe. The Chandra X-ray mission has enabled a giant leap forward in studying both SNRs and their compact stellar remnants on sub-arcsecond scale. However, such high-resolution imaging studies have been mostly limited to the nearby and/or relatively bright objects. There is no question that we are missing a large population, especially in external galaxies. Within our own Galaxy, we are presented with new fundamental questions related to neutron stars' diversity, kicks, relativistic winds and the way these objects interact with, and impact, their host environments. In this white paper, we highlight some of the breakthroughs to be achieved with future X-ray missions (such as the proposed AXIS probe) equipped with sub-arcsecond imaging resolution and an order of magnitude improvement in sensitivity. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1904.06600v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1904.06600v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 13 April, 2019; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> April 2019. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Astro2020 Science White Paper. 9 pages, 2 figures</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.01426">arXiv:1904.01426</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1904.01426">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1904.01426">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics">astro-ph.IM</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2019.04.001">10.1016/j.astropartphys.2019.04.001 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Monte Carlo studies for the optimisation of the Cherenkov Telescope Array layout </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Acharyya%2C+A">A. Acharyya</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Agudo%2C+I">I. Agudo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ang%C3%BCner%2C+E+O">E. O. Ang眉ner</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Alfaro%2C+R">R. Alfaro</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Alfaro%2C+J">J. Alfaro</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Alispach%2C+C">C. Alispach</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aloisio%2C+R">R. Aloisio</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Batista%2C+R+A">R. Alves Batista</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amans%2C+J+-">J. -P. Amans</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amati%2C+L">L. Amati</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">E. Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ambrosi%2C+G">G. Ambrosi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Antonelli%2C+L+A">L. A. Antonelli</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aramo%2C+C">C. Aramo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Armstrong%2C+T">T. Armstrong</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Arqueros%2C+F">F. Arqueros</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Arrabito%2C+L">L. Arrabito</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Asano%2C+K">K. Asano</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ashkar%2C+H">H. Ashkar</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Balazs%2C+C">C. Balazs</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Balbo%2C+M">M. Balbo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Balmaverde%2C+B">B. Balmaverde</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Barai%2C+P">P. Barai</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Barbano%2C+A">A. Barbano</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Barkov%2C+M">M. Barkov</a> , et al. (445 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1904.01426v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the major next-generation observatory for ground-based very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. It will improve the sensitivity of current ground-based instruments by a factor of five to twenty, depending on the energy, greatly improving both their angular and energy resolutions over four decades in energy (from 20 GeV to 300 TeV). This achievement will be possi… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1904.01426v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1904.01426v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1904.01426v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the major next-generation observatory for ground-based very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. It will improve the sensitivity of current ground-based instruments by a factor of five to twenty, depending on the energy, greatly improving both their angular and energy resolutions over four decades in energy (from 20 GeV to 300 TeV). This achievement will be possible by using tens of imaging Cherenkov telescopes of three successive sizes. They will be arranged into two arrays, one per hemisphere, located on the La Palma island (Spain) and in Paranal (Chile). We present here the optimised and final telescope arrays for both CTA sites, as well as their foreseen performance, resulting from the analysis of three different large-scale Monte Carlo productions. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1904.01426v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1904.01426v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 2 April, 2019; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> April 2019. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">48 pages, 16 figures, accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.03609">arXiv:1901.03609</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1901.03609">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1901.03609">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.051101">10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.051101 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Escape of cosmic rays from the Galaxy and effects on the circumgalactic medium </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Blasi%2C+P">P. Blasi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">E. Amato</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1901.03609v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The escape of cosmic rays from the Galaxy is expected to shape their spectrum inside the Galaxy. Yet, this phenomenon is very poorly understood and, in the absence of a physical description, it is usually modelled as free escape from a given boundary, typically located at a few kpc distance from the Galactic disc. We show that the assumption of free escape leads to the conclusion that the cosmic r… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1901.03609v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1901.03609v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1901.03609v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The escape of cosmic rays from the Galaxy is expected to shape their spectrum inside the Galaxy. Yet, this phenomenon is very poorly understood and, in the absence of a physical description, it is usually modelled as free escape from a given boundary, typically located at a few kpc distance from the Galactic disc. We show that the assumption of free escape leads to the conclusion that the cosmic ray current propagating in the circumgalactic medium is responsible for a non resonant cosmic ray induced instability that in turn leads to the generation of a magnetic field of strength $\sim 2\times 10^{-8}$ Gauss on a scale $\sim 10$ kpc around our Galaxy. The self-generated diffusion produces large gradients in the particle pressure that induce a displacement of the intergalactic medium with velocity $\sim 10-100$ km/s. Cosmic rays are then carried away by advection. If the overdensity of the intergalactic gas in a region of size $\sim 10$ kpc around our Galaxy is $\gtrsim 100$ with respect to the cosmological baryon density $惟_{b}蟻_{cr}$, then the flux of high energy neutrinos as due to pion production becomes comparable with the flux of astrophysical neutrinos recently measured by IceCube. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1901.03609v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1901.03609v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 11 January, 2019; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> January 2019. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Letters</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 051101 (2019) </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.01120">arXiv:1711.01120</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1711.01120">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1711.01120">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/aa9092">10.1088/1361-6587/aa9092 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Relativistic MHD modeling of magnetized neutron stars, pulsar winds, and their nebulae </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Del+Zanna%2C+L">L. Del Zanna</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Pili%2C+A+G">A. G. Pili</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Olmi%2C+B">B. Olmi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bucciantini%2C+N">N. Bucciantini</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">E. Amato</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1711.01120v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Neutron stars are among the most fascinating astrophysical sources, being characterized by strong gravity, densities about the nuclear one or even above, and huge magnetic fields. Their observational signatures can be extremely diverse across the electromagnetic spectrum, ranging from the periodic and low-frequency signals of radio pulsars, up to the abrupt high-energy gamma-ray flares of magnetar… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1711.01120v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1711.01120v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1711.01120v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Neutron stars are among the most fascinating astrophysical sources, being characterized by strong gravity, densities about the nuclear one or even above, and huge magnetic fields. Their observational signatures can be extremely diverse across the electromagnetic spectrum, ranging from the periodic and low-frequency signals of radio pulsars, up to the abrupt high-energy gamma-ray flares of magnetars, where energies of ~10^46 erg are released in a few seconds. Fast-rotating and highly magnetized neutron stars are expected to launch powerful relativistic winds, whose interaction with the supernova remnants gives rise to the non-thermal emission of pulsar wind nebulae, which are known cosmic accelerators of electrons and positrons up to PeV energies. In the extreme cases of proto-magnetars (magnetic fields of ~10^15 G and millisecond periods), a similar mechanism is likely to provide a viable engine for the still mysterious gamma-ray bursts. The key ingredient in all these spectacular manifestations of neutron stars is the presence of strong magnetic fields in their constituent plasma. Here we will present recent updates of a couple of state-of-the-art numerical investigations by the high-energy astrophysics group in Arcetri: a comprehensive modeling of the steady-state axisymmetric structure of rotating magnetized neutron stars in general relativity, and dynamical 3-D MHD simulations of relativistic pulsar winds and their associated nebulae. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1711.01120v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1711.01120v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 3 November, 2017; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> November 2017. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">EPS 44th Conference on Plasma Physics (June 2017, Belfast), paper accepted for publication on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 60 (2018) 014027 </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.10937">arXiv:1710.10937</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1710.10937">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1710.10937">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2828">10.1093/mnras/stx2828 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Diffuse 纬-ray emission from self-confined cosmic rays around Galactic sources </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=D%27Angelo%2C+M">M. D'Angelo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Morlino%2C+G">G. Morlino</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">E. Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Blasi%2C+P">P. Blasi</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1710.10937v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The propagation of particles accelerated at supernova remnant shocks and escaping the parent remnants is likely to proceed in a strongly non-linear regime, due to the efficient self-generation of Alfv茅n waves excited through streaming instability near the sources. Depending on the amount of neutral hydrogen present in the regions around the sites of supernova explosions, cosmic rays may accumulate… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1710.10937v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1710.10937v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1710.10937v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The propagation of particles accelerated at supernova remnant shocks and escaping the parent remnants is likely to proceed in a strongly non-linear regime, due to the efficient self-generation of Alfv茅n waves excited through streaming instability near the sources. Depending on the amount of neutral hydrogen present in the regions around the sites of supernova explosions, cosmic rays may accumulate an appreciable grammage in the same regions and get self-confined for non-negligible times, which in turn results in an enhanced rate of production of secondaries. Here we calculate the contribution to the diffuse gamma-ray background due to the overlap along lines of sight of several of these extended halos as due to pion production induced by self-confined cosmic rays. We find that if the density of neutrals is low, the halos can account for a substantial fraction of the diffuse emission observed by Fermi-LAT, depending on the orientation of the line of sight with respect to the direction of the Galactic centre. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1710.10937v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1710.10937v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 30 October, 2017; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> October 2017. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">12 pages, 8 figures. Accepted for publication by MNRAS</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.07997">arXiv:1709.07997</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1709.07997">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1709.07997">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics">astro-ph.IM</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> <span class="tag is-small is-grey tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Physics - Experiment">hep-ex</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1142/10986">10.1142/10986 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Science with the Cherenkov Telescope Array </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Consortium%2C+T+C+T+A">The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=%3A"> :</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Acharya%2C+B+S">B. S. Acharya</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Agudo%2C+I">I. Agudo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Samarai%2C+I+A">I. Al Samarai</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Alfaro%2C+R">R. Alfaro</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Alfaro%2C+J">J. Alfaro</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Alispach%2C+C">C. Alispach</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Batista%2C+R+A">R. Alves Batista</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amans%2C+J+-">J. -P. Amans</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">E. Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ambrosi%2C+G">G. Ambrosi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Antolini%2C+E">E. Antolini</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Antonelli%2C+L+A">L. A. Antonelli</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aramo%2C+C">C. Aramo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Araya%2C+M">M. Araya</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Armstrong%2C+T">T. Armstrong</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Arqueros%2C+F">F. Arqueros</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Arrabito%2C+L">L. Arrabito</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Asano%2C+K">K. Asano</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ashley%2C+M">M. Ashley</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Backes%2C+M">M. Backes</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Balazs%2C+C">C. Balazs</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Balbo%2C+M">M. Balbo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ballester%2C+O">O. Ballester</a> , et al. (558 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1709.07997v2-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The Cherenkov Telescope Array, CTA, will be the major global observatory for very high energy gamma-ray astronomy over the next decade and beyond. The scientific potential of CTA is extremely broad: from understanding the role of relativistic cosmic particles to the search for dark matter. CTA is an explorer of the extreme universe, probing environments from the immediate neighbourhood of black ho… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1709.07997v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1709.07997v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1709.07997v2-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The Cherenkov Telescope Array, CTA, will be the major global observatory for very high energy gamma-ray astronomy over the next decade and beyond. The scientific potential of CTA is extremely broad: from understanding the role of relativistic cosmic particles to the search for dark matter. CTA is an explorer of the extreme universe, probing environments from the immediate neighbourhood of black holes to cosmic voids on the largest scales. Covering a huge range in photon energy from 20 GeV to 300 TeV, CTA will improve on all aspects of performance with respect to current instruments. The observatory will operate arrays on sites in both hemispheres to provide full sky coverage and will hence maximize the potential for the rarest phenomena such as very nearby supernovae, gamma-ray bursts or gravitational wave transients. With 99 telescopes on the southern site and 19 telescopes on the northern site, flexible operation will be possible, with sub-arrays available for specific tasks. CTA will have important synergies with many of the new generation of major astronomical and astroparticle observatories. Multi-wavelength and multi-messenger approaches combining CTA data with those from other instruments will lead to a deeper understanding of the broad-band non-thermal properties of target sources. The CTA Observatory will be operated as an open, proposal-driven observatory, with all data available on a public archive after a pre-defined proprietary period. Scientists from institutions worldwide have combined together to form the CTA Consortium. This Consortium has prepared a proposal for a Core Programme of highly motivated observations. The programme, encompassing approximately 40% of the available observing time over the first ten years of CTA operation, is made up of individual Key Science Projects (KSPs), which are presented in this document. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1709.07997v2-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1709.07997v2-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 21 January, 2018; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 22 September, 2017; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> September 2017. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">213 pages, including references and glossary. Version 2: credits and references updated, some figures updated, and author list updated</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.03483">arXiv:1709.03483</a> <span>  </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Cherenkov Telescope Array Contributions to the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2017) </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Acero%2C+F">F. Acero</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Acharya%2C+B+S">B. S. Acharya</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Portella%2C+V+A">V. Ac铆n Portella</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Adams%2C+C">C. Adams</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Agudo%2C+I">I. Agudo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aharonian%2C+F">F. Aharonian</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Samarai%2C+I+A">I. Al Samarai</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Alberdi%2C+A">A. Alberdi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Alcubierre%2C+M">M. Alcubierre</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Alfaro%2C+R">R. Alfaro</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Alfaro%2C+J">J. Alfaro</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Alispach%2C+C">C. Alispach</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aloisio%2C+R">R. Aloisio</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Batista%2C+R+A">R. Alves Batista</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amans%2C+J+-">J. -P. Amans</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">E. Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ambrogi%2C+L">L. Ambrogi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ambrosi%2C+G">G. Ambrosi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ambrosio%2C+M">M. Ambrosio</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Anderson%2C+J">J. Anderson</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Anduze%2C+M">M. Anduze</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ang%C3%BCner%2C+E+O">E. O. Ang眉ner</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Antolini%2C+E">E. Antolini</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Antonelli%2C+L+A">L. A. Antonelli</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Antonuccio%2C+V">V. Antonuccio</a> , et al. (1117 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1709.03483v5-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> List of contributions from the Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium presented at the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference, July 12-20 2017, Busan, Korea. </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1709.03483v5-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> List of contributions from the Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium presented at the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference, July 12-20 2017, Busan, Korea. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1709.03483v5-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1709.03483v5-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 24 October, 2017; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">v1</span> submitted 11 September, 2017; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> September 2017. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Index of Cherenkov Telescope Array conference proceedings at the ICRC2017, Busan, Korea</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.04842">arXiv:1708.04842</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1708.04842">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1708.04842">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Contribution to diffuse gamma-ray emission coming from self-confined CRs around their Galactic sources </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Morlino%2C+G">G. Morlino</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=D%27Angelo%2C+M">M. D'Angelo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Blasi%2C+P">P. Blasi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">E. Amato</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1708.04842v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Recent observations of the diffuse Galactic gamma-ray emission by the Fermi-LAT satellite have shown significant deviations from models which assume the same diffusion properties for cosmic rays (CR) throughout the Galaxy. We explore the possibility that a fraction of this diffuse Galactic emission could be due to hadronic interactions of CRs self-confined in the region around their sources. In fa… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1708.04842v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1708.04842v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1708.04842v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Recent observations of the diffuse Galactic gamma-ray emission by the Fermi-LAT satellite have shown significant deviations from models which assume the same diffusion properties for cosmic rays (CR) throughout the Galaxy. We explore the possibility that a fraction of this diffuse Galactic emission could be due to hadronic interactions of CRs self-confined in the region around their sources. In fact, freshly accelerated CRs that diffuse away from the acceleration region can trigger the streaming instability able to amplify magnetic disturbance and to reduce the particle diffusion. When this happen, CRs are trapped in the near source region for a time longer than expected and an extended gamma-ray halo is produces around each source. Here we calculate the contribution to the diffuse gamma-ray background due to the overlap along lines of sight of several of these extended halos. We find that if the density of neutrals is low, the halos can account for a substantial fraction of the diffuse emission observed by Fermi-LAT, depending on the orientation of the line of sight with respect to the direction of the galactic center. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1708.04842v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1708.04842v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 16 August, 2017; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> August 2017. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">8 pages, 2 figs. Proceeding the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2017), Bexco, Busan, Korea</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.00950">arXiv:1705.00950</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1705.00950">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1705.00950">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-017-0371-7">10.1007/s11214-017-0371-7 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Pulsar wind nebulae with bow shocks: non-thermal radiation and cosmic ray leptons </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bykov%2C+A+M">A. M. Bykov</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">E. Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Petrov%2C+A+E">A. E. Petrov</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Krassilchtchikov%2C+A+M">A. M. Krassilchtchikov</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Levenfish%2C+K+P">K. P. Levenfish</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1705.00950v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> Pulsars with high spin-down power produce relativistic winds radiating a fraction of the power in the range from radio to gamma-rays in the pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe). The rest of the power is dissipated in the interactions of the PWNe with the interstellar medium (ISM). Some of the PWNe are moving relative to the ISM with supersonic speeds producing bow shocks. In this case, the ultrarelativistic… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1705.00950v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1705.00950v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1705.00950v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> Pulsars with high spin-down power produce relativistic winds radiating a fraction of the power in the range from radio to gamma-rays in the pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe). The rest of the power is dissipated in the interactions of the PWNe with the interstellar medium (ISM). Some of the PWNe are moving relative to the ISM with supersonic speeds producing bow shocks. In this case, the ultrarelativistic particles accelerated at the termination surface of the pulsar wind may be reaccelerated in the converging flow system formed by the outflow from the wind termination shock and the inflow from the bow shock. An outcome of this reacceleration is the creation of particle distributions with hard spectra, such as required to explain the observed synchrotron spectra with photon indices Gamma <~ 1.5. The presence of this hard component is specific to PWNe with bow shocks (BSPWNe). The accelerated particles may end up containing a substantial fraction of the shock ram pressure. For typical ISM and pulsar parameters, the positrons released by these systems are numerous enough to contribute a substantial fraction of the positrons detected as galactic cosmic ray particles above few tens and up to several hundred GeV. The escape of ultrarelativistic particles from a BSPWN and its appearance in the far-UV and X-ray bands is determined by the directions of the interstellar magnetic field, the velocity of the astrosphere and the pulsar rotation axis. In this respect we review the observed appearance and multiwavelength spectra of three different types of BSPWNe: PSR J0437-4715, the Guitar and Lighthouse nebulae, and Vela-like objects. We argue that high resolution imaging of such objects provides unique information on pulsar winds and on the ISM. We discuss the interpretation of imaging observations and estimate the BSPWN contribution to the positron flux observed at the Earth. (ABRIDGED) <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1705.00950v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1705.00950v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 2 May, 2017; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> May 2017. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">69 pages, 18 figures, Space Science Reviews (in press) 2017</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> Space Science Reviews, v. 207, iss. 1-4, pp. 235-290, 2017 </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.05696">arXiv:1704.05696</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1704.05696">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1704.05696">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2017.04.019">10.1016/j.asr.2017.04.019 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Cosmic Ray Transport in the Galaxy: a Review </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">Elena Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Blasi%2C+P">Pasquale Blasi</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1704.05696v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> The physics of energetic particle propagation in magnetised environments plays a crucial role in both the processes of acceleration and transport of cosmic rays. Recent theoretical developments in the field of cosmic ray research have been mainly in the direction of exploring non-linear aspects of the processes in which these particles are involved, namely the action of cosmic rays on the environm… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1704.05696v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1704.05696v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1704.05696v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> The physics of energetic particle propagation in magnetised environments plays a crucial role in both the processes of acceleration and transport of cosmic rays. Recent theoretical developments in the field of cosmic ray research have been mainly in the direction of exploring non-linear aspects of the processes in which these particles are involved, namely the action of cosmic rays on the environment in which the transport and/or acceleration take place. When cosmic rays propagate outside of the acceleration region, such action is mainly in two forms: 1) they generate hydromagnetic waves, through streaming instabilities, leading to a dependence of the scattering properties of the medium on the spectrum and spatial distribution of the energetic particles, and 2) they exert a dynamical action on the plasma, which may cause the launching of cosmic ray driven Galactic winds. In this article we discuss these and other recent developments and how they compare with the bulk of new observations on the spectra of primary nuclei (mainly H and He) and secondary to primary ratios, such as the B/C ratio and the $\bar p$/ratio, and the positrons ratio $e^+/(e^-+e^+)$. We also comment on some radically new models of the origin of CRs, in which the physical meaning of the secondary to primary ratios is not the same as in the standard model. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1704.05696v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1704.05696v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 19 April, 2017; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> April 2017. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">Solicited Review Article, accepted for publication in Advances in Space Research</span> </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.04136">arXiv:1704.04136</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1704.04136">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/ps/1704.04136">ps</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1704.04136">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa6d67">10.3847/1538-4357/aa6d67 <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Prospects for CTA observations of the young SNR RX J1713.7-3946 </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Consortium%2C+T+C">The CTA Consortium</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=%3A"> :</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Acero%2C+F">F. Acero</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aloisio%2C+R">R. Aloisio</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amans%2C+J">J. Amans</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">E. Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Antonelli%2C+L+A">L. A. Antonelli</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Aramo%2C+C">C. Aramo</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Armstrong%2C+T">T. Armstrong</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Arqueros%2C+F">F. Arqueros</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Asano%2C+K">K. Asano</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Ashley%2C+M">M. Ashley</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Backes%2C+M">M. Backes</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Balazs%2C+C">C. Balazs</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Balzer%2C+A">A. Balzer</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bamba%2C+A">A. Bamba</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Barkov%2C+M">M. Barkov</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Barrio%2C+J+A">J. A. Barrio</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Benbow%2C+W">W. Benbow</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bernl%C3%B6hr%2C+K">K. Bernl枚hr</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Beshley%2C+V">V. Beshley</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bigongiari%2C+C">C. Bigongiari</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Biland%2C+A">A. Biland</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bilinsky%2C+A">A. Bilinsky</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Bissaldi%2C+E">E. Bissaldi</a> , et al. (359 additional authors not shown) </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1704.04136v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> We perform simulations for future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) observations of RX~J1713.7$-$3946, a young supernova remnant (SNR) and one of the brightest sources ever discovered in very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays. Special attention is paid to explore possible spatial (anti-)correlations of gamma rays with emission at other wavelengths, in particular X-rays and CO/H{\sc i} emission. We presen… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1704.04136v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1704.04136v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1704.04136v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> We perform simulations for future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) observations of RX~J1713.7$-$3946, a young supernova remnant (SNR) and one of the brightest sources ever discovered in very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays. Special attention is paid to explore possible spatial (anti-)correlations of gamma rays with emission at other wavelengths, in particular X-rays and CO/H{\sc i} emission. We present a series of simulated images of RX J1713.7$-$3946 for CTA based on a set of observationally motivated models for the gamma-ray emission. In these models, VHE gamma rays produced by high-energy electrons are assumed to trace the non-thermal X-ray emission observed by {\it XMM-Newton}, whereas those originating from relativistic protons delineate the local gas distributions. The local atomic and molecular gas distributions are deduced by the NANTEN team from CO and H{\sc i} observations. Our primary goal is to show how one can distinguish the emission mechanism(s) of the gamma rays (i.e., hadronic vs leptonic, or a mixture of the two) through information provided by their spatial distribution, spectra, and time variation. This work is the first attempt to quantitatively evaluate the capabilities of CTA to achieve various proposed scientific goals by observing this important cosmic particle accelerator. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1704.04136v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1704.04136v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 13 April, 2017; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> April 2017. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">19 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ</span> </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Journal ref:</span> The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 840, Number 2 (2017) p. 74 </p> </li> <li class="arxiv-result"> <div class="is-marginless"> <p class="list-title is-inline-block"><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.05184">arXiv:1703.05184</a> <span> [<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1703.05184">pdf</a>, <a href="https://arxiv.org/format/1703.05184">other</a>] </span> </p> <div class="tags is-inline-block"> <span class="tag is-small is-link tooltip is-tooltip-top" data-tooltip="High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena">astro-ph.HE</span> </div> <div class="is-inline-block" style="margin-left: 0.5rem"> <div class="tags has-addons"> <span class="tag is-dark is-size-7">doi</span> <span class="tag is-light is-size-7"><a class="" href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-017-0344-x">10.1007/s11214-017-0344-x <i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></span> </div> </div> </div> <p class="title is-5 mathjax"> Modelling Jets, Tori and Flares in Pulsar Wind Nebulae </p> <p class="authors"> <span class="search-hit">Authors:</span> <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Porth%2C+O">Oliver Porth</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Buehler%2C+R">Rolf Buehler</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Olmi%2C+B">Barbara Olmi</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Komissarov%2C+S">Serguei Komissarov</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Lamberts%2C+A">Astrid Lamberts</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Amato%2C+E">Elena Amato</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Yuan%2C+Y">Yajie Yuan</a>, <a href="/search/astro-ph?searchtype=author&query=Rudy%2C+A">Alexander Rudy</a> </p> <p class="abstract mathjax"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Abstract</span>: <span class="abstract-short has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1703.05184v1-abstract-short" style="display: inline;"> In this contribution we review the recent progress in the modeling of Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWN). We start with a brief overview of the relevant physical processes in the magnetosphere, the wind-zone and the inflated nebula bubble. Radiative signatures and particle transport processes obtained from 3D simulations of PWN are discussed in the context of optical and X-ray observations. We then proceed… <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1703.05184v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'inline'; document.getElementById('1703.05184v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'none';">▽ More</a> </span> <span class="abstract-full has-text-grey-dark mathjax" id="1703.05184v1-abstract-full" style="display: none;"> In this contribution we review the recent progress in the modeling of Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWN). We start with a brief overview of the relevant physical processes in the magnetosphere, the wind-zone and the inflated nebula bubble. Radiative signatures and particle transport processes obtained from 3D simulations of PWN are discussed in the context of optical and X-ray observations. We then proceed to consider particle acceleration in PWN and elaborate on what can be learned about the particle acceleration from the dynamical structures called "wisps" observed in the Crab nebula. We also discuss recent observational and theoretical results of gamma-ray flares and the inner knot of the Crab nebula, which had been proposed as the emission site of the flares. We extend the discussion to GeV flares from binary systems in which the pulsar wind interacts with the stellar wind from a companion star. The chapter concludes with a discussion of solved and unsolved problems posed by PWN. <a class="is-size-7" style="white-space: nowrap;" onclick="document.getElementById('1703.05184v1-abstract-full').style.display = 'none'; document.getElementById('1703.05184v1-abstract-short').style.display = 'inline';">△ Less</a> </span> </p> <p class="is-size-7"><span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Submitted</span> 15 March, 2017; <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">originally announced</span> March 2017. </p> <p class="comments is-size-7"> <span class="has-text-black-bis has-text-weight-semibold">Comments:</span> <span class="has-text-grey-dark mathjax">To appear in "Jets and Winds in Pulsar Wind Nebulae, Gamma-ray Bursts and Blazars: Physics of Extreme Energy Release" of the Space Science Reviews series. 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