Gamma-ray haloes around pulsars as the key to understanding cosmic-ray transport in the Galaxy

R López-Coto, E de Oña Wilhelmi, F Aharonian… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Pulsars are factories of relativistic electrons and positrons that propagate away from the
pulsar, eventually permeating our Galaxy. The acceleration and propagation of these cosmic …

[HTML][HTML] Ultra-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy

Z Cao, S Chen, R Liu, R Yang - Annual Review of Nuclear and …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Ultra-high-energy (UHE,> 0.1 PeV) γ-ray astronomy is rapidly evolving into an expanding
branch of γ-ray astronomy with the surprising discovery of 12 PeVatrons and the detection of …

Measurement of ultra-high-energy diffuse gamma-ray emission of the Galactic plane from 10 TeV to 1 PeV with LHAASO-KM2A

Z Cao, F Aharonian, Q An, Axikegu, YX Bai, YW Bao… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
The diffuse Galactic γ-ray emission, mainly produced via interactions between cosmic rays
and the interstellar medium and/or radiation field, is a very important probe of the …

The first LHAASO catalog of gamma-ray sources

Z Cao, F Aharonian, Q An, YX Bai… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first catalog of very-high-energy and ultra-high-energy gamma-ray sources
detected by the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory. The catalog was compiled …

[HTML][HTML] Snowmass2021 theory frontier white paper: Astrophysical and cosmological probes of dark matter

KK Boddy, M Lisanti, SD McDermott, NL Rodd… - Journal of High Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
While astrophysical and cosmological probes provide a remarkably precise and consistent
picture of the quantity and general properties of dark matter, its fundamental nature remains …

Report of the topical group on particle dark matter for snowmass 2021

J Cooley, T Lin, WH Lippincott, TR Slatyer… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
This report summarizes the findings of the CF1 Topical Subgroup to Snowmass 2021, which
was focused on particle dark matter. One of the most important scientific goals of the next …

All-sky medium energy gamma-ray observatory eXplorer mission concept

R Caputo, M Ajello, CA Kierans… - Journal of …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory eXplorer (AMEGO-X) is designed to
identify and characterize gamma rays from extreme explosions and accelerators. The main …

TeV halos and the role of pulsar wind nebulae as sources of cosmic-ray positrons

B Schroer, C Evoli, P Blasi - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
The recent detection of the Geminga pulsar wind nebula (PWN) by HAWC in the multi-TeV
band allows us to infer precious information about the transport of pairs in the immediate …

Self-generated cosmic-ray turbulence can explain the morphology of TeV halos

P Mukhopadhyay, T Linden - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
Observations have shown that spatially extended “TeV halos” are a common (and potentially
generic) feature surrounding young and middle-aged pulsars. However, their morphology is …

[HTML][HTML] Search for Extended Sources of Neutrino Emission in the Galactic Plane with IceCube

R Abbasi, M Ackermann, J Adams… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The Galactic plane, harboring a diffuse neutrino flux, is a particularly interesting target in
which to study potential cosmic-ray acceleration sites. Recent gamma-ray observations by …