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Autores principales: Zhang, Jianli, Guo, YiQing
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Publicado: 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.00477
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author Zhang, Jianli
Guo, YiQing
author_facet Zhang, Jianli
Guo, YiQing
contents "PeVatrons" refer to astrophysical sources capable of accelerating particles to energies around $10^{15}$ electron volts and higher, potentially contributing to the cosmic ray spectrum in the knee region. Recently, LHAASO has discovered a large number of PeVatrons, allowing us to investigate in greater depth the contributions of these sources to cosmic rays above the knee region. However, high-energy gamma rays undergo attenuation due to interactions with the interstellar radiation field and cosmic microwave background radiation, requiring corrections to restore the true spectral characteristics at the source. In this study, using interstellar radiation field model extracted from galprop code, we quantitatively calculated the spectral absorption effects of sources listed in the first LHAASO source catalog, with some sources showing absorption reaching 30\% at 100 TeV and 80\% at 3 PeV. We also calculated the high energy gamma ray absorption effects of Galactic microquasars, which are potential PeVatrons. By calculating the absorption effects, it will help differentiate the radiation mechanisms of the acceleration sources.
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spellingShingle Attenuation of LHAASO PeVatrons by Interstellar Radiation Field and Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
Zhang, Jianli
Guo, YiQing
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
"PeVatrons" refer to astrophysical sources capable of accelerating particles to energies around $10^{15}$ electron volts and higher, potentially contributing to the cosmic ray spectrum in the knee region. Recently, LHAASO has discovered a large number of PeVatrons, allowing us to investigate in greater depth the contributions of these sources to cosmic rays above the knee region. However, high-energy gamma rays undergo attenuation due to interactions with the interstellar radiation field and cosmic microwave background radiation, requiring corrections to restore the true spectral characteristics at the source. In this study, using interstellar radiation field model extracted from galprop code, we quantitatively calculated the spectral absorption effects of sources listed in the first LHAASO source catalog, with some sources showing absorption reaching 30\% at 100 TeV and 80\% at 3 PeV. We also calculated the high energy gamma ray absorption effects of Galactic microquasars, which are potential PeVatrons. By calculating the absorption effects, it will help differentiate the radiation mechanisms of the acceleration sources.
title Attenuation of LHAASO PeVatrons by Interstellar Radiation Field and Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.00477