Gamma ray emission from embedded young massive star clusters unveiled by Fermi-LAT
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| author | Peron, Giada Morlino, Giovanni Amato, Elena Menchiari, Stefano |
| author_facet | Peron, Giada Morlino, Giovanni Amato, Elena Menchiari, Stefano |
| contents | 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. |
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| spellingShingle | Gamma ray emission from embedded young massive star clusters unveiled by Fermi-LAT Peron, Giada Morlino, Giovanni Amato, Elena Menchiari, Stefano High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 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. |
| title | Gamma ray emission from embedded young massive star clusters unveiled by Fermi-LAT |
| topic | High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.11630 |