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| author | Shin, Jiwon Hui, C. Y. Kim, Sangin Oh, Kwangmin Owen, Ellis R. |
| author_facet | Shin, Jiwon Hui, C. Y. Kim, Sangin Oh, Kwangmin Owen, Ellis R. |
| contents | Using 16 years of data collected by Fermi Large Area Telescope and 1523 days of survey data from High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory, we discovered the long-sought second GeV-TeV connection towards the globular cluster (GC) UKS 1 (Shin et al. 2025). Gamma-ray spectroscopy suggests that the GeV emission can be attributed to both the pulsar magnetosphere and inverse Compton scattering (ICS) by the pulsar wind. In particular, the TeV peak is displaced from the cluster center by several tidal radii in the trailing direction of the proper motion of UKS 1. This alignment supports a scenario in which relativistic leptons, likely driven by a millisecond pulsar population, produce very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-rays via ICS within a bow shock tail. Our findings not only highlights GCs as potential sources of VHE gamma-rays, but also offers a rare opportunity to probe cosmic ray transport in the Milky Way by studying particle propagation and anisotropic gamma-ray production associated with the extended, offset TeV feature of UKS 1. |
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| spellingShingle | Second Discovery of GeV-TeV Connection from the Globular Cluster UKS 1 Shin, Jiwon Hui, C. Y. Kim, Sangin Oh, Kwangmin Owen, Ellis R. High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Using 16 years of data collected by Fermi Large Area Telescope and 1523 days of survey data from High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory, we discovered the long-sought second GeV-TeV connection towards the globular cluster (GC) UKS 1 (Shin et al. 2025). Gamma-ray spectroscopy suggests that the GeV emission can be attributed to both the pulsar magnetosphere and inverse Compton scattering (ICS) by the pulsar wind. In particular, the TeV peak is displaced from the cluster center by several tidal radii in the trailing direction of the proper motion of UKS 1. This alignment supports a scenario in which relativistic leptons, likely driven by a millisecond pulsar population, produce very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-rays via ICS within a bow shock tail. Our findings not only highlights GCs as potential sources of VHE gamma-rays, but also offers a rare opportunity to probe cosmic ray transport in the Milky Way by studying particle propagation and anisotropic gamma-ray production associated with the extended, offset TeV feature of UKS 1. |
| title | Second Discovery of GeV-TeV Connection from the Globular Cluster UKS 1 |
| topic | High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11215 |