Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-01-08
Astrophys.J.695:883-887,2009
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
14 pages (aastex), 5 figures, accepted for publication by The Astrophysical Journal
Scientific paper
10.1088/0004-637X/695/2/883
Recently the Milagro experiment observed diffuse multi-TeV gamma-ray emission in the Cygnus region, which is significantly stronger than what predicted by the Galactic cosmic ray model. However, the sub-GeV observation by EGRET shows no excess to the prediction based on the same model. This TeV excess implies possible high energy cosmic rays populated in the region with harder spectrum than that observed on the Earth. In the work we studied this theoretical speculation in detail. We find that, a diffuse proton source with power index $\alpha_p\lesssim 2.3$, or a diffuse electron source with power index $\alpha_e\lesssim2.6$ can reproduce the Milagro's observation without conflicting with the EGRET data. Further detections on neutrinos, a diagnostic of the hadronic model, and hard X-ray synchrontron radiation, a diagnostic of the lepton model, help to break this degeneracy. In combination with the gamma ray observations to several hundred GeV by Fermi, we will be able to understand the diffuse emission mechanisms in the Cygnus region better.
Bi Xiao-Jun
Chen Tian-Lu
Wang Yue
Yuan Qiang
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