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PROBING THE PULSAR ORIGIN OF THE ANOMALOUS POSITRON FRACTION WITH AMS-02 AND ATMOSPHERIC CHERENKOV TELESCOPES

Linden, Tim ; Profumo, Stefano

The Astrophysical journal, 2013-07, Vol.772 (1), p.1-8 [Periódico revisado por pares]

United States

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  • Título:
    PROBING THE PULSAR ORIGIN OF THE ANOMALOUS POSITRON FRACTION WITH AMS-02 AND ATMOSPHERIC CHERENKOV TELESCOPES
  • Autor: Linden, Tim ; Profumo, Stefano
  • Assuntos: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer ; ANISOTROPY ; Arrays ; ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY ; Atmospherics ; CHERENKOV COUNTERS ; COSMIC RADIATION ; COSMIC RAY PROPAGATION ; ELECTRONS ; GEV RANGE 01-10 ; LIMITING VALUES ; NONLUMINOUS MATTER ; Origins ; POSITRONS ; PROBES ; PROTONS ; PULSARS ; SMOKES ; SPECTRA ; TELESCOPES
  • É parte de: The Astrophysical journal, 2013-07, Vol.772 (1), p.1-8
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  • Descrição: Recent observations by PAMELA, Fermi-LAT, and AMS-02 have conclusively indicated a rise in the cosmic-ray positron fraction above 10 GeV, a feature which is impossible to mimic under the paradigm of secondary positron production with self-consistent Galactic cosmic-ray propagation models. A leading explanation for the positron fraction rise is an additional source of electron-positron pairs, for example one or more mature, energetic, and relatively nearby pulsars. We point out that any one of two well-known nearby pulsars, Geminga and Monogem, can satisfactorily provide enough positrons to reproduce AMS-02 observations. A smoking-gun signature of this scenario is an anisotropy in the arrival direction of the cosmic-ray electrons and positrons, which may be detectable by existing, or future, telescopes. The predicted anisotropy level is, at present, consistent with limits from Fermi-LAT and AMS-02. We argue that the large collecting area of atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (ACTs) makes them optimal tools for detecting such an anisotropy. Specifically, we show that much of the proton and gamma -ray background which affects measurements of the cosmic-ray electron-position spectrum with ACTs may be controlled in the search for anisotiopies. We conclude that observations using archival ACT data could already constrain or substantiate the pulsar origin of the positron anomaly, while upcoming instruments (such as the Cherenkov Telescope Array) will provide strong constraints on the source of the rising position fraction.
  • Editor: United States
  • Idioma: Inglês
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