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Searches for Neutrinos from Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory Ultra-high-energy $γ$-Ray Sources Using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory
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Searches for Neutrinos from Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory Ultra-high-energy $γ$-Ray Sources Using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory

R. Abbasi, M. Ackermann, N. Aggarwal, J. A. Aguilar, M. Ahlers, J. M. Alameddine, A. A. Alves, N. M. Amin, K. Andeen, G. Anton, …
01 Mar 2023
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high [energy] Subatomic Physics IceCube air observatory acceleration UHE supernova gas suppression Subatomär fysik flux galaxy accelerator TeV Astronomy and Astrophysics cosmic radiation Space and Planetary Science tracks Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology showers Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi 520 energy: high pulsar stacking Physics
The astrophysical journal / 2 945(1), L8 (2023). doi:10.3847/2041-8213/acb933 Galactic PeV cosmic-ray accelerators (PeVatrons) are Galactic sources theorized to accelerate cosmic rays up to PeV in energy. The accelerated cosmic rays are expected to interact hadronically with nearby ambient gas or the interstellar medium, resulting in $γ$-rays and neutrinos. Recently, the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) identified 12 $γ$-ray sources with emissions above 100 TeV, making them candidates for PeVatrons. While at these high energies the Klein–Nishina effect exponentially suppresses leptonic emission from Galactic sources, evidence for neutrino emission would unequivocally confirm hadronic acceleration. Here, we present the results of a search for neutrinos from these $γ$-ray sources and stacking searches testing for excess neutrino emission from all 12 sources as well as their subcatalogs of supernova remnants and pulsar wind nebulae with 11 yr of track events from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. No significant emissions were found. Based on the resulting limits, we place constraints on the fraction of $γ$-ray flux originating from the hadronic processes in the Crab Nebula and LHAASO J2226+6057. Published by Institute of Physics Publ., London

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