HAWC, VERITAS, Fermi-LAT, and XMM-Newton Follow-up Observations of the Unidentified Ultra-high-energy Gamma-Ray Source LHAASO J2108+5157
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Article
Publication Date
10-1-2025
Abstract
We report observations of the ultra-high-energy gamma-ray source LHAASO J2108+5157, utilizing VERITAS, HAWC, Fermi-LAT, and XMM-Newton. VERITAS has collected ∼40 hr of data that we used to set ULs to the emission above 200 GeV. The HAWC data, collected over ∼2400 days, reveal emission between 3 and 146 TeV, with a significance of 7.5σ, favoring an extended source model. The best-fit spectrum measured by HAWC is characterized by a simple power law with a spectral index of 2.45 ± 0.11stat. Fermi-LAT analysis finds a point source with a very soft spectrum in the LHAASO J2108+5157 region, consistent with the 4FGL-DR3 catalog results. The XMM-Newton analysis yields a null detection of the source in the 2–7 keV band. The broadband spectrum can be interpreted as a pulsar and a pulsar wind nebula system, where the GeV gamma-ray emission originates from an unidentified pulsar, and the X-ray and TeV emissions are attributed to synchrotron radiation and inverse Compton scattering of electrons accelerated within a pulsar wind nebula. In this leptonic scenario, our X-ray upper limit provides a stringent constraint on the magnetic field, which is ≲1.5 μG.
Publication Title
Astrophysical Journal
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Buckley, J.,
Chen, Y.,
Christiansen, J.,
Chromey, A.,
Escobar Godoy, M.,
Feldman, S.,
Feng, Q.,
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Fortson, L.,
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Hervet, O.,
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Holder, J.,
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Jin, W.,
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Kertzman, M.,
Kherlakian, M.,
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Kleiner, T.,
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Kumar, S.,
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Lundy, M.,
Maier, G.,
&
Millard, M.
(2025).
HAWC, VERITAS, Fermi-LAT, and XMM-Newton Follow-up Observations of the Unidentified Ultra-high-energy Gamma-Ray Source LHAASO J2108+5157.
Astrophysical Journal,
991(2).
http://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adf439
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