Studying High-Mass Microquasars with HAWC
- HAWC Collaboration,
- Se Yeon Hwang(Author),
- Youngwan Son(Author),
- A. U. Abeysekara(Author),
- A. Albert(Author),
- R. Alfaro(Author)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison,
- University of Seoul,
- University of Utah,
- Los Alamos National Laboratory,
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
- Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas
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Abstract
High-mass microquasars (HMMQs) are powerful particle accelerators, but their mechanism of the high-energy emission is poorly understood. To date, only a handful of these particle engines have ever been observed to emit gamma-ray photons and are thus potential TeV gamma-ray emitters. In this work, we study four HMMQs, namely, LS 5039, Cyg X-1, Cyg X-3, and SS 433 using the data from the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory. We perform time dependent analyses on each HMMQ to look for any periodic variations in their flux. We produce light curves using the HAWC daily maps from which we generate Lomb-Scargle periodograms. By analysing the significance of the periodogram peaks, we assess whether or not HAWC is sensitive to orbitally modulating TeV gamma-ray flux in the four HMMQs.
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Proceedings of Science (Volume 395)Publication milestones
- Published - 18/03/2022
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Published - 18/03/2022
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- Scopus: 85145006560
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37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021
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12/07/2021 - 23/07/2021Location
Virtual, BerlinGermany
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We acknowledge the support from: the US National Science Foundation (NSF); the US Department of Energy Office of High-Energy Physics; the Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program of Los Alamos National Laboratory; Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT), México, grants 271051, 232656, 260378, 179588, 254964, 258865, 243290, 132197, A1-S-46288, A1-S-22784, cátedras 873, 1563, 341, 323, Red HAWC, México; DGAPA-UNAM grants IG101320, IN111716-3, IN111419, IA102019, IN110621, IN110521; VIEP-BUAP; PIFI 2012, 2013, PROFOCIE 2014, 2015; the University of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation; the Institute of Geophysics, Planetary Physics, and Signatures at Los Alamos National Laboratory; Polish Science Centre grant, DEC-2017/27/B/ST9/02272; Coordinación de la Investigación Científica de la Universidad Michoacana; Royal Society - Newton Advanced Fellowship 180385; General-itat Valenciana, grant CIDEGENT/2018/034; Chulalongkorn University’s CUniverse (CUAASC) grant; Coordinación General Académica e Innovación (CGAI-UdeG), PRODEP-SEP UDG-CA-499; Institute of Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), University of Tokyo, H.F. acknowledges support by NASA under award number 80GSFC21M0002. We also acknowledge the significant contributions over many years of Stefan Westerhoff, Gaurang Yodh and Arnulfo Zepeda Dominguez, all deceased members of the HAWC collaboration. Thanks to Scott Delay, Luciano Díaz and Eduardo Murrieta for technical support.
We acknowledge the support from: the US National Science Foundation (NSF); the US Department of Energy Office of High-Energy Physics; the Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program of Los Alamos National Laboratory; Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT), México, grants 271051, 232656, 260378, 179588, 254964, 258865, 243290, 132197, A1-S-46288, A1-S-22784, cátedras 873, 1563, 341, 323, Red HAWC, México; DGAPA-UNAM grants IG101320, IN111716-3, IN111419, IA102019, IN110621, IN110521; VIEP-BUAP; PIFI 2012, 2013, PROFOCIE 2014, 2015; the University of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation; the Institute of Geophysics, Planetary Physics, and Signatures at Los Alamos National Laboratory; Polish Science Centre grant, DEC-2017/27/B/ST9/02272; Coordinación de la Investigación Científica de la Universidad Michoacana; Royal Society - Newton Advanced Fellowship 180385; Generalitat Valenciana, grant CIDEGENT/2018/034; Chulalongkorn University's CUniverse (CUAASC) grant; Coordinación General Académica e Innovación (CGAI-UdeG), PRODEP-SEP UDG-CA-499; Institute of Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), University of Tokyo, H.F. acknowledges support by NASA under award number 80GSFC21M0002. We also acknowledge the significant contributions over many years of Stefan Westerhoff, Gaurang Yodh and Arnulfo Zepeda Dominguez, all deceased members of the HAWC collaboration. Thanks to Scott Delay, Luciano Díaz and Eduardo Murrieta for technical support.
FundersFunding numbers
CUAASC
-Chulalongkorn University's CUniverse
-Chulalongkorn University's CUniverse
-Coordinación General Académica e Innovación
PRODEP-SEP UDG-CA-499
Coordinación de la Investigación Científica de la Universidad Michoacana
-Institute of Geophysics
-Planetary Physics
-Polish Science Centre
DEC-2017/27/B/ST9/02272
US Department of Energy Office of High-Energy Physics
-University of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
-VIEP-BUAP
-NSF
-NASA
80GSFC21M0002
NASA
-LDRD
-LANL
-Royal Society
180385
Royal Society
-CONACYT
271051, A1-S-46288, 254964, 258865, A1-S-22784, 260378, 132197, 179588, 232656, 243290
CONACYT
-GVA
CIDEGENT/2018/034
GVA
-University of Tokyo
-DGAPA, UNAM
IN111419, IG101320, IN111716-3, IN110621, IA102019, IN110521
DGAPA, UNAM
-