2020/01/21 by Ali Kheirandish, Kheirandish, Ali
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #Neutrino Physics Research
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2001.08524
openalex publication_date 2020/01/21 · openalex created_date 2020/01/30 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Galactic cosmic rays reach energies of at least several PeV, and their interactions should generate γ-rays and neutrinos from decay of secondary pions. Therefore, Galactic sources have a guaranteed contribution to the total high-energy cosmic neutrino flux observed by IceCube. Assuming that the highest energy γ-rays are pionic, promising neutrino source candidates have been identified based on their spectra, and observing them is likely over the lifetime of the IceCube experiment. Here, we present the search for Galactic sources of high-energy cosmic neutrinos by focusing on sources identified by HAWC's very high energy γ-ray survey.