Evidence of 100 TeV γ-ray emission from HESS J1702-420: A new PeVatron candidate

H.E.S.S. Collaboration

Evidence of 100 TeV γ-ray emission from HESS J1702-420: A new PeVatron candidate

H.E.S.S. Collaboration

Department of Physics
University of Namibia
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
Russian-Armenian University
Aix-Marseille Université
Centre for Space Research
North-West University
Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules
LTHE (UMR 5564 CNRS/IRD/Université de Grenoble)
Department of Physics
University of Oxford
Université Paris-Saclay
Institute for Nuclear Physics
c/o DESY
Jagiellonian University
School of Physics
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering
Linnaeus University, Växjö
University of Tübingen
LUTH - Laboratoire de l'Univers et de ses Theories
Sorbonne Université
University of Warsaw
Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
UMR 5797
Astroparticule and Cosmol APC
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Leicester
University of Potsdam

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Abstract

The identification of active PeVatrons, hadronic particle accelerators reaching the knee of the cosmic-ray spectrum (at the energy of few PeV), is crucial to understand the origin of cosmic rays in the Galaxy. In this context, we report on new H.E.S.S. observations of the PeVatron candidate HESS J1702-420, which bring evidence for the presence of γ-rays up to 100 TeV. This is the first time in the history of H.E.S.S. that photons with such high energy are observed. Remarkably, the new deep observations allowed the discovery of a new γ-ray source component, called HESS J1702-420A, that was previously hidden under the bulk emission traditionally associated with HESS J1702-420. This new object has a power-law spectral slope < 2 and a γ-ray spectrum that, extending with no sign of curvature up to 100 TeV, makes it an excellent candidate site for the presence of PeV-energy cosmic rays. This discovery brings new information to the ongoing debate on the nature of the unidentified source HESSJ1702-420, and on the origin of Galactic cosmic rays.

Original language	English
Article number	793
Journal	Proceedings of Science
Volume	395
Publication status	Published - 18 Mar 2022
Event	37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021 - Virtual, Berlin, Germany Duration: 12 Jul 2021 → 23 Jul 2021

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Evidence of 100 TeV γ-ray emission from HESS J1702-420: A new PeVatron candidate

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