Studying High-Mass Microquasars with HAWC

HAWC Collaboration

Studying High-Mass Microquasars with HAWC

HAWC Collaboration

University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Seoul
University of Utah
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo
Pennsylvania State University
Michigan Technological University
Polish Academy of Sciences
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
University of Rochester
University of Maryland, College Park
Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla
Universidad de Guadalajara
Catholic University of America
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	813
Journal	Proceedings of Science
Volume	395
State	Published - 18 Mar 2022
Externally published	Yes
Event	37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021 - Virtual, Berlin, Germany Duration: 12 Jul 2021 → 23 Jul 2021

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Studying High-Mass Microquasars with HAWC

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