Studying High-Mass Microquasars with HAWC

Hwang SY, Son Y, Abeysekara AU, Albert A, Alfaro R, Alvarez C, Álvarez JD, Angeles Camacho JR, Arteaga-Velázquez JC, Arunbabu KP, Avila Rojas D, Ayala Solares HA, Babu R, Baghmanyan V, Barber AS, Becerra Gonzalez J, Belmont-Moreno E, BenZvi SY, Berley D, Brisbois C, Caballero-Mora KS, Capistrán T, Carramiñana A, Casanova S, Chaparro-Amaro O, Cotti U, Cotzomi J, Coutiño de León S, De la Fuente E, de León C, Diaz-Cruz L, Diaz Hernandez R, Díaz-Vélez JC, Dingus BL, Durocher M, DuVernois MA, Ellsworth RW, Engel K, Espinoza C, Fan KL, Fang K, Fernández Alonso M, Fick B, Fleischhack H, Flores JL, Fraija NI, Garcia D, García-González JA, García-Luna JL, García-Torales G, Garfias F, Giacinti G, Goksu H, González MM, Goodman JA, Harding JP, Hernandez S, Herzog I, Hinton J, Hona B, Huang D, Hueyotl-Zahuantitla F, Hui CM, Humensky B, Hüntemeyer P, Iriarte A, Jardin-Blicq A, Jhee H, Joshi V, Kieda D, Kunde GJ, Kunwar S, Lara A, Lee J, Lee WH, Lennarz D, León Vargas H, Linnemann J, Longinotti AL, López-Coto R, Luis-Raya G, Lundeen J, Malone K, Marandon V, Martinez O, Martinez-Castellanos I, Martínez-Huerta H, Martínez-Castro J, Matthews JA, McEnery J, Miranda-Romagnoli P, Morales-Soto JA, Moreno E, Mostafá M, Nayerhoda A, Nellen L, Newbold M, Nisa MU, Noriega-Papaqui R, Olivera-Nieto L, Omodei N, Peisker A, Pérez Araujo Y, Pérez-Pérez EG, Rho CD, Rivière C, Rosa-Gonzalez D, Ruiz-Velasco E, Ryan J, Salazar H, Salesa Greus F, Sandoval A, Schneider M, Schoorlemmer H, Serna-Franco J, Sinnis G, Smith AJ, Springer RW, Surajbali P, Taboada I, Tanner M, Tollefson K, Torres I, Torres-Escobedo R, Turner R, Ureña-Mena F, Villaseñor L, Wang X, Watson IJ, Weisgarber T, Werner F, Willox E, Wood J, Yodh GB, Zepeda A, Zhou H (2022)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2022

Journal

Publisher: Sissa Medialab Srl

Book Volume: 395

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of Science

Event location: Virtual, Berlin, DEU

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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University of Seoul (UOS) / 서울시립대학교 Korea, Republic of (KR) Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK) / Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics Germany (DE) University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) United States (USA) (US) National Autonomous University of Mexico / Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Mexico (MX) University of Wisconsin - Madison United States (USA) (US) University of Utah United States (USA) (US) Los Alamos National Laboratory United States (USA) (US) Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH) Mexico (MX) Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences / Instytut Fizyki Jądrowej im. Henryka Niewodniczańskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk Poland (PL) Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) United States (USA) (US) Michigan Technological University United States (USA) (US) Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas (UNACH) Mexico (MX) National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics / Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE) Mexico (MX) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) United States (USA) (US) National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico / Instituto Politécnico Nacional de México Mexico (MX) University of Rochester (UR) United States (USA) (US) Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP) / Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla Mexico (MX) Universidad de Guadalajara (UDEG) Mexico (MX) Michigan State University United States (USA) (US) Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) Mexico (MX) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) Universidad Politécnica de Pachuca (UPP) Mexico (MX) Georgia Institute of Technology United States (USA) (US) Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM) Mexico (MX) University of New Mexico (UNM) / Universidad de Nuevo México United States (USA) (US) Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo / Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo Mexico (MX) Stanford University United States (USA) (US) University of New Hampshire United States (USA) (US) University of California Irvine United States (USA) (US) Shanghai Jiao Tong University / 上海交通大学 China (CN)

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APA:

Hwang, S.Y., Son, Y., Abeysekara, A.U., Albert, A., Alfaro, R., Alvarez, C.,... Zhou, H. (2022). Studying High-Mass Microquasars with HAWC. In Proceedings of Science. Virtual, Berlin, DEU: Sissa Medialab Srl.

MLA:

Hwang, Se Yeon, et al. "Studying High-Mass Microquasars with HAWC." Proceedings of the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021, Virtual, Berlin, DEU Sissa Medialab Srl, 2022.

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