MAGIC observations of the diffuse γ -ray emission in the vicinity of the Galactic center

[Aims] In the presence of a sufficient amount of target material, γ-rays can be used as a tracer in the search for sources of Galactic cosmic rays (CRs). Here we present deep observations of the Galactic center (GC) region with the MAGIC telescopes and use them to infer the underlying CR distributio...

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Authors: Acciari, Victor, Font, L., Gaug, Markus, Maggio, C., Moreno, Victoria, Munar-Adrover, P., Paredes, Josep M., Torres-Albà, N., Zarić, D., MAGIC Collaboration
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2020
Country:España
Institution:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repository:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/233094
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/233094
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Cosmic rays
Galaxy: center
Gamma rays: general
Gamma rays: ISM
ddc:520
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Summary:[Aims] In the presence of a sufficient amount of target material, γ-rays can be used as a tracer in the search for sources of Galactic cosmic rays (CRs). Here we present deep observations of the Galactic center (GC) region with the MAGIC telescopes and use them to infer the underlying CR distribution and to study the alleged PeV proton accelerator at the center of our Galaxy.

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