PoS - Proceedings of Science
Volume 444 - 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2023) - Gamma-ray Astronomy (GA)
Discovery of the Ultra-High-Energy gamma-ray source LHAASO J2002+3238 spatially associated with SNR G69.7+1.0
B. Hou*, R. Zhang, S. Xi, S. Chen, H. He and Z. Xia
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Pre-published on: August 21, 2023
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Abstract
The origin of Galactic PeV cosmic rays is still under debate. Shell-type supernova remnants (SNRs) are proposed to be one of the candidate sources of Galactic PeV cosmic rays, but observational evidence is lacking. Here we report LHAASO’s detection on a point source J2002+3238 with a significance of 5.8 sigma above 25 TeV and 6.8 sigma above 100 TeV. The spectrum is consistent with a power-law spectrum with no cutoff. Inside the error region of the source, a shell-type SNR G69.7+1.0 is found locating only 0.07°away from the best-fit location of the source, suggesting a strong association between the UHE gamma-ray source and the SNR. This provides strong evidence on SNRs as possible PeV accelerators.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.444.0605
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