High-energy Cosmic Ray production in X-ray Binary Jets

Abstract

As smaller analogs of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), X-ray Binaries (XRBs) are also capable of launching jets that accelerate particles to high energies. In this work, we reexamine XRB jets as potential sources of high-energy cosmic rays (CRs) and explore whether they could provide a significant second Galactic component to the CR spectrum. In the most intriguing scenario, XRB-CRs could dominate the observed spectrum above the so-called "knee" feature at $\sim 3\times 10^{15}$ eV, offering an explanation for several key issues in this transition zone from Galactic to extragalactic CRs. We discuss how such a scenario could be probed in the near future via multi-messenger observations of XRB jets, as well as diffuse Galactic neutrino flux measurements.

12 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

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