Features of the gamma-ray pulsar halo HESS J1831$-$098

Abstract

Gamma-ray pulsar halos are ideal indicators of cosmic-ray propagation in localized regions of the Galaxy and electron injection from pulsar wind nebulae. HESS~J1831$-$098 is a candidate pulsar halo observed by both H.E.S.S. and HAWC experiments. We adopt the flux map of the H.E.S.S. Galactic plane survey and the spectrum measurements of H.E.S.S. and \textit{Fermi}-LAT to study HESS~J1831$-$098. We find that HESS~J1831$-$098 meets all the criteria for a pulsar halo. The diffusion coefficient inside the halo and the conversion efficiency from the pulsar spin-down energy to the electron energy are both similar to the Geminga halo, a canonical pulsar halo. The injection spectrum can be well described by an exponentially-cutoff power law. However, the needed power-law term is very hard with $p\lesssim 1$ if the diffusion coefficient is spatially and temporally independent. Considering the possible origins of the slow-diffusion environment, we adopt the two-zone diffusion model and the time-delayed slow-diffusion model. Both the models can interpret the H.E.S.S. and \textit{Fermi}-LAT results with a milder $p$. A modified injection time profile may have a similar effect.

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