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@ARTICLE{deOnaWilhelmi:619414,
author = {de Ona Wilhelmi, Emma Maria and López-Coto, Ruben and
Aharonian, Felix and Amato, Elena and Cao, Zhen and Gabici,
Stefano and Hinton, Jim},
title = {{T}he hunt for {P}e{V}atrons as the origin of the most
energetic photons observed in the {G}alaxy},
reportid = {PUBDB-2024-07619, arXiv:2404.16591},
year = {2024},
note = {Published in Nature Astronomy, Volume 8, pages 425-431
(2024)},
abstract = {Ultrarelativistic particles called cosmic rays permeate the
Milky Way, propagating through the turbulent Galactic
magnetic fields. The mechanisms under which these particles
increase their energy can be reasonably described by current
theories of acceleration and propagation of cosmic rays.
There are, however, still many open questions as to how to
reach petaelectronvolt (PeV) energies, the maximum energy
believed to be attained in our Galaxy, and in which
astrophysical sources (dubbed PeVatrons) this
ultrahigh-energy acceleration happens. In this Review, we
describe the theoretical conditions for plasma acceleration
to these energies and the Galactic sources in which these
conditions are possible. These theoretical predictions are
then compared to the latest experimental results,
summarizing the state of the art of our current knowledge of
PeVatrons. We finally describe the prospects to keep
advancing the understanding of these elusive objects, still
unidentified more than 100 years after the discovery of
cosmic rays.},
keywords = {plasma: acceleration (INSPIRE) / magnetic field: turbulence
(INSPIRE) / cosmic radiation: propagation (INSPIRE) / galaxy
(INSPIRE) / experimental results (INSPIRE) / gamma ray: VHE
(INSPIRE) / cosmic radiation: diffusion (INSPIRE) /
accelerator (INSPIRE) / cosmic radiation: UHE (INSPIRE) /
photon (INSPIRE)},
cin = {$Z_HESS$},
ddc = {520},
cid = {$I:(DE-H253)Z_HESS-20210408$},
pnm = {613 - Matter and Radiation from the Universe (POF4-613)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-613},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-MLZ)External-20140101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)25},
eprint = {2404.16591},
howpublished = {arXiv:2404.16591},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
SLACcitation = {$\%\%CITATION$ = $arXiv:2404.16591;\%\%$},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/619414},
}