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Constraining the PeV Gamma-Ray Emission Zone of Cygnus X-3 with Contemporaneous GeV Timing and Spectral Observations

  • Authors: Xing-Fu Zhang, Ruo-Yu Liu, Dmitriy Khangulyan, Cui-Yuan Dai, Xiang-Yu Wang

Xing-Fu Zhang et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1003 .

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Constraints on the PeV emission zone for Point B in Figure 3, i.e., the 3σ solution that yields the global minimum decay index. The two panels show the results for δ = 2 and 3, respectively. The black curves represent the magnetic pair-production optical depth τγB, and the red curves represent the confinement energy Econf. The horizontal dotted lines mark τγB = 1 and the most conservative threshold Econf = 10 PeV. The shaded region shows where both conditions are satisfied simultaneously.

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