The Missing MeV Window for Identifying Galactic PeVatrons: the need for a dedicated MeV Observatory

arXiv:2609.00989 · astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.IM · Submitted 2026-09-01 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.IM

Submitted: 2026-09-01

Updated: 2026-09-01

Terminology

• Benchmark — 10× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory — 1× in this paper
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Degeneracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory — 1× in this paper

Sources

• Compton-Pair Production Space Telescope (ComPair) for MeV Gamma-ray Astronomy
• The Compton-Pair telescope: A prototype for a next-generation MeV $\gamma$-ray observatory
• Particle acceleration in pulsars and pulsar wind nebulae
• Microquasars as the major contributors to Galactic cosmic rays around the "knee"
• Cosmic rays: constraints from future MeV detectors

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