Phase-Resolved Ultra-High-Energy Emission Defines an Energetic Boundary for Compact-Object Engines and Dense-Matter Structure
astro-ph.HE
Submitted: 2026-09-08
Updated: 2026-10-02
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The gist: We show that phase-resolved ultra-high-energy emission from LS I +61 303 defines a critical energetic boundary linking the compact-object engine, circumstellar interaction depth, and dense-matter
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Abstract
We show that phase-resolved ultra-high-energy emission from LS I +61 303 defines a critical energetic boundary linking the compact-object engine, circumstellar interaction depth, and dense-matter structure. Combining the GeV-TeV-UHE spectral transition with an orbital acceleration-transparency sieve and branch-resolved stellar sequences for 116 certified EoS, we find that the measured 25-100 TeV tail primarily constrains the circumstellar environment, whereas a more demanding pure-hadronic > 1 TeV interpretation reaches the physical moment-of-inertia distribution. At 2.0 kpc and 1.4 M sun, the latter gives I45,crit = 1.5504; 82 of 116 EoS satisfy the corresponding energetic boundary at Pdot ref = 3 x 10-15 s s-1. A separately applied tidal diagnostic, Lambda 1.4 <= 580, is satisfied by 43 EoS, with nine satisfying both conditions. These models span several microscopic classes but occupy a narrow structural region, indicating structural overlap rather than selection of a unique EoS family. A separate GeV power-budget test requires Pdot rot >= 5.65 x 10-14 f Omega s s-1 at 2.0 kpc. For f Omega 1, the source lies well above the UHE crossing and the EoS discrimination disappears. The UHE observation therefore identifies the engine-environment regime in which differences in neutron-star structure can become observationally discriminating, rather than defining a universal dense-matter selector.
Sources
- CompOSE - CompStar Online Supernovae Equations of State
- CompOSE Reference Manual
- Radio pulsations from a neutron star within the gamma-ray binary LS I +61$^{\circ}$ 303
- Does the gamma-ray binary LS I +61{\deg}303 harbor a magnetar?
- Gaia Early Data Release 3: Parallax bias versus magnitude, colour, and position
- On the origin of correlated X-ray/VHE emission from LS I +61 303
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