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Identification of HESS J1303-631 as a pulsar wind nebula through $\gamma$-ray, X-ray, and radio observations
- Source :
- Astronomy and Astrophysics-A&A, Astronomy and Astrophysics-A&A, 2012, 548, pp.A46. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201219814⟩, Astronomy and astrophysics 548, A46 (2012). doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219814, Astronomy and Astrophysics-A&A, EDP Sciences, 2012, 548, pp.A46. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201219814⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- The previously unidentified very high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) \gamma-ray source HESS J1303-631, discovered in 2004, is re-examined including new data from the H.E.S.S. Cherenkov telescope array. Archival data from the XMM-Newton X-ray satellite and from the PMN radio survey are also examined. Detailed morphological and spectral studies of VHE \gamma-ray emission as well as of the XMM-Newton X-ray data are performed. Significant energy-dependent morphology of the \gamma-ray source is detected with high-energy emission (E > 10 TeV) positionally coincident with the pulsar PSR J1301-6305 and lower energy emission (E<br />Comment: paper accepted for publication in A&A, 12 pages, 10 figures, 3 tables
- Subjects :
- [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE]
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Synchrotron radiation
FOS: Physical sciences
Astrophysics
Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
01 natural sciences
Pulsar wind nebula
Pulsar
0103 physical sciences
individual objects: HESS J1303-631 [ISM]
010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Physics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
010308 nuclear & particles physics
[SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE]
Center (category theory)
Gamma ray
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Cherenkov Telescope Array
Magnetic field
Space and Planetary Science
Spectral energy distribution
ddc:520
Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
general [gamma rays]
individual: PSR J1301-6305 [pulsars]
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00046361
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Astronomy and Astrophysics-A&A, Astronomy and Astrophysics-A&A, 2012, 548, pp.A46. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201219814⟩, Astronomy and astrophysics 548, A46 (2012). doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219814, Astronomy and Astrophysics-A&A, EDP Sciences, 2012, 548, pp.A46. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201219814⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e3f69d5091536e75a628bceb334b6eb0