2002A&A...393L..37A

Query : 2002A&A...393L..37A

2002A&A...393L..37A - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 393L37-40 (2002/10-2)

An unidentified TeV source in the vicinity of Cygnus OB2.

AHARONIAN F., AKHPERJANIAN A., BEILICKE M., BERNLOEHR K., BOERST H., BOJAHR H., BOLZ O., COARASA T., CONTRERAS J., CORTINA J., DENNINGHOFF S., FONSECA V., GIRMA M., GOETTING N., HEINZELMANN G., HERMANN G., HEUSLER A., HOFMANN W., HORNS D., JUNG I., KANKANYAN R., KESTEL M., KETTLER J., KOHNLE A., KONOPELKO A., KORNMEYER H., KRANICH D., KRAWCZYNSKI H., LAMPEITL H., LOPEZ M., LORENZ E., LUCARELLI F., MAGNUSSEN N., MANG O., MEYER H., MILITE M., MIRZOYAN R., MORALEJO A., ONA E., PANTER M., PLYASHESHNIKOV A., PRAHL J., PUEHLHOFER G., RAUTERBERG G., DE LOS REYES R., RHODE W., RIPKEN J., ROEHRING A., ROWELL G.P., SAHAKIAN V., SAMORSKI M., SCHILLING M., SCHROEDER F., SIEMS M., SOBZYNSKA D., STAMM W., TLUCZYKONT M., VOELK H.J., WIEDNER C.A., WITTEK W., UCHIYAMA Y. and TAKAHASHI T.

Abstract (from CDS):

Deep observation (∼113hrs) of the Cygnus region at TeV energies using the HEGRA stereoscopic system of air Cerenkov telescopes has serendipitously revealed a signal positionally inside the core of the OB association Cygnus OB2, at the edge of the 95% error circle of the EGRET source 3EG J2033+4118, and ∼0.5° north of Cyg X-3. The source centre of gravity is RA αJ2000: 20hr32m07s±9.2sstat±2.2ssys, Dec δJ2000: +41°30'30"±2.0'stat±0.4'sys. The source is steady, has a post-trial significance of +4.6σ, indication for extension with radius 5.6' at the ∼3σ level, and has a differential power-law flux with hard photon index of -1.9±0.3stat±0.3sys. The integral flux above 1 TeV amounts ∼3% that of the Crab. No counterpart for the TeV source at other wavelengths is presently identified, and its extension would disfavour an exclusive pulsar or AGN origin. If associated with Cygnus OB2, this dense concentration of young, massive stars provides an environment conducive to multi-TeV particle acceleration and likely subsequent interaction with a nearby gas cloud. Alternatively, one could envisage γ-ray production via a jet-driven termination shock.

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Journal keyword(s): gamma rays: observations - stars: early-type - Galaxy: open clusters and associations: individual: Cygnus OB2

Simbad objects: 7

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Number of rows : 7
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 M 1 SNR 05 34 31.8 +22 01 03           ~ 6516 1
2 V* CM Tau Psr 05 34 31.9474694616 +22 00 52.153698024           ~ 5476 0
3 TeV J2032+4130 gam 20 31.7 +41 31           ~ 148 0
4 [MT91] 213 Psr 20 32 13.1247390384 +41 27 24.346666440 13.12 13.08 11.266     B0Vp 334 0
5 V* V1521 Cyg HXB 20 32 25.78 +40 57 27.9           WN4/5-6/7 2035 2
6 Ass Cyg OB 2 As* 20 33.2 +41 19           ~ 1023 0
7 GeV J2035+4214 gam 20 35.0 +42 13           ~ 12 0

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