2007ApJ...658L..33A


Query : 2007ApJ...658L..33A

2007ApJ...658L..33A - Astrophys. J., 658, L33-L36 (2007/March-3)

Discovery of TeV gamma-ray emission from the Cygnus region of the galaxy.

ABDO A.A., ALLEN B., BERLEY D., BLAUFUSS E., CASANOVA S., CHEN C., COYNE D.G., DELAY R.S., DINGUS B.L., ELLSWORTH R.W., FLEYSHER L., FLEYSHER R., GEBAUER I., GONZALEZ M.M., GOODMAN J.A., HAYS E., HOFFMAN C.M., KOLTERMAN B.E., KELLEY L.A., LANSDELL C.P., LINNEMANN J.T., McENERY J.E., MINCER A.I., MOSKALENKO I.V., NEMETHY P., NOYES D., RYAN J.M., SAMUELSON F.W., SAZ PARKINSON P.M., SCHNEIDER M., SHOUP A., SINNIS G., SMITH A.J., STRONG A.W., SULLIVAN G.W., VASILEIOU V., WALKER G.P., WILLIAMS D.A., XU X.W. and YODH G.B.

Abstract (from CDS):

The diffuse gamma radiation arising from the interaction of cosmic-ray particles with matter and radiation in the Galaxy is one of the few probes available to study the origin of the cosmic rays. Data from the Milagro gamma-ray observatory–a water Cerenkov detector that continuously views ∼2 sr of the overhead sky–shows that the brightest extended region in the entire northern sky is the Cygnus region of the Galactic plane. The TeV image of the Cygnus region contains at least one new source, MGRO J2019+37, which is 10.9 σ above the isotropic background, as well as correlations with the matter density in the region. However, the gamma-ray flux from the Cygnus region (after excluding MGRO J2019+37) as measured at ∼12 TeV exceeds that predicted from a model of cosmic-ray production and propagation. This observation indicates the existence of either hard-spectrum cosmic-ray sources and/or unresolved sources of TeV gamma rays in the region.

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Journal keyword(s): Acceleration of Particles - ISM: Cosmic Rays - Gamma Rays: Observations - pulsars: individual (G75.2+0.1)

Simbad objects: 11

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Number of rows : 11
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 QSO J2015+371 BLL 20 15 28.72978661 +37 10 59.5147372     21.82 21.4   ~ 324 2
4 1LHAASO J2018+3643u gam 20 18.6 +36 43           ~ 67 0
5 PSR J2021+3651 Psr 20 21 05.40 +36 51 04.5           ~ 218 1
6 Cl Berkeley 87 OpC 20 21 35.0 +37 25 14           ~ 141 0
7 GRO J2021+37 gam 20 22 37.2 +37 16 53           ~ 94 2
8 TeV J2032+4130 gam 20 31.7 +41 31           ~ 148 0
9 NAME Cyg Complex reg 20 32 +45.0           ~ 667 0
10 [MT91] 213 Psr 20 32 13.1247390384 +41 27 24.346666440 13.12 13.08 11.266     B0Vp 334 0
11 Ass Cyg OB 2 As* 20 33.2 +41 19           ~ 1023 0

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