2007PASJ...59S.209B -
Publ. Astron. Soc. Jap., 59, 209-214 (2007/January-0)
Discovery of a possible X-ray counterpart to HESS J1804-216.
BAMBA A., KOYAMA K., HIRAGA J.S., HUGHES J.P., KOHMURA T., KOKUBUN M., MAEDA Y., MATSUMOTO H., SENDA A., TAKAHASHI T., TSUBOI Y., YAMAUCHI S. and YUASA T.
Abstract (from CDS):
Suzaku deep observations have discovered two highly significant nonthermal X-ray sources, Suzaku J1804-2142 (Src 1) and Suzaku J1804-2140 (Src 2), positionally coincident with the unidentified TeV g-ray source, HESS J1804-216. The X-ray sources are not time variable and show no counterpart in other wavebands, except for the TeV source. Src 1 is unresolved at Suzaku spatial resolution, whereas Src 2 is extended or composed of multiple sources. The X-ray spectra are highly absorbed, hard, and featureless, and are well fitted by absorbed power-law models with best-fit photon indices and absorption columns of -0.3–0.5+0.5 and 0.2–0.2+2.0 x 1022/cm2 for Src 1, and 1.7–1.0+1.4 and 1.1–0.6+1.0 x 1023/cm2 for Src 2. The measured X-ray absorption to the latter source is significantly larger than the total Galactic neutral hydrogen column in that direction. The unabsorbed 2-10keV band luminosities are 7.5 x 1032 (d/5 kpc)2 erg/s (Src 1) and 1.3 x 1033(d/5 kpc)2 erg/s (Src 2), where d is the source distance. Among the handful of TeV sources with known X-ray counterparts, HESS J1804-216 216 has the largest ratio of TeV g-ray to hard X-ray fluxes. We discuss the nature of the emission and propose the Suzaku sources as plausible counterparts to the TeV source, although further observations are necessary to confirm this.
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Journal keyword(s):
acceleration of particles - ISM: individual (HESS J1804-216) - X-rays: individual (Suzaku J1804-2142, Suzaku J1804-2140) - X-rays: ISM
Nomenclature:
Text: Suzaku JHHMM+DDMM N=2.
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