F. Aharonian
Discovery of very high energy gamma rays associated with an x-ray binary
Aharonian, F.; Akhperjanian, A.G.; Aye, K.-M.; Bazer-Bachi, A.R.; Beilicke, M.; Benbow, W.; Berge, D.; Berghaus, P.; Bernlöhr, K.; Boisson, C.; Bolz, O.; Borrel, V.; Braun, I.; Breitling, F.; Brown, A.M.; Bussons, Gordo J.; Chadwick, P.M.; Chounet, L.-M.; Cornils, R.; Costamante, L.; Degrange, B.; Dickinson, H.J.; Djannati-Ataï, A.; Drury, L. O'C.; Dubus, G.; Emmanoulopoulos, D.; Espigat, P.; Feinstein, F.; Fleury, P.; Fontaine, G.; Fuchs, Y.; Funk, S.; Gallant, Y.A.; Giebels, B.; Gillessen, S.; Glicenstein, J.F.; Goret, P.; Hadjichristidis, C.; Hauser, M.; Heinzelmann, G.; Henri, G.; Hermann, G.; Hinton, J.A.; Hofmann, W.; Holleran, M.; Horns, D.; Jacholkowska, A.; de, Jager O.C.; Khélifi, B.; Komin, N.; Konopelko, A.; Latham, I.J.; Le, Gallou R.; Lemière, A.; Lemoine-Goumard, M.; Leroy, N.; Lohse, T.; Marcowith, A.; Martin, J.-M.; Martineau-Huynh, O.; Masterson, C.; McComb, T.J.L.; de, Naurois M.; Nolan, S.J.; Noutsos, A.; Orford, K.J.; Osborne, J.L.; Ouchrif, M.; Panter, M.; Pelleti...
Authors
A.G. Akhperjanian
K.-M. Aye
A.R. Bazer-Bachi
M. Beilicke
W. Benbow
D. Berge
P. Berghaus
K. Bernlöhr
C. Boisson
O. Bolz
V. Borrel
I. Braun
F. Breitling
A.M. Brown
Gordo J. Bussons
Professor Paula Chadwick p.m.chadwick@durham.ac.uk
Head Of Department
L.-M. Chounet
R. Cornils
L. Costamante
B. Degrange
H.J. Dickinson
A. Djannati-Ataï
L. O'C. Drury
G. Dubus
D. Emmanoulopoulos
P. Espigat
F. Feinstein
P. Fleury
G. Fontaine
Y. Fuchs
S. Funk
Y.A. Gallant
B. Giebels
S. Gillessen
J.F. Glicenstein
P. Goret
C. Hadjichristidis
M. Hauser
G. Heinzelmann
G. Henri
G. Hermann
J.A. Hinton
W. Hofmann
M. Holleran
D. Horns
A. Jacholkowska
Jager O.C. de
B. Khélifi
N. Komin
A. Konopelko
I.J. Latham
Gallou R. Le
A. Lemière
M. Lemoine-Goumard
N. Leroy
T. Lohse
A. Marcowith
J.-M. Martin
O. Martineau-Huynh
C. Masterson
T.J.L. McComb
Naurois M. de
Professor Sam Nolan s.j.nolan@durham.ac.uk
Director Of Dcad
A. Noutsos
K.J. Orford
Dr John Osborne j.l.osborne@durham.ac.uk
Academic Visitor
M. Ouchrif
M. Panter
G. Pelletier
S. Pita
G. Pühlhofer
M. Punch
B.C. Raubenheimer
M. Raue
J. Raux
S.M. Rayner
A. Reimer
O. Reimer
J. Ripken
L. Rob
L. Rolland
G. Rowell
V. Sahakian
L. Saugé
S. Schlenker
R. Schlickeiser
C. Schuster
U. Schwanke
M. Siewert
H. Sol
D. Spangler
R. Steenkamp
C. Stegmann
J.-P. Tavernet
R. Terrier
C.G. Théoret
M. Tluczykont
G. Vasileiadis
C. Venter
P. Vincent
H.J. Völk
S. Wagner
Abstract
X-ray binaries are composed of a normal star in orbit around a neutron star or stellar-mass black hole. Radio and x-ray observations have led to the presumption that some x-ray binaries called microquasars behave as scaled-down active galactic nuclei. Microquasars have resolved radio emission that is thought to arise from a relativistic outflow akin to active galactic nuclei jets, in which particles can be accelerated to large energies. Very high energy -rays produced by the interactions of these particles have been observed from several active galactic nuclei. Using the High Energy Stereoscopic System, we find evidence for gamma-ray emission of >100 gigaelectron volts from a candidate microquasar, LS 5039, showing that particles are also accelerated to very high energies in these systems
Citation
Aharonian, F., Akhperjanian, A., Aye, K., Bazer-Bachi, A., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., …Wagner, S. (2005). Discovery of very high energy gamma rays associated with an x-ray binary. Science, 309(5735), 746-749. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1113764
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | 2005-07 |
Deposit Date | May 8, 2008 |
Publicly Available Date | May 8, 2008 |
Journal | Science |
Print ISSN | 0036-8075 |
Electronic ISSN | 1095-9203 |
Publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 309 |
Issue | 5735 |
Pages | 746-749 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1113764 |
Keywords | STAR LSI &61-degrees-303, Microquasar LS-5039, Galactic plane, System, Galaxy, Model. |
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