F. Aharonian
A new population of very high energy gamma-ray sources in the Milky Way
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.; Borgmeier, C.; Braun, I.; Breitling, F.; Brown, A.M.; Bussons Gordo, J.; Chadwick, P.M.; Chounet, L.M.; Cornils, R.; Costamante, L.; Degrange, B.; Djannati-Ataï, A.; Drury, L.O.; Dubus, G.; Ergin, T.; Espigat, P.; Feinstein, F.; Fleury, P.; Fontaine, G.; Funk, S.; Gallant, Y.A.; Giebels, B.; Gillessen, S.; Goret, P.; Hadjichristidis, C.; Hauser, M.; Heinzelmann, G.; Henri, G.; Hermann, G.; Hinton, J.A.; Hofmann, W.; Holleran, M.; Horns, D.; Jager de, O.C.; Jung, I.; Khélifi, B.; Komin, N.; Konopelko, A.; Latham, I.J.; Le Gallou, R.; Lemière, A.; Lemoind, M.; Leroy, N.; Lohse, T.; Marcowith, A.; Masterson, C.; McComb, T.J.L.; Naurois de, M.; Nolan, S.J.; Noutsos, A.; Orford, K.J.; Osborne, J.L.; Ouchrif, M.; Panter, M.; Pelletier, G.; Pita, S.; Pühlhofer, G.; Punch, M.; Raubenheimer, B.C.; Raue, M.; Raux, J.; Rayner, S.M.; Redondo, I.;...
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
C. Borgmeier
I. Braun
F. Breitling
A.M. Brown
J. Bussons Gordo
Professor Paula Chadwick p.m.chadwick@durham.ac.uk
Head Of Department
L.M. Chounet
R. Cornils
L. Costamante
B. Degrange
A. Djannati-Ataï
L.O. Drury
G. Dubus
T. Ergin
P. Espigat
F. Feinstein
P. Fleury
G. Fontaine
S. Funk
Y.A. Gallant
B. Giebels
S. Gillessen
P. Goret
C. Hadjichristidis
M. Hauser
G. Heinzelmann
G. Henri
G. Hermann
J.A. Hinton
W. Hofmann
M. Holleran
D. Horns
O.C. Jager de
I. Jung
B. Khélifi
N. Komin
A. Konopelko
I.J. Latham
R. Le Gallou
A. Lemière
M. Lemoind
N. Leroy
T. Lohse
A. Marcowith
C. Masterson
T.J.L. McComb
M. Naurois 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
I. Redondo
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
R. Steenkamp
C. Stegmann
J.P. Tavernet
R. Terrier
C.G. Théoret
M. Tluczykont
J. Van der Walt
G Vasileiadis
C. Venter
P. Vincent
B. Visser
H.J. Völk
S.J. Wagner
Abstract
Very high energy {gamma}-rays probe the long-standing mystery of the origin of cosmic rays. Produced in the interactions of accelerated particles in astrophysical objects, they can be used to image cosmic particle accelerators. A first sensitive survey of the inner part of the Milky Way with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) reveals a population of eight previously unknown firmly detected sources of very high energy {gamma}-rays. At least two have no known radio or x-ray counterpart and may be representative of a new class of "dark" nucleonic cosmic ray sources.
Citation
Aharonian, F., Akhperjanian, A., Aye, K., Bazer-Bachi, A., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., …Wagner, S. (2005). A new population of very high energy gamma-ray sources in the Milky Way. Science, 307(5717), 1938-1942. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1108643
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | 2005-03 |
Deposit Date | May 28, 2008 |
Journal | Science |
Print ISSN | 0036-8075 |
Electronic ISSN | 1095-9203 |
Publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 307 |
Issue | 5717 |
Pages | 1938-1942 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1108643 |
Keywords | Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Supernova remnant, Galactic plane, Pulsar, Array, Vicinity, Catalog, Regions, System. |
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