Demystifying an Unidentified EGRET Source by VHE Gamma-ray Observations

Demystifying an Unidentified EGRET Source by VHE Gamma-ray Observations
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In a novel approach in observational high-energy gamma-ray astronomy, observations carried out by imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes provide necessary templates to pinpoint the nature of intriguing, yet unidentified EGRET gamma-ray sources. Using GeV-photons detected by CGRO EGRET and taking advantage of high spatial resolution images from H.E.S.S. observations, we were able to shed new light on the EGRET observed gamma-ray emission in the Kookaburra complex, whose previous coverage in the literature is some-what contradictory. 3EGJ1420-6038 very likely accounts for two GeV gamma-ray sources (E>1 GeV), both in positional coincidence with the recently reported pulsar wind nebulae (PWN) by HESS in the Kookaburra/Rabbit complex. PWN associations at VHE energies, supported by accumulating evidence from observations in the radio and X-ray band, are indicative for the PSR/plerionic origin of spatially coincident, but still unidentified Galactic gamma-ray sources from EGRET. This not only supports the already suggested connection between variable, but unidentified low-latitude gamma-ray sources with pulsar wind nebulae (3EGJ1420-6038 has been suggested as PWN candidate previously), it also documents the ability of resolving apparently confused EGRET sources by connecting the GeV emission as measured from a large-aperture space-based gamma-ray instrument with narrow field-of-view but superior spatial resolution observations by ground-based atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, a very promising identification technique for achieving convincing individual source identifications in the era of GLAST-LAT.

A Very High Energy Gamma-ray Survey of Unidentified Egret Sources (PHD).

A Very High Energy Gamma-ray Survey of Unidentified Egret Sources (PHD).
Title A Very High Energy Gamma-ray Survey of Unidentified Egret Sources (PHD). PDF eBook
Author Stephen Fegan
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The Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) Science Symposium

The Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) Science Symposium
Title The Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) Science Symposium PDF eBook
Author Carl Fichtel
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Pages 354
Release 1990
Genre Astrophysics
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Observations of the Isotropic Diffuse Gamma-ray Background with the Egret Telescope

Observations of the Isotropic Diffuse Gamma-ray Background with the Egret Telescope
Title Observations of the Isotropic Diffuse Gamma-ray Background with the Egret Telescope PDF eBook
Author Thomas Daniel Willis
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Pages 388
Release 1996
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The Distribution of EGRET Unidentified Sources in the Galactic Plane

The Distribution of EGRET Unidentified Sources in the Galactic Plane
Title The Distribution of EGRET Unidentified Sources in the Galactic Plane PDF eBook
Author Torafumi Miyagi
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Pages 278
Release 2003
Genre Gamma ray astronomy
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Signal Source Separation and Decomposition of the EGRET Gamma Ray Data

Signal Source Separation and Decomposition of the EGRET Gamma Ray Data
Title Signal Source Separation and Decomposition of the EGRET Gamma Ray Data PDF eBook
Author Christian Parker Minor
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Pages 696
Release 2004
Genre Gamma ray astronomy
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Gamma-ray Pulsars as Candidates for the Unidentified EGRET Sources

Gamma-ray Pulsars as Candidates for the Unidentified EGRET Sources
Title Gamma-ray Pulsars as Candidates for the Unidentified EGRET Sources PDF eBook
Author Klara Elteto
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Pages 42
Release 2001
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