The exceptionally powerful TeV gamma-ray emitters in the Large Magellanic Cloud
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2016-08-07 v1
Abstract
The Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, has been observed with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) above an energy of 100 billion electron volts for a deep exposure of 210 hours. Three sources of different types were detected: the pulsar wind nebula of the most energetic pulsar known N 157B, the radio-loud supernova remnant N 132D and the largest non-thermal X-ray shell - the superbubble 30 Dor C. The unique object SN 1987A is, surprisingly, not detected, which constrains the theoretical framework of particle acceleration in very young supernova remnants. These detections reveal the most energetic tip of a gamma-ray source population in an external galaxy, and provide via 30 Dor C the unambiguous detection of gamma-ray emission from a superbubble.
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@article{arxiv.1501.06578,
title = {The exceptionally powerful TeV gamma-ray emitters in the Large Magellanic Cloud},
author = {H. E. S. S. Collaboration and : and A. Abramowski and F. Aharonian and F. Ait Benkhali and A. G. Akhperjanian and E. O. Angüner and M. Backes and S. Balenderan and A. Balzer and A. Barnacka and Y. Becherini and J. Becker-Tjus and D. Berge and S. Bernhard and K. Bernlöhr and E. Birsin and J. Biteau and M. Böttcher and C. Boisson and J. Bolmont and P. Bordas and J. Bregeon and F. Brun and P. Brun and M. Bryan and T. Bulik and S. Carrigan and S. Casanova and P. M. Chadwick and N. Chakraborty and R. Chalme-Calvet and R. C. G. Chaves and M. Chrétien and S. Colafrancesco and G. Cologna and J. Conrad and C. Couturier and Y. Cui and M. Dalton and I. D. Davids and B. Degrange and C. Deil and P. de Wilt and A. Djannati-Ataï and W. Domainko and A. Donath and L. O'C. Drury and G. Dubus and K. Dutson and J. Dyks and M. Dyrda and T. Edwards and K. Egberts and P. Eger and P. Espigat and C. Farnier and S. Fegan and F. Feinstein and M. V. Fernandes and D. Fernandez and A. Fiasson and G. Fontaine and A. Förster and M. Füßling and S. Gabici and M. Gajdus and Y. A. Gallant and T. Garrigoux and G. Giavitto and B. Giebels and J. F. Glicenstein and D. Gottschall and M. -H. Grondin and M. Grudzińska and D. Hadasch and S. Häffner and J. Hahn and J. Harris and G. Heinzelmann and G. Henri and G. Hermann and O. Hervet and A. Hillert and J. A. Hinton and W. Hofmann and P. Hofverberg and M. Holler and D. Horns and A. Ivascenko and A. Jacholkowska and C. Jahn and M. Jamrozy and M. Janiak and F. Jankowsky and I. Jung and M. A. Kastendieck and K. Katarzyński and U. Katz and S. Kaufmann and B. Khélifi and M. Kieffer and S. Klepser and D. Klochkov and W. Kluźniak and D. Kolitzus and Nu. Komin and K. Kosack and S. Krakau and F. Krayzel and P. P. Krüger and H. Laffon and G. Lamanna and J. Lefaucheur and V. Lefranc and A. Lemière and M. Lemoine-Goumard and J. -P. Lenain and T. Lohse and A. Lopatin and C. -C. Lu and V. Marandon and A. Marcowith and R. Marx and G. Maurin and N. Maxted and M. Mayer and T. J. L. McComb and J. Méhault and P. J. Meintjes and U. Menzler and M. Meyer and A. M. W. Mitchell and R. Moderski and M. Mohamed and K. Morå and E. Moulin and T. Murach and M. de Naurois and J. Niemiec and S. J. Nolan and L. Oakes and H. Odaka and S. Ohm and B. Opitz and M. Ostrowski and I. Oya and M. Panter and R. D. Parsons and M. Paz Arribas and N. W. Pekeur and G. Pelletier and J. Perez and P. -O. Petrucci and B. Peyaud and S. Pita and H. Poon and G. Pühlhofer and M. Punch and A. Quirrenbach and S. Raab and I. Reichardt and A. Reimer and O. Reimer and M. Renaud and R. de los Reyes and F. Rieger and L. Rob and C. Romoli and S. Rosier-Lees and G. Rowell and B. Rudak and C. B. Rulten V. Sahakian and D. Salek and D. A. Sanchez and A. Santangelo and R. Schlickeiser and F. Schüssler and A. Schulz and U. Schwanke and S. Schwarzburg and S. Schwemmer and H. Sol and F. Spanier and G. Spengler and F. Spies and Ł. Stawarz and R. Steenkamp and C. Stegmann and F. Stinzing and K. Stycz and I. Sushch and J. -P. Tavernet and T. Tavernier and A. M. Taylor and R. Terrier and M. Tluczykont and C. Trichard and K. Valerius and C. van Eldik and B. van Soelen and G. Vasileiadis and J. Veh and C. Venter and A. Viana and P. Vincent and J. Vink and H. J. Völk and F. Volpe and M. Vorster and T. Vuillaume and S. J. Wagner and P. Wagner and R. M. Wagner and M. Ward and M. Weidinger and Q. Weitzel and R. White and A. Wierzcholska and P. Willmann and A. Wörnlein and D. Wouters and R. Yang and V. Zabalza and D. Zaborov and M. Zacharias and A. A. Zdziarski and A. Zech and H. -S. Zechlin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.06578},
year = {2016}
}
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Published in Science Magazine (Jan. 23, 2015). This ArXiv version has the supplementary online material incorporated as an appendix to the main paper