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Using the HEGRA system of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, a region of the Galactic plane (-10 deg < b < 5 deg, 38 deg < l < 43 deg) was surveyed for TeV gamma-ray emission, both from point sources and of diffuse nature. The region…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 HEGRA-Collaboration , F. Aharonian

We present a detailed study of the gamma-ray emission from the direction of the star-forming region W30 based on a decade of the Fermi Large Area Telescope data in the 0.3-300 GeV photon energy range. The morphological and spectral analyses…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-21 Bing Liu , Rui-zhi Yang , Xiao-na Sun , Felix Aharonian , Yang Chen

A wide variety of Galactic sources show transient emission at soft and hard X-ray energies: low- and high-mass X-ray binaries containing compact objects, isolated neutron stars exhibiting extreme variability as magnetars as well as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-29 Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory Consortium

In 1990's Very High Energy Gamma-ray Astrophysics has dramatically advanced due to the Imaging Air \v{C}erenkov Telescopes(IACTs). After the first detection of TeV gamma-ray emission from the Crab nebula in 1989, several type of TeV…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Toru Tanimori

Many of the recently discovered TeV gamma-ray sources are associated with pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe). In fact, they represent the most populous class of Galactic sources at TeV energies. In addition, HESS has also discovered, in a survey of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Chulhoon Chang , Alexander Konopelko , Wei Cui

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory recently published the discovery of SS 433 as a TeV source, reporting the observation of multi-TeV gamma-ray emission from the jet interaction regions e1 and w1, suggesting in-situ…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-20 Chang Dong Rho , Hao Zhou , Segev BenZvi

One of remarkable features of the gamma ray blazar Markarian 501 is the reported shape of the TeV spectrum, which during strong flares of the source remains essentially stable despite dramatic variations of the absolute gamma-ray flux. I…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-06 F. A. Aharonian

We present the results of a detailed correlation study between the soft X-ray, hard X-ray, and radio emission (obtained from RXTE ASM, BATSE, and GBI observations, respectively) of the bright radio emitting Galactic X-ray binary Cygnus X-3.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Choudhury , A. R. Rao , S. V. Vadawale , C. H. Ishwara-Chandra , A. K. Jain

Measurements of the nearby pulsars Geminga and B0656+14 by the HAWC and Milagro telescopes have revealed the presence of bright TeV-emitting halos surrounding these objects. If young and middle-aged pulsars near the Galactic Center transfer…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-12 Dan Hooper , Ilias Cholis , Tim Linden

TeV gamma-rays may provide significant information about high energy astrophysical accelerators. Such gamma-rays can result from the photo-de-excitation of PeV nuclei after their parents have undergone photo-disintegration in an environment…

The distribution of cosmic rays in the Galaxy at energies above few TeVs is still uncertain and this affects the expectations for the diffuse gamma flux produced by hadronic interactions of cosmic rays with the interstellar gas. We show…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 M. Cataldo , G. Pagliaroli , V. Vecchiotti , F. L. Villante

The TeV gamma-ray binary LS I +61 303, approximately 2 kpc from Earth, consists of a low mass compact object in an eccentric orbit around a massive Be star. LS I +61 303 exhibits modulated VHE gamma-ray emission around its 26.5 days orbit,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-09 D. B. Kieda , the VERITAS Collaboration

Star-forming galaxies are huge reservoirs of cosmic rays (CRs) and these CRs convert a significant fraction of their energy into $\gamma$-rays by colliding with the interstellar medium (ISM). Several nearby star-forming galaxies have been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-14 Shao-Qiang Xi , Hai-Ming Zhang , Ruo-Yu Liu , Xiang-Yu Wang

The recent detection of TeV gamma-radiation from the direction of the Galactic Center within several arc-minutes around Sgr A* is the first model-independent evidence of existence of high energy particle accelerator(s) in the central 10 pc…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Aharonian , A. Neronov

We observed the first unidentified TeV gamma-ray source TeV J2032+4130 with Suzaku. Owing to Suzaku's high sensitivity for detection of diffuse X-ray emission, we found two small structures in the TeV emitting region. One of them is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 Hiroshi Murakami , Shunji Kitamoto , Akiko Kawachi , Takeshi Nakamori

The MAGIC collaboration has recently reported the discovery of gamma-ray emission from the binary system LS I +61 303 in the TeV energy region. Here we present new observational results on this source in the energy range between 300 GeV and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-27 MAGIC Collaboration , J. Albert

Context. Star clusters are often invoked as contributors to the flux of Galactic cosmic rays and as sources potentially able to accelerate particles to $\sim$PeV energies. The gamma radiation with $E\gtrsim$ TeV recently observed from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-28 Pasquale Blasi

Long-term observations of the Galactic center by Fermi and HESS have revealed a novel phenomenon: the high-energy gamma-ray spectrum from the Galactic center exhibits a double power-law structure. In this study, we propose a new explanation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-10 Lin Nie , Yi-Qing Guo , Si-Ming Liu

The origin of Galactic cosmic rays remains unconfirmed, but promising candidates for their sources are found in star-forming regions. We report a series of X-ray observations, with Suzaku, toward the nearby star-forming region of Cygnus X.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 T. Mizuno , T. Tanabe , H. Takahashi , K. Hayashi , R. Yamazaki , I. Grenier , L. Tibaldo