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We have discovered remarkable jet- and arc-like molecular features toward the rich and young stellar cluster Westerlund2. The jet has a length of ~100 pc and a width of ~10 pc, while the arc shows a crescent shape with a radius of ~30 pc.…

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MeV-GeV Gamma-ray Emission from SNR G327.1-1.1 Discovered by the Fermi-LAT

We report the discovery of MeV-GeV gamma-ray emission by the Fermi-LAT positionally coincident with the TeV pulsar wind nebula (PWN) HESS~J1554-550 within the host supernova remnant (SNR) G327.1-1.1. The gamma-ray emission is point-like and…

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Pevatron at the Galactic Center: Multi-Wavelength Signatures from Millisecond Pulsars

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We present an X-ray study of the field containing the extended TeV source HESS J1834-087 using data obtained with the XMM-Newton telescope. Previously, the coincidence of this source with both the shell-type supernova remnant (SNR) W41 and…

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Discovery of TeV Gamma-ray Emission from CTA 1 by VERITAS

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TeV Gamma-Ray Observations of the Perseus and Abell 2029 Galaxy Clusters

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We consider a possibility of identification of sources of cosmic rays (CR) of the energy above 1 TeV via observation of degree-scale extended gamma-ray emission which traces the locations of recent sources in the Galaxy. Such emission in…

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VERITAS observations of the Cygnus Region

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Diffuse, Non-Thermal X-ray Emission from the Galactic Star Cluster Westerlund 1

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Diffuse $\gamma$-ray emission around the massive star forming region of Carina Nebula Complex

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Testing the millisecond pulsar scenario of the Galactic center gamma-ray excess with very high energy gamma-rays

The recent analyses of the Fermi Large Area Telescope data show an extended GeV $\gamma$-ray excess on top of the expected diffuse background in the Galactic center region, which can be explained with annihilating dark matter or a…

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