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OB-associations and superbubbles being energetically essential galactic powerhouses are likely to be the important acceleration sites of galactic cosmic rays (CRs). The emission profile of gamma-ray sources related to superbubbles and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-28 A. M. Bykov , M. E. Kalyashova

The Cygnus arm of our galaxy is a source-rich and complex region hosting multiple gamma-ray source types such as pulsar wind nebulae (PWN), supernova remnants, binary systems, and star clusters. The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-08-13 Binita Hona , Andrew Robare , Henrike Fleischhack , Petra Huentemeyer

The unidentified TeV source in Cygnus is now confirmed by follow-up observations from 2002 with the HEGRA stereoscopic system of Cherenkov Telescopes. Using all data (1999 to 2002) we confirm this new source as steady in flux over the four…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-26 HEGRA Collaboration , F. Aharonian

The mysterious very high energy gamma-ray source, TeV J2032+4130, is coincident with the powerful Cygnus OB2 stellar association, though a physical association between the two remains uncertain. It is possible that the detected very high…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Yousaf M. Butt , Nicola Schneider , T. M. Dame , Christopher Brunt

Star forming regions (SFRs) have been postulated as possible sources of cosmic rays (CRs) in our galaxy. One example of a gamma-ray source associated with an SFR is the Fermi-LAT cocoon, an extended region of gamma-ray emission in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-27 Binita Hona , Henrike Fleischhack , Petra Huentemeyer

We report the observation of TeV gamma-rays from the Cygnus region using the ARGO-YBJ data collected from 2007 November to 2011 August. Several TeV sources are located in this region including the two bright extended MGRO J2019+37 and MGRO…

We have made a multiwavelength study of the overlapping error boxes of the unidentified gamma-ray sources TeV J2032+4130 and 3EG J2033+4118 in the direction of the Cygnus OB2 association (d = 1.7 kpc) in order to search for a point-source…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 R. Mukherjee , J. P. Halpern , E. V. Gotthelf , M. Eracleous , N. Mirabal

MGRO J2019+37 within the Cygnus region is a bright and extended source revealed by Milagro at 12-35 TeV. This source is almost as bright as Crab Nebula in northern sky, while it is not confirmed by ARGO-YBJ around TeV. Up to now, no obvious…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-10-30 Chao Hou , Songzhan Chen , Qiang Yuan , Zhen Cao , Huihai He , Xiangdong Sheng

(abridged) The first unidentified very high energy gamma ray source (TeV J2032+4130) in the Cygnus region has been the subject of intensive search for a counterpart source at other wavelengths. A deep ($\approx 50$ ksec) exposure of TeV…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. Horns , A. I. D. Hoffmann , A. Santangelo , F. A. Aharonian , G. P. Rowell

We report the observation of a very high energy \gamma-ray source, whose position is coincident with HESS J1841-055. This source has been observed for 4.5 years by the ARGO-YBJ experiment from November 2007 to July 2012. Its emission is…

As one of the brightest galactic ${\gamma}$-ray sources, the Cygnus Cocoon superbubble has been observed by many detectors, such as $Fermi$-LAT, ARGO, HAWC, and LHAASO. However, the origin of $\gamma$-ray emission for the Cygnus Cocoon and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-31 Shihong Zhan , Wei Wang

Deep observation (~113 hrs) of the Cygnus region at TeV energies using the HEGRA stereoscopic system of air Cerenkov telescopes has serendipitously revealed a signal positionally inside the core of the OB association Cygnus OB2, at the edge…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 F. A. Aharonian , A. Akhperjanian , M. Beilicke , Y. Uchiyama , T. Takahashi

(abridged) MGRO J2019+37 is an unidentified extended source of VHE gamma-rays originally reported by the Milagro Collaboration as the brightest TeV source in the Cygnus region. Its extended emission could be powered by either a single or…

$\gamma$-ray observations of the Cygnus Cocoon, an extended source surrounding the Cygnus X star-forming region, suggest the presence of a cosmic ray accelerator reaching energies up to a few PeV. The very-high-energy (VHE; 0.1-100~TeV)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-18 David Guevel , Andrew Beardmore , Kim L Page , Amy Lien , Ke Fang , Luigi Tibaldo , Sabrina Casanova , Petra Huentemeyer

A 50 ksec Chandra observation of the unidentified TeV source in Cygnus reported by the HEGRA collaboration reveals no obvious diffuse X-ray counterpart. However, 240 Pointlike X-ray sources are detected within or nearby the extended TeV…

The Cygnus Cocoon region is a complex region containing an OB star cluster that is prominent in the TeV energy range. Located in this region is 3HWC J2031+415, a significant TeV gamma-ray source whose emission is possibly associated with 2…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-02 Ian Herzog

Context. The modern generation of Cherenkov telescopes has revealed a new population of gamma-ray sources in the Galaxy. Some of them have been identified with previously known X-ray binary systems while other remain without clear…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Josep Marti , Josep M. Paredes , Ishwara Chandra C. H. , Valenti Bosch-Ramon

Recent Milagro observations of the Cygnus region have revealed both diffuse TeV gamma-ray emission and a bright and extended TeV source, MGRO J2019+37, which seems to lack an obvious counterpart at other wavelengths. Additional study of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 John F. Beacom , Matthew D. Kistler
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