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Most counterparts of the identified low-latitude gamma-ray sources are Isolated Neutron Stars (INSs). They are characterized by an extremely high value of the X/optical flux ratio, therefore a systematic X-ray/optical coverage of the fields…

The high resolution capabilities of the High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) introduced a new era in Gamma-Ray Astronomy, and opens a new window on pulsar wind nebula (PWN) research. A rotationally induced jet (associated with PSR…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ocker C. de Jager

It has long been suggested that nearby pulsars within $\sim 1 \,{\rm kpc}$ are the leading candidate of the 10-500 GeV cosmic-ray positron excess measured by PAMELA and other experiments. The recent measurement of surface brightness profile…

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We present a compilation of data on the 22 tentatively identified gamma-ray sources from the Third EGRET Catalog which may be detected by the next-generation imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes.

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 D. Petry , O. Reimer

Using a likelihood analysis (updated since McLaughlin & Cordes 2000) and EGRET detections, upper limits and diffuse background measurements, we find a best-fit luminosity law for the gamma-ray pulsar population. We find that roughly 30 of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. A. McLaughlin , J. M. Cordes

In this study, we report the likely GeV {\gamma}-ray emissions originating from the pulsar PSR J1849-0001's pulsar wind nebula (PWN) G32.64+0.53. Our analysis covers approximately 14.7 years of data from the Fermi Large Area Telescope…

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During its nine-year lifetime, the Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) detected 1506 cosmic photons with measured energy E>10 GeV. Of this number, 187 are found within 1 degree of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. J. Thompson , D. L. Bertsch , R. H. O'Neal

Some phenomenological properties of the unidentified EGRET detections suggest that there are two distinct groups of galactic gamma-ray sources that might be associated with compact objects endowed with relativistic jets. We discuss…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. E. Romero , I. A Grenier , M. M. Kaufman Bernado , I. F. Mirabel , D. F. Torres

The GALPROP model for cosmic-ray propagation is able to make explicit predictions for the distribution of galactic diffuse gamma-rays. We compare different propagation models with gamma-ray spectra measured by EGRET for various regions of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Andrew W. Strong , Igor V. Moskalenko , Olaf Reimer

gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are likely sources of ultra-high energy, >10^{19} eV, protons and high energy, >1 TeV, neutrinos. Large volume detectors of ultra high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) and high energy neutrinos, which are already…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 E. Waxman

Amongst the sources seen in very high gamma-rays several are associated with Pulsar Wind Nebulae (``TeV plerions''). The study of hard X-ray/soft gamma-ray emission is providing an important insight into the energetic particle population…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. I. D. Hoffmann , D. Horns , A. Santangelo

HESS J1745-303 is an extended, unidentified VHE (very high energy) gamma-ray source discovered using HESS in the Galactic Plane Survey. Since no obvious counterpart has previously been found in longer-wavelength data, the processes that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-05-15 HESS Collaboration , F. Aharonian

The supernova remnant (SNR) complex CTB 37 is an interesting candidate for observations with Very High Energy (VHE) gamma-ray telescopes such as H.E.S.S. In this region, three SNRs are seen. One of them is potentially associated with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 HESS Collaboration , F Aharonian

The pulsar wind nebula (PWN) 3C 58 has been proposed as a good candidate for detection at VHE (VHE; E>100 GeV) for many years. It is powered by one of the highest spin-down power pulsars known (5\% of Crab pulsar) and it has been compared…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 R. López-Coto , E. Carmona , W. Bednarek , O. Blanch , J. Cortina , E. de Ona Wilhelmi , D. Torres , J. Martín , M. A. Pérez-Torres

H.E.S.S. is one of the most sensitive instruments in the very high energy (VHE; > 100 GeV) gamma-ray domain and has revealed many new sources along the Galactic Plane. After the successful first VHE Galactic Plane Survey of 2004, H.E.S.S.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-07-13 O. Tibolla , R. C. G. Chaves , O. de Jager , W. Domainko , A. Fiasson , N. Komin , K. Kosack

Published EGRET spectra from blazars extend only to 10 GeV, yet EGRET has detected approximately 2000 gamma-rays above 10 GeV of which about half are at high Galactic latitude. We report a search of these high-energy gamma-rays for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Brenda L. Dingus , David L. Bertsch

The diffuse extragalactic gamma-ray background (EGRB) has been derived by various groups from observations by the Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) instrument on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO). The derived EGRB…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-06-05 T. A. Porter , W. B. Atwood , B. Baughman , R. P. Johnson

We report an evidence for the first time that merging clusters of galaxies are a promising candidate for the origin of high galactic-latitude, steady unidentified EGRET gamma-ray sources. Instead of using past optical catalogs of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Wataru Kawasaki , Tomonori Totani

Milagro and HAWC have detected extended TeV gamma-ray emission around nearby pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe). Building on these discoveries, Linden et al. [1] identified a new source class -- TeV halos -- powered by the interactions of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-28 Takahiro Sudoh , Tim Linden , John F. Beacom

The EGRET instrument has measured detailed photon spectra between 30 MeV and 10 GeV, which are represented by means of single power-law fits for sources in the 3EG catalog. However, various sources show indications of spectral cutoffs at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 O. Reimer , D. L. Bertsch