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We recently identified the blazar-like radio source G74.87+1.22 (B2013+370) as the counterpart of the high-energy gamma-ray source 3EG J2016+3657 in the Galactic plane. However, since most blazar identifications of EGRET sources are only…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. P. Halpern , M. Eracleous , R. Mukherjee , E. V. Gotthelf

We present a multiwavelength analysis of the high-energy gamma-ray source 3EG J2006-2321. The flux of this source above 100 MeV is shown to be variable on time scales of days and months. Optical observations and careful examination of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 P. M. Wallace , J. P. Halpern , A. M. Magalhaes , D. J. Thompson

We have conducted a multiwavelength study of several radio sources within or near the error boxes of EGRET unidentified sources at mid to high Galactic latitude, under the hypothesis that the radio sources are blazars and are thus the best…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 S. D. Bloom , R. C. Hartman , H. Terasranta , M. Tornikoski , E. Valtaoja

We report on the association of an X-ray source (WGA J2025.1+3342), serendipitously found with BeppoSAX in two separate observations, with the unidentified EGRET source 3EG J2027+3429. The source is detected from 1 keV up to about 100 keV,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 V. Sguera , A. Malizia , L. Bassani , J. B. Stephen , G. Di Cocco

We present a high-energy study of the intriguing COS-B gamma-ray field, 2CG 075+00, in order to search for possible counterparts. New EGRET data show that the COS-B emission probably corresponds to two localized gamma-ray sources, 3EG…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 R. Mukherjee , E. V. Gotthelf , J. Halpern , M. Tavani

The identity of the persistent EGRET sources in the Galactic plane is largely a mystery. For one of these, 3EG J2227+6122, our complete census of X-ray and radio sources in its error circle reveals a remarkable superposition of an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. P. Halpern , E. V. Gotthelf , K. M. Leighly , D. J. Helfand

The EGRET source 3EG J1835+5918 is the brightest and most accurately positioned of the as-yet unidentified high-energy gamma-ray sources at high Galactic latitude (l,b=89,25). We present a multiwavelength study of the region around it,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 N. Mirabal , J. P. Halpern , M. Eracleous , R. H. Becker

The EGRET telescope has repeatedly observed 3EG J1835+5918 as a bright and steady source of high-energy gamma-ray radiation which has not yet been indentified. EGRET data from CGRO observation cycle 1 to 7 have been reanalysed above 100 MeV…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 O. Reimer , K. T. S. Brazier , A. Carraminana , G. Kanbach , P. L. Nolan , D. J. Thompson

We report the discovery of a radio loud quasar with a redshift of 4.30. This object, which is the first radio selected quasar with a redshift greater than four, was discovered during an observational investigation into the evolution of the…

Using survey data, we have re-evaluated the correlation of flat spectrum radio sources with EGRET sources in the Northern sky. A likelihood analysis incorporating the radio and X-ray properties and the Gamma-ray source localization is used…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 David Sowards-Emmerd , Roger W. Romani , Peter F. Michelson

In search of the counterpart to the brightest unidentified gamma-ray source 3EG J2020+4017 we report on new X-ray and radio observations of the gamma-Cygni field with the Chandra X-ray Observatory and with the Green Bank Telescope. We also…

Statistical studies indicate that the 271 point sources of high-energy gamma rays belong to two groups: a Galactic population and an isotropic extragalactic population. Many unidentified extragalactic sources are certainly blazars, and it…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. M. Wallace , S. D. Bloom , M. S. Lewis

We discuss the nature of the unidentified EGRET source 3EG J1621+8203. In an effort to identify the gamma-ray source, we have examined X-ray images of the field from ROSAT PSPC, ROSAT HRI, and ASCA GIS. Of the several faint X-ray point…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. Mukherjee , J. Halpern , N. Mirabal , E. V. Gotthelf

The EGRET telescope aboard NASAs Compton GRO has repeatedly detected 3EG J1835+5918, a bright and steady source of high-energy gamma-ray emission with no identification suggested until recently. The long absence of any likely counterpart…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 O. Reimer , K. T. S. Brazier , A. Carrami , G. Kanbach , P. L. Nolan , D. J. Thompson

The broad-line radio galaxy 3C111 has been suggested as the counterpart of the gamma-ray source 3EGJ0416+3650. While 3C111 meets most of the criteria for a high-probability identification, like a bright flat-spectrum radio core and a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. C. Hartman , M. Kadler , J. Tueller

3EG J1835+5918 is the brightest of the so-called unidentified EGRET sources at intermediate galactic latitude (l,b)=(89,25). We obtained complete radio, optical, and X-ray coverage of its error box, discovering a faint ultrasoft X-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. Mirabal , J. Halpern , R. Mukherjee , E. Gotthelf , F. Camilo

We report the discovery of a new radio galaxy within the location error box of the gamma-ray source 3EG J1735-1500. The galaxy is a double-sided jet source forming a large angle with the line of sight. Optical observations reveal a V ~ 18…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. A. Combi , G. E. Romero , J. M. Paredes , D. F. Torres , M. Ribo

We present a multiwavelength study of the unidentified Fermi gamma-ray source 0FGL J1830.3+0617, which exhibits variability above 200 MeV on timescales of days to weeks. Within the Fermi 95% confidence error contour lies B1827+0617, a radio…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-08-12 N. Mirabal , J. P. Halpern

The Third EGRET Catalog (3EG) lists 66 high-confidence identifications of sources with Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). All are classified as belonging to the blazar class, with the only exception of the nearby radio galaxy Centaurus A. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 V. Sguera , L. Bassani , A. Malizia , A. J. Dean , R. Landi , J. B. Stephen

B2013+370 and B2023+336 are two blazars at low-galactic latitude that were previously proposed to be the counterparts for the EGRET unidentified sources, 3EG J2016+3657 and 3EG J2027+3429. Gamma-ray emission associated with the EGRET…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 E. Kara , M. Errando , W. Max-Moerbeck , E. Aliu , M. Bottcher , P. Fortin , J. P. Halpern , R. Mukherjee , A. C. S. Readhead , J. L. Richards
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