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Discovery of a point-like very-high-energy γ-ray source in Monoceros
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posted on 2012-10-24, 09:09 authored by D. Berge, J. A. Hinton, O. Reimer, G. Rowell, M. Tluczykont, F. A. Aharonian, W. Benbow, K. Bernlöhr, O. Bolz, I. Braun, D. Hauser, G. Hermann, W. Hofmann, S. Hoppe, M. Beilicke, B. Khélifi, K. Kosack, C. Masterson, M. Panter, M. Ward, E. Brion, Van Eldik C, H. J. Volk, A. G. Akhperjanian, V. Sahakian, R. Cornils, A. R. Bazer-Bachi, J. F. Glicenstein, G. Heinzelmann, I. Büsching, M. Raue, J. Ripken, G. Coignet, S. Funk, M. Füßling, M. Kerschhaggl, T. Lohse, S. Schlenker, U. Schwanke, M. Holleran, P. Goret, C. Boisson, E. Moulin, L. Rolland, G. Lamanna, A. M. Brown, P. M. Chadwick, H. J. Dickinson, S. Pita, C. Hadjichristidis, De Jager OC, I. J. Latham, Le Gallou R, T. J. L. McComb, S. J. Nolan, A. Noutsos, S. Ranchon, K. J. Orford, J. L. Osborne, S. M. Rayner, D. Spangler, B. C. Raubenheimer, M. Punch, S. Rosier-Lees, C. Venter, L. -. M. Chounet, B. Degrange, G. Dubus, A. Marcowith, G. Fontaine, R. Terrier, B. Giebels, M. Lemoine-Goumard, G. Superina, J. P. Vialle, A. Djannati-Ataï, P. Espigat, A. Lemière, G. Maurin, S. Schwarzburg, G. Vasileiadis, O'C Drury L, B. Behera, D. Emmanoulopoulos, O. Martineau-Huynh, M. Hauser, G. Pedaletti, R. Bühler, G. Pühlhofer, B. Glück, S. Schwemmer, P. H. Tam, S. J. Wagner, C. Farnier, F. Feinstein, J. -. P. Tavernet, A. Fiasson, Y. A. Gallant, A. Jacholkowska, N. Komin, C. Stegmann, S. Carrigan, P. Vincent, T. Boutelier, G. Henri, G. Pelletier, P. -. O. Petrucci, V. Borrel, L. Saugé, L. Costamante, A. Hoffmann, D. Horns, E. Kendziorra, De Naurois M, D. Nedbal, A. Santangelo, W. Domainko, L. Rob, J. Ruppel, R. Schlickeiser, R. Schröder, J. M. Martin, A. Shalchi, R. Steenkamp, Y. Moriguchi, J. -. P. Olive, K. Egberts, Y. Fukui, A. Förster, H. SolAims.The complex Monoceros Loop SNR/Rosette Nebula region contains several potential sources of very-high-energy (VHE) $\gamma$-ray emission and two as yet unidentified high-energy EGRET sources. Sensitive VHE observations are required to probe acceleration processes in this region.
Methods.The HESS telescope array has been used to search for very high-energy $\gamma$-ray sources in this region. CO data from the NANTEN telescope were used to map the molecular clouds in the region, which could act as target material for $\gamma$-ray production via hadronic interactions.
Results.We announce the discovery of a new $\gamma$-ray source, HESS J0632+057, located close to the rim of the Monoceros SNR. This source is unresolved by HESS and has no clear counterpart at other wavelengths but is possibly associated with the weak X-ray source 1RXS J063258.3+054857, the Be-star MWC 148 and/or the lower energy $\gamma$-ray source 3EG J0634+0521. No evidence for an associated molecular cloud was found in the CO data.
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Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2007, 469 (1)Version
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