MAGIC Observations of the Unidentified γ-Ray Source TeV J2032+4130
We observed the first known very high energy (VHE) γ-ray-emitting unidentified source, TeV J2032+4130, for 94 hr with the MAGIC telescope. The source was detected with a significance of 5.6 σ. The flux, position, and angular extension are compatible with the previous ones measured by the HEGRA teles...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2008 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de la UB |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/158699 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/158699 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Astronomia de raigs gamma Observacions astronòmiques Gamma ray astronomy Astronomical observations |
| Resumo: | We observed the first known very high energy (VHE) γ-ray-emitting unidentified source, TeV J2032+4130, for 94 hr with the MAGIC telescope. The source was detected with a significance of 5.6 σ. The flux, position, and angular extension are compatible with the previous ones measured by the HEGRA telescope system 5 years ago. The integral flux amounts to (4.5 ± 0.3stat ± 0.35sys) × 10−13 photons cm−2 s−1 above 1 TeV. The source energy spectrum, obtained with the lowest energy threshold to date, is compatible with a single power law with a hard photon index of Γ = -2.0 ± 0.3stat ± 0.2sys. |
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