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dc.contributor.author | Maxted, N. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Nicholas, B. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Rowell, G. | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Astronomy and Astrophysics: a European journal, 2011; 528:A143-1-A143-12 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0004-6361 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1432-0746 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/69078 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The γ-ray pulsar PSRB1706−44 and the adjacent supernova remnant (SNR) candidate G343.1−2.3 were observed by H.E.S.S. during a dedicated observation campaign in 2007. As a result of this observation campaign, a new source of very-high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) γ-ray emission, H.E.S.S. J1708−443, was detected with a statistical significance of 7σ, although no significant point-like emission was detected at the position of the energetic pulsar itself. In this paper, the morphological and spectral analyses of the newly-discovered TeV source are presented. The centroid of H.E.S.S. J1708−443 is considerably offset from the pulsar and located near the apparent center of the SNR, at αJ2000 = 17h08m11s ± 17s and δJ2000 = −44◦20' ± 4'. The source is found to be significantly more extended than the H.E.S.S. point spread function (∼0.1◦), with an intrinsic Gaussian width of 0.29◦ ± 0.04◦. Its integral flux between 1 and 10 TeV is ∼3.8 × 10⁻¹² ph cm⁻² s⁻¹, equivalent to 17% of the Crab Nebula flux in the same energy range. The measured energy spectrum is well-fit by a power law with a relatively hard photon index Γ = 2.0 ± 0.1stat ± 0.2sys . Additional multi-wavelength data, including 330 MHz VLA observations, were used to investigate the VHE γ-ray source’s possible associations with the pulsar wind nebula of PSRB1706−44 and/or with the complex radio structure of the partial shell-type SNR G343.1−2.3. | - |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | A. Abramowsk i... N. Maxted ... B. Nicholas ... G. Rowell ... et al. (H.E.S.S. Collaboration) | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | EDP Sciences | - |
dc.rights | © ESO 2011. Article published by EDP Sciences | - |
dc.source.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015381 | - |
dc.subject | ISM: individual objects: G 343.1−2.3 | - |
dc.subject | gamma rays: general | - |
dc.subject | pulsars: individual: PSR B1706 − 44 | - |
dc.title | Detection of very-high-energy γ-ray emission from the vicinity of PSR B1706-44 and G 343.1-2.3 with H.E.S.S. | - |
dc.title.alternative | Detection of very-high-energy gamma-ray emission from the vicinity of PSR B1706-44 and G 343.1-2.3 with H.E.S.S. | - |
dc.type | Journal article | - |
dc.contributor.organisation | H.E.S.S. Collaboration | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1051/0004-6361/201015381 | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published | - |
dc.identifier.orcid | Rowell, G. [0000-0002-9516-1581] | - |
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