Evidence for long-term Gamma-ray and X-ray variability from the unidentified TeV source HESS J0632+057
dc.contributor.author | Lang, Mark | en |
dc.contributor.author | Gillanders, Gary | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-03-10T10:49:02Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2011-03-10T10:49:02Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | VERITAS Collaboration: V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu, T. Arlen, M. Beilicke, W. Benbo...(2009)Evidence for long-term Gamma-ray and X-ray variability from the unidentified TeV source HESS J0632+057. Astrophys.J.698:L94-L97,2009 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10379/1713 | en |
dc.description.abstract | HESS J0632+057 is one of only two unidentified very-high-energy gamma-ray sources which appear to be point-like within experimental resolution. It is possibly associated with the massive Be star MWC 148 and has been suggested to resemble known TeV binary systems like LS I +61 303 or LS 5039. HESS J0632+057 was observed by VERITAS for 31 hours in 2006, 2008 and 2009. During these observations, no significant signal in gamma rays with energies above 1 TeV was detected from the direction of HESS J0632+057. A flux upper limit corresponding to 1.1% of the flux of the Crab Nebula has been derived from the VERITAS data. The non-detection by VERITAS excludes with a probability of 99.993% that HESS J0632+057 is a steady gamma-ray emitter. Contemporaneous X-ray observations with Swift XRT reveal a factor of 1.8+-0.4 higher flux in the 1-10 keV range than earlier X-ray observations of HESS J0632+057. The variability in the gamma-ray and X-ray fluxes supports interpretation of the ob ject as a gamma-ray emitting binary. | en |
dc.format | application/pdf | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Ireland | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/ | |
dc.subject | Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena | en |
dc.title | Evidence for long-term Gamma-ray and X-ray variability from the unidentified TeV source HESS J0632+057 | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.local.publishedsource | http://arxiv.org/pdf/0905.3139 | en |
dc.description.peer-reviewed | peer-reviewed | en |
dc.local.authors | VERITAS Collaboration: V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu, T. Arlen, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow, D. Boltuch, S. M. Bradbury, J. H. Buckley, V. Bugaev, K. Byrum, A. Cannon, A. Cesarini, A. Cesarini, Y. C. Chow, L. Ciupik, P. Cogan, R. Dickherber, C. Duke, T. Ergin, A. Falcone, S. J. Fegan, J. P. Finley, G. Finnegan, P. Fortin, L. Fortson, A. Furniss, K.Gibbs, G. H. Gillanders, J. Grube, R. Guenette, G. Gyuk, D. Hanna, J. Holder, D. Horan, C. M. Hui, T. B. Humensky, A. Imran, P. Kaaret, N. Karlsson, M. Kertzman, D. Kieda, J. Kildea, A. Konopelko, H. Krawczynski, F. Krennrich, M. J. Lang, S. LeBohec, G. Maier, A. McCann, M. McCutcheon, J. Millis, P. Moriarty, R. Mukherjee, R. A. Ong, A. N. Otte, D. Pandel, J. S. Perkins, D. Petry, M. Pohl, J. Quinn, K. Ragan, L. C. Reyes, P. T. Reynolds, H. J. Rose, M. Schroedter, G. H. Sembroski, A. W. Smith, D. Steele, M. Theiling, J. A. Toner, A. Varlotta, V. V. Vassiliev, S. Vincent, R. G. Wagner, S. P. Wakely, J. E. Ward, T. C. Weekes, A. Weinstein, T. Weisgarber, D. A. Williams, S. Wissel, M. Wood | en |
dc.local.arxivid | 0905.3139 | en |
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