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317872.0,
MPI für Kernphysik / High-Energy Astrophysics |
| Deep radio images of the HEGRA and Whipple TeV sources in the Cygnus OB2 region |
| Authors: | Martí, Josep; Paredes, Josep M.; Ishwara, Chandra H.; Bosch-Ramon, Valenti | | Language: | English | | Date of Publication (YYYY-MM-DD): | 2007-09 | | Title of Journal: | Astronomy & Astrophysics | | Journal Abbrev.: | A&A | | Volume: | 472 | | Issue / Number: | 2 | | Start Page: | 557 | | End Page: | 564 | | Copyright: | © ESO 2007 | | Review Status: | not specified | | Audience: | Experts Only | | Abstract / Description: | Context. The modern generation of Cherenkov telescopes has revealed a new population of gamma-ray sources in the Galaxy. Some of them have been identified with previously known X-ray binary systems while other remain without clear counterparts a lower energies. Our initial goal here was reporting on extensive radio observations of the first extended and yet unidentified source, namely TeV J2032+4130. This object was originally detected by the HEGRA telescope in the direction of the Cygnus OB2 region and its nature has been a matter of debate during the latest years.
Aims. We aim to pursue our radio exploration of the TeV J2032+4130 position that we initiated in a previous paper but taking now into account the latest results from new Whipple and MILAGRO TeV telescopes. Methods. Our investigation is mostly based on interferometric radio
observations with the Giant Metre Wave Radio Telescope (GMRT) close to Pune (India) and the Very Large Array (VLA) in New Mexico (USA). We also conducted near infrared observations with the 3.5 m telescope and the OMEGA2000 camera at the Centro Astronomico Hispano Aleman (CAHA) in Almeria (Spain).
Results. We present deep radio maps centered on the TeV J2032+4130 position at different wavelengths. In particular, our 49 and 20 cm maps cover a field of view larger than half a degree that fully includes the Whipple position and the peak of MILAGRO emission. Our most important result here is a catalogue of 153 radio sources detected at 49 cm within the GMRT antennae primary beam with a full width half maximum (FWHM) of 43 arc-minute. Moreover, our multi-configuration VLA images reveal the non-thermal extended emission previously reported by us with improved angular resolution. | | External Publication Status: | published | | Document Type: | Article |
| Affiliations: | MPI für Kernphysik/Group of W. Hofmann/High Energy Astrophysics (F. Aharonian)
| | External Affiliations: | Departamento de Física, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad de Jaén, Las Lagunillas s/n, Edificio A3, 23071 Jaén, Spain
Departament d'Astronomia i Meteorologia, Universitat de Barcelona, c/Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
National Center for Radio Astrophysics, TIFR, P. B. No. 3, Ganeshkhind, Pune - 7, India
| | Identifiers: | DOI:10.1051/0004-6361:20077712 | |
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