A New Population of Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Sources in the Milky Way

F Aharonian,R Steenkamp,G Pelletier,P Goret,M Holleran,R Le Gallou,F Breitling,B Giebels,G Heinzelmann,S M Rayner,O C De Jager,A M Brown,M Panter,G Fontaine,G Vasileiadis,T Ergin,B Degrange,G Hermann,R Terrier,P Berghaus,G Dubus,D Berge,C Schuster,C Stegmann,Y A Gallant,C Borgmeier,S Gillessen,M Hauser,J Ripken,L Rolland,M Raue,L Rob,T J L Mccomb,P Fleury,R Cornils,M Siewert,H Sol,R Schlickeiser,J A Hinton,A Konopelko,M De Naurois,A Reimer,G Henri,P Vincent,S J Wagner,C Venter,P M Chadwick,S Funk,C Masterson,J Bussons Gordo,C Boisson,W Hofmann,U Schwanke,W Benbow,M Tluczykont,I Jung,G Rowell,I Redondo,M Ouchrif,L Costamante,N Leroy,S Schlenker,O Bolz,F Feinstein,A Marcowith,M Beilicke,M Punch,V Sahakian,Nu Komin,P Espigat,I Braun,S Pita,K J Orford,A Noutsos,J Raux,D J Van Der Walt,I J Latham,A G Akhperjanian,D Horns,S J Nolan,C Hadjichristidis,K.‐M Aye ,H J Völk ,B Khélifi ,T Löhse ,C G Théoret ,Martin Lemoine ,A R Bazer‐Bachi ,J.‐P Tavernet ,K Bernlöhr ,John Osborne ,G Pühlhofer ,Bart Visser ,A Lemière ,L.‐M Chounet ,L Saugé ,Britt Raubenheimer ,A Djannati-Ataı̈ ,L O’c Drury

doi:10.1126/science.1108643

A New Population of Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Sources in the Milky Way

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Journal: The Scientific monthly	Publication Date: Mar 25, 2005
Citations: 261

Affiliation: Durham University, University of Namibia, DSM (Netherlands), North-West University, École Polytechnique, Universität Hamburg, Max Planck Society, Collège de France, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, French National Centre for Scientific Research, Charles University, Ruhr University Bochum, University of Montpellier, Alikhanyan National Laboratory

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Very high energy gamma-rays probe the long-standing mystery of the origin of cosmic rays. Produced in the interactions of accelerated particles in astrophysical objects, they can be used to image cosmic particle accelerators. A first sensitive survey of the inner part of the Milky Way with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) reveals a population of eight previously unknown firmly detected sources of very high energy gamma-rays. At least two have no known radio or x-ray counterpart and may be representative of a new class of "dark" nucleonic cosmic ray sources.

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