A new TeV source confirmed in Whipple archival data: TeV J2032+41

M. J. Lang, D. A. Carter-Lewis, D. J. Fegan, S. J. Fegan, A. M. Hillas, R. C. Lamb, M. Punch, P. T. Reynolds, T. C. Weekes

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Abstract

A re-analysis of data near Cygnus X-3 in 1989-1990 using the Whipple Observatory atmospheric Cherenkov imaging telescope confirms the existence of the TeV J2032 + 4130 source first reported at a conference by the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory and confirmed independently by the HEGRA Collaboration in a referred publication. The significance of the Whipple observations at the a priori HEGRA position is 3.3σ. The peak signal was found at RA = 20 h 32 m, Dec = +41 °33′. This is 0.6° north of Cygnus X-3. The flux level (12% of the level of the Crab Nebula) is intermediate between that reported by the Crimean (100%) and HEGRA (3%) groups.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)345-351
Number of pages7
JournalAstrophysics and Space Science
Volume297
Issue number1-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2005

Keywords

  • Gamma rays
  • Observations
  • Unidentified sources

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