Navigation überspringen
Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
Status: Bibliographieeintrag

Verfügbarkeit
Standort: ---
Exemplare: ---
heiBIB
 Online-Ressource
Verfasst von:Abdalla, Hassan [VerfasserIn]   i
 Jankowsky, Felix [VerfasserIn]   i
 Mohamed, Mahmoud [VerfasserIn]   i
 Quirrenbach, Andreas [VerfasserIn]   i
 Rieger, Frank M. [VerfasserIn]   i
 Schwemmer, Stephanie [VerfasserIn]   i
 Wagner, Stefan [VerfasserIn]   i
 Cologna, Gabriele [VerfasserIn]   i
Titel:Characterising the VHE diffuse emission in the central 200 parsecs of our Galaxy with H.E.S.S.
Körperschaft:H.E.S.S. Collaboration [VerfasserIn]   i
Verf.angabe:H.E.S.S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, G. Cologna, F. Jankowsky, M. Mohamed, A. Quirrenbach, F. Rieger, S. Schwemmer, S.J. Wagner [und weitere]
E-Jahr:2018
Jahr:09 April 2018
Umfang:13 S.
Fussnoten:Gesehen am 14.06.2019
Titel Quelle:Enthalten in: Astronomy and astrophysics
Ort Quelle:Les Ulis : EDP Sciences, 1969
Jahr Quelle:2018
Band/Heft Quelle:612(2018) Artikel-Nummer A9, 13 Seiten
ISSN Quelle:1432-0746
Abstract:The diffuse very high-energy (VHE; >100 GeV) <i>γ<i/>-ray emission observed in the central 200 pc of the Milky Way by H.E.S.S. was found to follow dense matter distribution in the central molecular zone (CMZ) up to a longitudinal distance of about 130 pc to the Galactic centre (GC), where the flux rapidly decreases. This was initially interpreted as the result of a burst-like injection of energetic particles 10<sup>4<sup/> yr ago, but a recent more sensitive H.E.S.S. analysis revealed that the cosmic-ray (CR) density profile drops with the distance to the centre, making data compatible with a steady cosmic PeVatron at the GC. In this paper, we extend this analysis to obtain, for the first time, a detailed characterisation of the correlation with matter and to search for additional features and individual <i>γ<i/>-ray sources in the inner 200 pc. Taking advantage of 250 h of H.E.S.S. data and improved analysis techniques, we perform a detailed morphology study of the diffuse VHE emission observed from the GC ridge and reconstruct its total spectrum. To test the various contributions to the total <i>γ<i/>-ray emission, we used an iterative 2D maximum-likelihood approach that allows us to build a phenomenological model of the emission by summing a number of different spatial components. We show that the emission correlated with dense matter covers the full CMZ and that its flux is about half the total diffuse emission flux. We also detect some emission at higher latitude that is likely produced by hadronic collisions of CRs in less dense regions of the GC interstellar medium. We detect an additional emission component centred on the GC and extending over about 15 pc that is consistent with the existence of a strong CR density gradient and confirms the presence of a CR accelerator at the very centre of our Galaxy. We show that the spectrum of full ridge diffuse emission is compatible with that previously derived from the central regions, suggesting that a single population of particles fills the entire CMZ. Finally, we report the discovery of a VHE <i>γ<i/>-ray source near the GC radio arc and argue that it is produced by the pulsar wind nebula candidate G0.13−0.11.
DOI:doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201730824
URL:Bitte beachten Sie: Dies ist ein Bibliographieeintrag. Ein Volltextzugriff für Mitglieder der Universität besteht hier nur, falls für die entsprechende Zeitschrift/den entsprechenden Sammelband ein Abonnement besteht oder es sich um einen OpenAccess-Titel handelt.

Volltext ; Verlag: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730824
 Volltext: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2018/04/aa30824-17/aa30824-17.html
 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730824
Datenträger:Online-Ressource
Sprache:eng
K10plus-PPN:1666318256
Verknüpfungen:→ Zeitschrift

Permanenter Link auf diesen Titel (bookmarkfähig):  https://katalog.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/titel/68393052   QR-Code
zum Seitenanfang