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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | XMM-Newton observations of the first unidentified TeV gamma-ray source TeV J2032+4130 |
Author: | Horns, D. Hoffmann, A. Santangelo, A. Aharonian, F. Rowell, G. |
Citation: | Astronomy and Astrophysics: a European journal, 2007; 469(1):L17-L21 |
Publisher: | E D P Sciences |
Issue Date: | 2007 |
ISSN: | 0004-6361 1432-0746 |
Statement of Responsibility: | D. Horns, A. I. D. Hoffmann, A. Santangelo, F. A. Aharonian, and G. P. Rowell |
Abstract: | Context. The first unidentified very high energy gamma ray source (TeV J2032+4130) in the Cygnus region has been the subject of intensive search for a counterpart source at other wavelengths. In particular, observations in radio and X-rays are important to trace a population of non-thermal electrons. Aims. A deep (≈50 ks) exposure of TeV J2032+4130 with XMM-Newton has been obtained. The large collection area and the field of view of the X-ray telescopes on-board of XMM-Newton allow to search for faint extended X-ray emission possibly linked to TeV J2032+4130. Methods. The contribution of point sources to the observed X-ray emission from TeV J2032+4130 is subtracted from the data. The point-source subtracted X-ray data are analyzed using blank sky exposures and regions adjacent to the position of TeV J2032+4130 in the field of view covered by the XMM-Newton telescopes to search for diffuse X-ray emission. Results. An extended X-ray emission region with a full width half maximum (FWHM) size of ≈12 arcmin is found. The centroid of the emission is co-located with the position of TeV J2032+4130. The angular extension of the X-ray emission region is slightly smaller than the angular size of TeV J2032+4130 (FWHM =14 ± 3 arcmin). The energy spectrum of the emission coinciding with the position and extension of TeV J2032+4130 can be modeled by a power-law model with a photon index Γ = 1.5 ± 0.2stat ± 0.3sys and an energy flux integrated between 2 and 10 keV of f2-10 kev ≈ 7 × 10-13 erg/(cm2 s) which is lower than the very high energy gamma-ray flux observed from TeV J2032+4130. The energy flux detected from the extended emission region is about a factor of two smaller than the summed contribution of the point sources present. The energy spectrum can also be fit with a thermal emission model from an ionized plasma with a temperature kBT ≈10 keV. Conclusions. We conclude that the faint extended X-ray emission discovered in this observation is the X-ray counterpart of TeV J2032+4130. Formally, it can not be excluded that the extended emission is due to an unrelated population of faint, hot (kBT ≈10 keV) unresolved point-sources which by chance coincides with the position and extension of TeV J2032+4130. We discuss our findings in the frame of both hadronic and leptonic gamma-ray production scenarios. © ESO 2007. |
Rights: | © The European Southern Observatory 2007 |
DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361:20066836 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20066836 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 6 Physics publications |
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