A new population of very high energy gamma-ray sources in the Milky Way

F. Aharonian; A. G. Akhperjanian; K. M. Aye; A. R. Bazer-Bachi; M. Beilicke; W. Benbow; D. Berge; P. Berghaus; K. Bernlohr; C. Boisson; O. Bolz; C. Borgmeier; I. Braun; F. Breitling; A. M. Brown; J. Bussons Gordo; P. M. Chadwick; L. M. Chounet; R. Cornils; L. Costamante; B. Degrange; A. Djannati-Ataï; L. O.C. Drury; G. Dubus; T. Ergin; P. Espigat; F. Feinstein; P. Fleury; G. Fontaine; S. Funk; Y. A. Gallant; B. Giebels; S. Gillessen; P. Goret; C. Hadjichristidis; M. Hauser; G. Heinzelmann; G. Henri; G. Hermann; J. A. Hinton; W. Hofmann; M. Holleran; D. Horns; O. C. de Jager; I. Jung; B. Khelifi; N. Komin; A. Konopelko; I. J. Latham; R. le Gallou; A. Lemiere; M. Lemoine; N. Leroy; T. Lohse; A. Marcowith; C. Masterson; T. J.L. McComb; M. de Naurois; S. J. Nolan; A. Noutsos; K. J. Orford; J. L. Osborne; M. Ouchrif; M. Panter; G. Pelletier; S. Pita; G. Pühlhofer; M. Punch; B. C. Raubenheimer; M. Raue; J. Raux; S. M. Rayner; I. Redondo; A. Reimer; O. Reimer; J. Ripken; L. Rob; L. Rolland; G. Rowell; V. Sahakian; L. Sauge; S. Schlenker; R. Schlickeiser; C. Schuster; U. Schwanke; M. Siewert; H. Sol; R. Steenkamp; C. Stegmann; J. P. Tavernet; R. Terrier; C. G. Theoret; M. Tluczykont; D. J. van der Walt; G. Vasileiadis; C. Venter; P. Vincent; B. Visser; H. J. Völk; S. J. Wagner

doi:10.1126/science.1108643

A new population of very high energy gamma-ray sources in the Milky Way

F. Aharonian
, A. G. Akhperjanian
, K. M. Aye
, A. R. Bazer-Bachi
, M. Beilicke
, W. Benbow
, D. Berge
, P. Berghaus
, K. Bernlohr
, C. Boisson
, O. Bolz
, C. Borgmeier
, I. Braun
, F. Breitling
, A. M. Brown
, J. Bussons Gordo
, P. M. Chadwick
, L. M. Chounet
, R. Cornils
, L. Costamante

B. Degrange, A. Djannati-Ataï, L. O.C. Drury, G. Dubus, T. Ergin, P. Espigat, F. Feinstein, P. Fleury, G. Fontaine, S. Funk, Y. A. Gallant, B. Giebels, S. Gillessen, P. Goret, C. Hadjichristidis, M. Hauser, G. Heinzelmann, G. Henri, G. Hermann, J. A. Hinton, W. Hofmann, M. Holleran, D. Horns, O. C. de Jager, I. Jung, B. Khelifi, N. Komin, A. Konopelko, I. J. Latham, R. le Gallou, A. Lemiere, M. Lemoine, N. Leroy, T. Lohse, A. Marcowith, C. Masterson, T. J.L. McComb, M. de Naurois, S. J. Nolan, A. Noutsos, K. J. Orford, J. L. Osborne, M. Ouchrif, M. Panter, G. Pelletier, S. Pita, G. Pühlhofer, M. Punch, B. C. Raubenheimer, M. Raue, J. Raux, S. M. Rayner, I. Redondo, A. Reimer, O. Reimer, J. Ripken, L. Rob, L. Rolland, G. Rowell, V. Sahakian, L. Sauge, S. Schlenker, R. Schlickeiser, C. Schuster, U. Schwanke, M. Siewert, H. Sol, R. Steenkamp, C. Stegmann, J. P. Tavernet, R. Terrier, C. G. Theoret, M. Tluczykont, D. J. van der Walt, G. Vasileiadis, C. Venter, P. Vincent, B. Visser, H. J. Völk, S. J. Wagner

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Very high energy γ-rays probe the long-standing mystery of the origin of cosmic rays. Produced in the interactions of accelerated particles in astro-physical 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 γ-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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1938-1942
Number of pages	5
Journal	Science
Volume	307
Issue number	5717
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1108643
Publication status	Published - 25 Mar 2005
Externally published	Yes

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Aharonian, F., Akhperjanian, A. G., Aye, K. M., Bazer-Bachi, A. R., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Berge, D., Berghaus, P., Bernlohr, K., Boisson, C., Bolz, O., Borgmeier, C., Braun, I., Breitling, F., Brown, A. M., Bussons Gordo, J., Chadwick, P. M., Chounet, L. M., Cornils, R., ... Wagner, S. J. (2005). A new population of very high energy gamma-ray sources in the Milky Way. Science, 307(5717), 1938-1942. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1108643

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A new population of very high energy gamma-ray sources in the Milky Way

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