Skip to Main content Skip to Navigation
Journal articles

Localizing the VHE γ-ray source at the Galactic Centre

Fabio Acero 1 F. Aharonian A. G. Akhperjanian G. Anton U. Barres de Almeida A. R. Bazer-Bachi 2 Y. Becherini 3 B. Behera K. Bernlöhr A. Bochow C. Boisson 4 J. Bolmont 5 V. Borrel 2 I. Braun J. Brucker F. Brun 5 P. Brun 6 R. Bühler T. Bulik I. Büsching T. Boutelier P. M. Chadwick A. Charbonnier 5 R. C. G. Chaves A. Cheesebrough J. Conrad L.-M. Chounet 7 A. C. Clapson G. Coignet 8 M. Dalton M. K. Daniel I. D. Davids B. Degrange 7 C. Deil H. J. Dickinson A. Djannati-Ataï 9 W. Domainko L. O'C. Drury F. Dubois 8 G. Dubus 10 J. Dyks M. Dyrda K. Egberts P. Eger P. Espigat 3 L. Fallon C. Farnier 1 S. Fegan 7 F. Feinstein 1 A. Fiasson 8 A. Förster G. Fontaine 7 M. Füßling S. Gabici Y.A. Gallant 1 L. Gérard 3 D. Gerbig B. Giebels 7 J. F. Glicenstein 6 B. Glück P. Goret 6 D. Göring M. Hauser S. Heinz G. Heinzelmann G. Henri 10 G. Hermann J. A. Hinton A. Hoffmann W. Hofmann P. Hofverberg M. Holleran S. Hoppe D. Horns A. Jacholkowska 5 O. C. de Jager C. Jahn I. Jung K. Katarzyński U. Katz S. Kaufmann M. Kerschhaggl D. Khangulyan B. Khélifi 7 D. Keogh D. Klochkov W. Kluźniak T. Kneiske Nu. Komin 6 K. Kosack 6 R. Kossakowski 8 G. Lamanna 8 J.-P. Lenain 4 T. Lohse V. Marandon 3 O. Martineau-Huynh 5 A. Marcowith 1 J. Masbou 8 D. Maurin 5 T. J. L. Mccomb M. C. Medina 4 J. Méhault 1 R. Moderski Emmanuel Moulin 6 M. Naumann-Godo 7 M. de Naurois 5 D. Nedbal D. Nekrassov B. Nicholas J. Niemiec S. J. Nolan S. Ohm J.-F. Olive 2 E. de Oña Wilhelmi K. J. Orford M. Ostrowski M. Panter M. Paz Arribas G. Pedaletti G. Pelletier 10 P.-O. Petrucci 10 S. Pita 3 G. Pühlhofer M. Punch 3 A. Quirrenbach B. C. Raubenheimer M. Raue S. M. Rayner O. Reimer M. Renaud 3 F. Rieger J. Ripken L. Rob S. Rosier-Lees 8 G. Rowell B. Rudak C. B. Rulten J. Ruppel F. Ryde V. Sahakian A. Santangelo R. Schlickeiser F. M. Schöck A. Schönwald U. Schwanke S. Schwarzburg S. Schwemmer A. Shalchi M. Sikora J. L. Skilton H. Sol 4 Ł. Stawarz R. Steenkamp C. Stegmann F. Stinzing G. Superina 7 I. Sushch A. Szostek 10 P. H. Tam J.-P. Tavernet 5 R. Terrier 3 O. Tibolla M. Tluczykont C. van Eldik G. Vasileiadis 1 C. Venter L. Venter 4 J. P. Vialle 8 P. Vincent 5 M. Vivier 6 H. J. Völk F. Volpe S. J. Wagner M. Ward A. A. Zdziarski A. Zech 4
1 LPTA - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Astroparticules
2 CESR - Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements
3 APC (UMR_7164) - AstroParticule et Cosmologie
4 LUTH (UMR_8102) - Laboratoire Univers et Théories
5 LPNHE - Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies
6 IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
7 LLR - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
8 LAPP - Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules
9 APC - AHE - APC - Astrophysique des Hautes Energies
APC (UMR_7164) - AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universita degli Studi di Bologna
10 LAOG - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
Abstract : The inner 10 pc of our Galaxy contains many counterpart candidates of the very high energy (VHE; >100 GeV) γ-ray point source HESS J1745−290. Within the point spread function of the H.E.S.S. measurement, at least three objects are capable of accelerating particles to VHE and beyond and of providing the observed γ-ray flux. Previous attempts to address this source confusion were hampered by the fact that the projected distances between these objects were of the order of the error circle radius of the emission centroid (34 arcsec, dominated by the pointing uncertainty of the H.E.S.S. instrument). Here we present H.E.S.S. data of the Galactic Centre region, recorded with an improved control of the instrument pointing compared to H.E.S.S. standard pointing procedures. Stars observed during γ-ray observations by optical guiding cameras mounted on each H.E.S.S. telescope are used for off-line pointing calibration, thereby decreasing the systematic pointing uncertainties from 20 to 6 arcsec per axis. The position of HESS J1745−290 is obtained by fitting a multi-Gaussian profile to the background-subtracted γ-ray count map. A spatial comparison of the best-fitting position of HESS J1745−290 with the position and morphology of candidate counterparts is performed. The position is, within a total error circle radius of 13 arcsec, coincident with the position of the supermassive black hole Sgr A* and the recently discovered pulsar wind nebula candidate G359.95−0.04. It is significantly displaced from the centroid of the supernova remnant Sgr A East, excluding this object with high probability as the dominant source of the VHE γ-ray emission.
Keywords : Galaxy: centre gamma-rays: observations ISM: individual: Sgr A East ISM: individual: Sgr A ISM: individual: G 359.95−0.04
Document type :
Journal articles
Complete list of metadatas
http://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-00460883
Contributor : Claudine Bombar <>
Submitted on : Tuesday, March 2, 2010 - 4:57:29 PM
Last modification on : Thursday, January 7, 2021 - 5:56:02 PM

Links full text

openaccess

Identifiers

Collections

IN2P3 | INSU | OBSPM | UNIV-SAVOIE | LLR | LPNHE | APC | LAPP | LPTA | CNRS | LUTH | X | X-LLR | LAOG | UPMC | OMP | OSUG | DSM-IRFU | CEA | IRFU-APC | OMP-IRAP | CEA-DRF | X-DEP-PHYS | SORBONNE-UNIVERSITE | UNIV-PARIS7 | USPC | UNIV-TLSE3 | SU-SCIENCES | UNIV-PARIS | UP-SCIENCES | PSL | METEO | UGA | SU-TI

Citation

Fabio Acero, F. Aharonian, A. G. Akhperjanian, G. Anton, U. Barres de Almeida, et al.. Localizing the VHE γ-ray source at the Galactic Centre. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy P - Oxford Open Option A, 2010, 402, pp.1877 - 1882. ⟨10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.16014.x⟩. ⟨in2p3-00460883⟩

Export

BibTeX TEI DC DCterms EndNote

Share

Metrics

Record views

1142