HESS J1640-465 - an exceptionally luminous TeV γ-ray supernova remnant

A. Abramowski; F. Aharonian; F. Ait Benkhali; A. G. Akhperjanian; E. Angüner; G. Anton; S. Balenderan; Agnès Balzer; A. Barnacka; Y. Becherini; J. Becker Tjus; K. Bernlöhr; E. Birsin; E. Bissaldi; J. Biteau; M. Böttcher; C. Boisson; J. Bolmont; P. Bordas; J. Brucker; F. Brun; P. Brun; T. Bulik; S. Carrigan; S. Casanova; M. Cerruti; P. M. Chadwick; R. Chalme-Calvet; R. C. G. Chaves; A. Cheesebrough; M. Chrétien; S. Colafrancesco; G. Cologna; J. Conrad; C. Couturier; Y. Cui; M. Dalton; M. K. Daniel; I. D. Davids; B. Degrange; C. Deil; P. Dewilt; H. J. Dickinson; A. Djannati-Ataï; W. Domainko; L. O'C. Drury; G. Dubus; K. Dutson; J. Dyks; M. Dyrda; T. Edwards; K. Egberts; P. Eger; P. Espigat; C. Farnier; S. Fegan; F. Feinstein; M. V. Fernandes; D. Fernandez; A. Fiasson; G. Fontaine; A. Förster; M. Füßling; M. Gajdus; Y. A. Gallant; T. Garrigoux; G. Giavitto; B. Giebels; J. F. Glicenstein; M.-H. Grondin; M. Grudzińska; S. Häffner; J. Hahn; J. Harris; G. Heinzelmann; G. Henri; G. Hermann; O. Hervet; A. Hillert; J. A. Hinton; W. Hofmann; P. Hofverberg; M. Holler; D. Horns; A. Jacholkowska; C. Jahn; M. Jamrozy; M. Janiak; F. Jankowsky; I. Jung; M. A. Kastendieck; K. Katarzyński; U. Katz; S. Kaufmann; B. Khélifi; Michel Kieffer; S. Klepser; D. Klochkov; W. Kluźniak; T. Kneiske; D. Kolitzus; Nu. Komin; K. Kosack; S. Krakau; F. Krayzel; P. P. Krüger; H. Laffon; G. Lamanna; J. Lefaucheur; A. Lemière; M. Lemoine-Goumard; J.-P. Lenain; D. Lennarz; T. Lohse; A. Lopatin; C.-C. Lu; V. Marandon; Alexandre Marcowith; R. Marx; G. Maurin; N. Maxted; M. Mayer; T. J. L. Mccomb; J. Méhault; P. J. Meintjes; U. Menzler; M. Meyer; R. Moderski; M. Mohamed; Emmanuel Moulin; T. Murach; C. L. Naumann; M. de Naurois; J. Niemiec; S. J. Nolan; L. Oakes; S. Ohm; E. de Oña Wilhelmi; B. Opitz; M. Ostrowski; I. Oya; M. Panter; R. D. Parsons; M. Paz Arribas; N. W. Pekeur; G. Pelletier; J. Perez; P.-O. Petrucci; B. Peyaud; S. Pita; H. Poon; G. Pühlhofer; M. Punch; A. Quirrenbach; S. Raab; M. Raue; A. Reimer; O. Reimer; Matthieu Renaud; R. de los Reyes; F. Rieger; L. Rob; C. Romoli; S. Rosier-Lees; G. Rowell; B. Rudak; C. B. Rulten; V. Sahakian; D. A. Sanchez; A. Santangelo; R. Schlickeiser; F. Schüssler; A. Schulz; U. Schwanke; S. Schwarzburg; S. Schwemmer; H. Sol; G. Spengler; F. Spies; Ł. Stawarz; R. Steenkamp; C. Stegmann; F. Stinzing; K. Stycz; I. Sushch; A. Szostek; J.-P. Tavernet; T. Tavernier; A. M. Taylor; R. Terrier; M. Tluczykont; C. Trichard; K. Valerius; C. van Eldik; B. van Soelen; George Vasileiadis; C. Venter; A. Viana; P. Vincent; J. Vink; H. J. Völk; F. Volpe; M. Vorster; T. Vuillaume; S. J. Wagner; P. Wagner; M. Ward; M. Weidinger; Q. Weitzel; R. White; A. Wierzcholska; P. Willmann; A. Wörnlein; D. Wouters; V. Zabalza; M. Zacharias; A. Zajczyk; A. A. Zdziarski; A. Zech; H.-S. Zechlin

doi:10.1093/mnras/stu139

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HESS J1640-465 - an exceptionally luminous TeV γ-ray supernova remnant

A. Abramowski ¹ F. Aharonian ^{2, 3} F. Ait Benkhali ² A. G. Akhperjanian ⁴ E. Angüner ⁵ G. Anton ⁶ S. Balenderan ⁷ Agnès Balzer ⁸ A. Barnacka ⁹ Y. Becherini ¹⁰ J. Becker Tjus ¹¹ K. Bernlöhr ^{2, 5} E. Birsin ⁵ E. Bissaldi ¹² J. Biteau ¹³ M. Böttcher ¹⁴ C. Boisson ¹⁵ J. Bolmont ¹⁶ P. Bordas ¹⁷ J. Brucker ⁶ F. Brun ² P. Brun ¹⁸ T. Bulik S. Carrigan ² S. Casanova ² M. Cerruti ¹⁵ P. M. Chadwick ⁷ R. Chalme-Calvet ¹⁶ R. C. G. Chaves A. Cheesebrough ⁷ M. Chrétien ¹⁶ S. Colafrancesco G. Cologna J. Conrad C. Couturier ¹⁶ Y. Cui ¹⁷ M. Dalton ¹⁹ M. K. Daniel ⁷ I. D. Davids ¹⁴ B. Degrange ¹³ C. Deil ² P. Dewilt H. J. Dickinson A. Djannati-Ataï ²⁰ W. Domainko ² L. O'C. Drury ²¹ G. Dubus K. Dutson J. Dyks ⁹ M. Dyrda T. Edwards ² K. Egberts ¹² P. Eger ² P. Espigat ²² C. Farnier S. Fegan ¹³ F. Feinstein ²³ M. V. Fernandes ¹ D. Fernandez ²³ A. Fiasson ²⁴ G. Fontaine ¹³ A. Förster ² M. Füßling ²⁵ M. Gajdus ⁸ Y. A. Gallant ²³ T. Garrigoux ¹⁶ G. Giavitto ⁸ B. Giebels ¹³ J. F. Glicenstein M.-H. Grondin ² M. Grudzińska S. Häffner ⁶ J. Hahn ² J. Harris ⁷ G. Heinzelmann ¹ G. Henri G. Hermann ² O. Hervet ¹⁵ A. Hillert ² J. A. Hinton W. Hofmann ² P. Hofverberg ² M. Holler ²⁵ D. Horns ¹ A. Jacholkowska ¹⁶ C. Jahn ⁶ M. Jamrozy M. Janiak ⁹ F. Jankowsky I. Jung ⁶ M. A. Kastendieck ¹ K. Katarzyński U. Katz ⁶ S. Kaufmann B. Khélifi ²⁰ Michel Kieffer ¹⁶ S. Klepser ⁸ D. Klochkov ¹⁷ W. Kluźniak ⁹ T. Kneiske ¹ D. Kolitzus ¹² Nu. Komin ²⁴ K. Kosack S. Krakau ¹¹ F. Krayzel ²⁴ P. P. Krüger ² H. Laffon ¹⁹ G. Lamanna ²⁴ J. Lefaucheur ²² A. Lemière ²² M. Lemoine-Goumard ¹⁹ J.-P. Lenain ¹⁶ D. Lennarz ² T. Lohse ⁵ A. Lopatin ⁶ C.-C. Lu ² V. Marandon ² Alexandre Marcowith ²³ R. Marx ² G. Maurin ²⁴ N. Maxted M. Mayer ²⁵ T. J. L. Mccomb ²⁶ J. Méhault ¹⁹ P. J. Meintjes U. Menzler ¹¹ M. Meyer R. Moderski ⁹ M. Mohamed Emmanuel Moulin T. Murach ⁵ C. L. Naumann ¹⁶ M. de Naurois ¹³ J. Niemiec S. J. Nolan ²⁶ L. Oakes ⁵ S. Ohm E. de Oña Wilhelmi ² B. Opitz ¹ M. Ostrowski I. Oya ⁵ M. Panter ² R. D. Parsons ² M. Paz Arribas ⁵ N. W. Pekeur ¹⁴ G. Pelletier J. Perez ¹² P.-O. Petrucci B. Peyaud S. Pita ²² H. Poon ² G. Pühlhofer ¹⁷ M. Punch ²² A. Quirrenbach S. Raab ⁶ M. Raue ¹ A. Reimer ¹² O. Reimer ¹² Matthieu Renaud ²³ R. de los Reyes ² F. Rieger ² L. Rob C. Romoli ²¹ S. Rosier-Lees ²⁴ G. Rowell B. Rudak ⁹ C. B. Rulten ¹⁵ V. Sahakian ⁴ D. A. Sanchez ²⁴ A. Santangelo ¹⁷ R. Schlickeiser ¹¹ F. Schüssler A. Schulz ⁸ U. Schwanke ⁵ S. Schwarzburg ¹⁷ S. Schwemmer H. Sol ¹⁵ G. Spengler ⁵ F. Spies ¹ Ł. Stawarz R. Steenkamp C. Stegmann ²⁵ F. Stinzing ⁶ K. Stycz ⁸ I. Sushch ⁵ A. Szostek J.-P. Tavernet ¹⁶ T. Tavernier ²² A. M. Taylor ²¹ R. Terrier ²² M. Tluczykont ¹ C. Trichard ²⁴ K. Valerius ⁶ C. van Eldik ⁶ B. van Soelen George Vasileiadis ²³ C. Venter ¹⁴ A. Viana ² P. Vincent ¹⁶ J. Vink H. J. Völk ² F. Volpe ² M. Vorster ¹⁴ T. Vuillaume S. J. Wagner P. Wagner ⁵ M. Ward ²⁶ M. Weidinger ¹¹ Q. Weitzel ² R. White A. Wierzcholska P. Willmann ⁶ A. Wörnlein ⁶ D. Wouters V. Zabalza ² M. Zacharias ¹¹ A. Zajczyk ⁹ A. A. Zdziarski ⁹ A. Zech ¹⁵ H.-S. Zechlin ¹

1 Institut für Experimentalphysik [Hamburg]

2 MPIK - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics

3 NAS RA - National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia [Yerevan]

4 Yerevan Physics Institute

5 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

6 Physikalisches Institut [Erlangen]

7 Department of Physics [Durham]

8 DESY - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron [Zeuthen]

9 Astronomical Observatory [Warsaw]

10 School of Computer Science, Physics and Mathematics [Linnaeus University]

11 ITP4 - Institut für Theoretische Physik IV [Bochum]

12 Institut f¨ur Astro- und Teilchenphysik and Institut f¨ur Theoretische Physik

13 LLR - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet

14 NWU - North-West University [South Aftrica]

15 LUTH (UMR_8102) - Laboratoire Univers et Théories

16 LPNHE - Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies

17 IAAT - Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik [Tübingen]

18 IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers

19 ASTRO - Astroparticules

CENBG - Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan

20 APC - AHE - APC - Astrophysique des Hautes Energies

APC (UMR_7164) - AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universita degli Studi di Bologna

21 DIAS - Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

22 APC (UMR_7164) - AstroParticule et Cosmologie

23 LUPM - Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier

24 LAPP - Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules

25 Universität Potsdam

26 Department of Physics [Durham University]

Abstract : The results of follow-up observations of the TeV gamma-ray source HESSJ 1640-465 from 2004 to 2011 with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) are reported in this work. The spectrum is well described by an exponential cut-off power law with photon index Gamma=2.11 +/- 0.09_stat +/- 0.10_sys, and a cut-off energy of E_c = (6.0 +2.0 -1.2) TeV. The TeV emission is significantly extended and overlaps with the north-western part of the shell of the SNR G338.3-0.0. The new H.E.S.S. results, a re-analysis of archival XMM-Newton data, and multi-wavelength observations suggest that a significant part of the gamma-ray emission from HESS J1640-465 originates in the SNR shell. In a hadronic scenario, as suggested by the smooth connection of the GeV and TeV spectra, the product of total proton energy and mean target density could be as high as W_p n_H ~ 4 x 10^52 (d/10kpc)^2 erg cm^-3.

Keywords : ISM: individual objects: G338.3−0.0 ISM: supernova remnant Radiation mechanisms: non-thermal High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Astrophysics

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Physics [physics] / Astrophysics [astro-ph] / High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE]

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