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X-Ray Observations of the HESS Unidentified Sources from the Galactic Plane
Author(s) -
Hironori Matsumoto,
the Suzaku Team
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
progress of theoretical physics supplement
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0375-9687
DOI - 10.1143/ptps.169.162
Subject(s) - physics , galactic plane , cosmic ray , crab nebula , astrophysics , astronomy , telescope , flux (metallurgy) , nebula , gamma ray , galaxy , stars , materials science , metallurgy
Many bright TeV γ-ray objects have been discovered on the Galactic plane with the HESS telescope. We observed three of them, HESS J1614-518, HESS J1616-508, and HESS J1804-216 with the Suzaku satellite. We have found X-ray counterparts of HESS J1614 and HESS J1804, but their X-ray fluxes are quite low compared to their TeV fluxes. Their flux ratio of TeV to X-ray (f_TeV/f_X) is larger than 20, in contrast to typical γ-ray objects like the Crab nebula and RX J1713-3946. Thus these objects are good examples of dark particle accelerators, and cosmic ray protons may be accelerated in such objects.

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