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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | A search for sub-TeV gamma rays from the Vela pulsar region with CANGAROO-III |
Author: | Enomoto, R. Tsuchiya, K. Adachi, Y. Kabuki, S. Edwards, P. Asahara, A. Bicknell, G. Clay, R. Doi, Y. Gunji, S. Hara, S. Hara, T. Hattori, T. Hayashi, S. Higashi, T. Inoue, R. Itoh, C. Kajino, F. Katagiri, H. Kawachi, A. et al. |
Citation: | The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics, 2006; 638(1):397-408 |
Publisher: | Univ Chicago Press |
Issue Date: | 2006 |
ISSN: | 0004-637X 1538-4357 |
Abstract: | We made stereoscopic observations of the Vela pulsar region with two of the 10 m diameter CANGAROO-III imaging atmospheric Cerenkov telescopes in 2004 January and February in a search for sub-TeV gamma rays from the pulsar and surrounding regions. We describe the observations, provide a detailed account of the calibration methods, and introduce the improved and bias-free analysis techniques employed for CANGAROO-III data. No evidence of gamma-ray emission is found from either the pulsar position or the previously reported position offset by 0°.13, and the resulting upper limits are a factor of 5 less than the previously reported flux from observations with the CANGAROO-I 3.8 m telescope. Following the recent report by the H.E.S.S. group of TeV gamma-ray emission from the pulsar wind nebula, which is ~0°.5 south of the pulsar position, we examined this region and found supporting evidence for emission extended over ~0°.6. |
Description: | © 2006 The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Submitted to Cornell University’s online archive www.arXiv.org in 2006 by Ryoji Enomoto. Post-print sourced from www.arxiv.org. |
DOI: | 10.1086/498858 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/498858 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Physics publications |
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