Upper limits to the SN1006 multi-TeV gamma-ray flux from H.E.S.S. observations

Aharonian, F.; Akhperjanian, A. G.; Aye, K.-M.; Bazer-Bachi, A. R.; Beilicke, M.; Benbow, W.; Berge, D.; Berghaus, P.; Bernlöhr, K.; Bolz, O.; Boisson, C:; Borgmeier, C.; Breitling, F.; Brown, A. M.; Bussons Gordo, J.; Chadwick, P. M.; Chounet, L.-M.; Cornils, R.; Costamante, L.; Degrange, B.; Djannati-Atai, A.; Drury, L.O'C.; Ergin, T.; Espigat, P.; Feinstein, F.; Fleury, P.; Fontaine, G.; Funk, S.; Gallant, Y. A.; Giebels, B.; Gillessen, S.; Goret, P.; Dubus, G.; Hadjichristidis, C.; Hauser, M.; Heinzelmann, G.; Henri, G.; Hermann, G.; Hinton, J. A.; Hofmann, W.; Holleran, M.; Horns, D.; de Jager, O. C.; Jung, I.; Khélifi, B.; Komin, N.; Konopelko, A.; Latham, I. J.; Le Gallou, R.; Lemoine, M.; Lemière, A.; Leroy, N.; Lohse, T.; Marcowith, A.; Masterson, C.; McComb, T. J. L.; de Naurois, M.; Nolan, S. J.; Noutsos, A.; Orford, K. J.; Osborne, J. L.; Ouchrif, M.; Panter, M.; Pelletier, G.; Pita, S.; Fuchs, Y.; Pühlhofer, G.; Punch, M.; Raubenheimer, B. C.; Raue, M.; Raux, J.; Rayner, S. M.; Redondo, I.; Reimer, A.; Reimer, O.; Ripken, J.; van der Walt, D.J.; Rob, L.; Rolland, L.; Rowell, G.; Sahakian, V.; Saugé, L.; Schlenker, S.; Schlickeiser, R.; Schuster, C.; Schwanke, U.; Siewert, M.; Sol, H.; Steenkamp, R.; Stegmann, C.; Tavernet, J.-P.; Théoret, C. G.; Tluczykont, M.; Venter, C.; Vasileiadis, G.; Vincent, P.; Visser, B.; Völk, H. J.; Wagner, S. J.

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Upper limits to the SN1006 multi-TeV gamma-ray flux from H.E.S.S. observations

Aharonian, F., Akhperjanian, A. G., Aye, K.-M., Bazer-Bachi, A. R., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., et al. (2005). Upper limits to the SN1006 multi-TeV gamma-ray flux from H.E.S.S. observations. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 437(1), 135-139. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20042522.

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Aharonian, F.¹, Author
Akhperjanian, A. G.¹, Author
Aye, K.-M.², Author
Bazer-Bachi, A. R.², Author
Beilicke, M.¹, Author
Benbow, W.¹, Author
Berge, D.¹, Author
Berghaus, P.², Author
Bernlöhr, K.¹, Author
Bolz, O.¹, Author
Boisson, C:², Author
Borgmeier, C.², Author
Breitling, F.², Author
Brown, A. M.², Author
Bussons Gordo, J.², Author
Chadwick, P. M.², Author
Chounet, L.-M.², Author
Cornils, R.¹, Author
Costamante, L.¹, Author
Degrange, B.², Author
Djannati-Atai, A.¹, Author         Drury, L.O'C.², AuthorErgin, T.², AuthorEspigat, P.², AuthorFeinstein, F.¹, Author         Fleury, P.², AuthorFontaine, G.², AuthorFunk, S.¹, Author         Gallant, Y. A.¹, Author         Giebels, B.², AuthorGillessen, S.¹, Author         Goret, P.², AuthorDubus, G.¹, Author         Hadjichristidis, C.², AuthorHauser, M.², AuthorHeinzelmann, G.², AuthorHenri, G.², AuthorHermann, G.¹, Author         Hinton, J. A.¹, Author         Hofmann, W.¹, Author         Holleran, M.², AuthorHorns, D.¹, Author         de Jager, O. C.², AuthorJung, I.¹, Author         Khélifi, B.¹, Author         Komin, N.², AuthorKonopelko, A.³, Author         Latham, I. J.², AuthorLe Gallou, R.², AuthorLemoine, M.², AuthorLemière, A.², AuthorLeroy, N.², AuthorLohse, T.², AuthorMarcowith, A.², AuthorMasterson, C.¹, Author         McComb, T. J. L.², Authorde Naurois, M.¹, Author         Nolan, S. J.², AuthorNoutsos, A.², AuthorOrford, K. J.¹, Author         Osborne, J. L.¹, Author         Ouchrif, M.², AuthorPanter, M.¹, Author         Pelletier, G.², AuthorPita, S.², AuthorFuchs, Y.², AuthorPühlhofer, G.¹, Author         Punch, M.², AuthorRaubenheimer, B. C.², AuthorRaue, M.¹, Author         Raux, J.², AuthorRayner, S. M.², AuthorRedondo, I.², AuthorReimer, A.², AuthorReimer, O.², AuthorRipken, J.², Authorvan der Walt, D.J.², AuthorRob, L.², AuthorRolland, L.², AuthorRowell, G.¹, Author         Sahakian, V.², AuthorSaugé, L.¹, Author         Schlenker, S.², AuthorSchlickeiser, R.², AuthorSchuster, C.², AuthorSchwanke, U.², AuthorSiewert, M.², AuthorSol, H.², AuthorSteenkamp, R.², AuthorStegmann, C.², AuthorTavernet, J.-P.², AuthorThéoret, C. G.², AuthorTluczykont, M.², AuthorVenter, C.², AuthorVasileiadis, G.¹, Author         Vincent, P.², AuthorVisser, B.², AuthorVölk, H. J.³, Author         Wagner, S. J.², Author more..

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1Division Prof. Dr. Werner Hofmann, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society, ou_904550
2Yerevan Physics Institute, Armenia University of Durham, Department of Physics, UK Centre d'Etudes Spatiales des Rayonnements, CNRS/UPS Toulouse, France Universität Hamburg, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Germany Physique Corpusculaire et Cosmologie, IN2P3/CNRS, Collège de France, Paris, France Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany LUTH, UMR 8102 du CNRS, Observatoire de Paris, Section de Meudon, France Groupe d'astroparticules de Montpellier, IN2P3/CNRS, Université Montpellier II, France Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies, IN2P3/CNRS, Universités Paris VI & VII, Jussieu, France European Associated Laboratory for Gamma-Ray Astronomy, jointly supported by CNRS and MPG Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, IN2P3/CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Ireland Service d'Astrophysique. DAPNIA/DSM/CEA, CE Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France Landessternwarte, Königstuhl, Heidelberg, Germany Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, INSU/CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier, France Unit for Space Physics, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa Institut für theoretische Physik, Lehrstuhl IV, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia, ou_persistent22
3Prof. Heinrich J. Völk, Emeriti, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society, ou_907548

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Free keywords: gamma rays: observations -- ISM: supernova remnants

Abstract: Observations of the shell-type supernova remnant SN1006 have been carried out with the HESS system of Cherenkov telescopes during 2003 (18.2 h with two operating telescopes) and 2004 (6.3 h with all four telescopes). No evidence for TeV gamma-ray emission from any compact or extended region associated with the remnant is seen and resulting upper limits at the 99.9% confidence level are up to a factor 10 lower than previously-published fluxes from CANGAROO. For SN1006 at its current epoch of evolution we define limits for a number of important global parameters. Upper limits on the gamma-ray luminosity (for E = 0.26 to 10 TeV, distance d = 2 kpc) of L_γ < 1.7 x 10³³ erg s^-1, and the total energy in corresponding accelerated protons, W_p < 1.6 x 10⁵⁰ erg are estimated (for proton energies E_p 1.5 to 60 TeV and assuming the lowest value n = 0.05 cm^-3 of the ambient target density discussed in literature). Extending this estimate to cover the range of proton energies observed in the cosmic ray spectrum up to the knee (we take here E_p 1 GeV to 3 PeV, assuming a differential particle index -2) gives W_p < 6.3 x 10⁵⁰ erg. A lower limit on the post-shock magnetic field of B > 25μG results when considering the synchrotron/inverse-Compton framework for the observed X-ray flux and γ -ray upper limits.

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Language(s): eng - English

Dates: Date issued: 2005-07-01

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DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20042522

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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 437 (1) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 135 - 139 Identifier: -