A newly discovered VHE gamma-ray PWN candidate around PSR J1459-60

De los Reyes, Raquel; Zajczyk, A.; Chaves, Ryan; collaboration, for the H. E. S. S.

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A newly discovered VHE gamma-ray PWN candidate around PSR J1459-60

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De los Reyes, Raquel
Division Prof. Dr. Werner Hofmann, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Chaves, Ryan
Division Prof. Dr. Werner Hofmann, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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De los Reyes, R., Zajczyk, A., Chaves, R., & collaboration, f. t. H. E. S. S. (2012). A newly discovered VHE gamma-ray PWN candidate around PSR J1459-60. In Proceedings of the 32ND INTERNATIONAL COSMIC RAY CONFERENCE, BEIJING 2011. Retrieved from http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.0719.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0014-BFA2-4

Abstract

Observations of the Galactic Plane performed by the H.E.S.S. telescope array have revealed a significant excess at very-high-energies (VHE; E>0.1 TeV) from the direction of PSR J1459-60, a rather old gamma-ray pulsar (64 kyr) with a spindown energy of ~10^36 erg/s, discovered by the Fermi/LAT satellite in high-energy (HE) gamma-rays. The X-ray pulsar counterpart has been recently detected using the Suzaku satellite. In this contribution, we present the discovery of a new VHE gamma-ray source, including morphological and spectral analyses. Its association with the gamma-ray pulsar in a PWN scenario will be discussed.