Discovery of gamma-ray emission from the shell-type supernova remnant RCW 86 with H.E.S.S

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Discovery of gamma-ray emission from the shell-type supernova remnant RCW 86 with H.E.S.S

Original language description

The shell-type supernova remnant (SNR) RCW 86, possibly associated with the historical supernova SN 185, with its relatively large size (about 40' in diameter) and the presence of non-thermal X-rays is a promising target for gamma-ray observations. The high sensitivity, good angular resolution of a few arc minutes and the large field of view of the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) make it ideally suited for the study of the gamma-ray morphology of such extended sources. H.E.S.S. observations have indeed led to the discovery of the SNR RCW 86 in very high energy (VHE; E } 100 GeV) gamma-rays. With 31 hours of observation time, the source is detected with a statistical significance of 8.5 sigma and is significantly more extended than the H.E.S.S. point spread function.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

BF - Elementary particle theory and high energy physics

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/LC527" target="_blank" >LC527: Center for Particle Physics</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Publication year

2009

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Astrophysical Journal

ISSN

0004-637X

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Volume of the periodical

692

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000263674700040

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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