AMULTI-WAVELENGTH INVESTIGATION OF THE UNIDENTIFIED GAMMA-RAY SOURCE HESS J1708-410
Van Etten A, Funk S, Hinton J (2009)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2009
Journal
Book Volume: 707
Pages Range: 1717-1722
Journal Issue: 2
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/707/2/1717
Abstract
We report on recent XMM-Newton observations, archival radio continuum and CO data, and spectral energy distribution (SED) modeling of the unidentified Galactic plane source HESS J1708-410. No significant extended X-ray emission is observed, and we place an upper limit of 3.2 x 10(-13) erg cm(-2) s(-1) in the 2-4 keV range for the region of TeV emission. Molonglo Galactic Plane Survey data are used to place an upper limit of 0.27 Jy at 843 MHz for the source, with a 2.4 GHz limit of 0.4 Jy from the Parkes survey of the southern Galactic plane. (CO)-C-12 (J 1 -> 0) data of this region indicates a plausible distance of 3 kpc for HESS J1708-410. SED modeling of both the HESS detection and flux upper limits offer useful constraints on the emission mechanisms, magnetic field, injection spectrum, and ambient medium surrounding this source.
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APA:
Van Etten, A., Funk, S., & Hinton, J. (2009). AMULTI-WAVELENGTH INVESTIGATION OF THE UNIDENTIFIED GAMMA-RAY SOURCE HESS J1708-410. Astrophysical Journal, 707(2), 1717-1722. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/707/2/1717
MLA:
Van Etten, Adam, Stefan Funk, and Jim Hinton. "AMULTI-WAVELENGTH INVESTIGATION OF THE UNIDENTIFIED GAMMA-RAY SOURCE HESS J1708-410." Astrophysical Journal 707.2 (2009): 1717-1722.
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