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arxiv: astro-ph/0307216 · v1 · submitted 2003-07-10 · 🌌 astro-ph

Gamma-rays and cosmic-rays from a pulsar in Cygnus OB2

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keywords pulsargamma-raysappearanceargueassociationcosmiccosmic-rayscreated
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We argue that gamma-rays sources observed in the direction of the Cyg OB2 association in the GeV and TeV energy range are due to a pulsar which was created by a supernova a few tens of thousands years ago. The excess of cosmic rays at 10^18 eV can be also related to the appearance of this pulsar.

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