A candidate gamma-ray pulsar in the supernova remnant CTA 1

(2) MPE; (3) INAOE; A. Carraminana(3) ((1) University of Durham; Germany; G. Kanbach(2); K.T.S. Brazier(1); Mexico); O. Reimer(2); UK

arxiv: astro-ph/9710111 · v1 · submitted 1997-10-10 · 🌌 astro-ph

A candidate gamma-ray pulsar in the supernova remnant CTA 1

K.T.S. Brazier(1) , O. Reimer(2) , G. Kanbach(2) , A. Carraminana(3) ((1) University of Durham , UK , (2) MPE , Germany , (3) INAOE

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We present a detailed analysis of the high energy gamma-ray source 2EG J0008+7307. The source has a steady flux and a hard spectrum, softening above 2 GeV. The properties of the gamma-ray source are suggestive of emission from a young pulsar in the spatially coincident CTA 1 supernova remnant, which has recently been found to have a non-thermal X-ray plerion. Our 95% uncertainty contour around the >1 GeV source position includes the point-like X-ray source at the centre of the plerion. We propose that this object is a young pulsar and is the most likely counterpart of 2EG J0008+7307.

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A candidate gamma-ray pulsar in the supernova remnant CTA 1

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