A survey of unidentified egret sources at very high energies

  • S. J. Fegan
  • , H. M. Badran
  • , I. H. Bond
  • , P. J. Boyle
  • , S. M. Bradbury
  • , J. H. Buckley
  • , D. A. Carter-Lewis
  • , M. Catanese
  • , O. Celik
  • , W. Cui
  • , M. Daniel
  • , M. D'Vali
  • , I. De La Calle Ferez
  • , C. Duke
  • , A. Falcone
  • , D. J. Fegan
  • , J. P. Finley
  • , L. F. Fortson
  • , J. A. Gaidos
  • , S. Gammell
  • K. Gibbs, G. H. Gillanders, J. Grube, J. Hall, T. A. Hall, D. Hanna, A. M. Hillas, J. Holder, D. Horan, A. Jarvis, M. Jordan, G. E. Kenny, M. Kertzman, D. Kieda, J. Kildea, J. Knapp, K. Kosack, H. Krawczynski, F. Krennrich, M. J. Lang, S. Le Bohec, R. W. Lessard, E. Linton, J. Lloyd-Evans, A. Milovanovic, J. McEnery, P. Moriarty, R. Mukherjee, D. Muller, T. Nagai, S. Nolan, R. A. Ong, R. Pallassini, D. Petry, B. Power-Mooney, J. Quinn, M. Quinn, K. Ragan, P. Rebillot, P. T. Reynolds, H. J. Rose, M. Schroedter, G. H. Sembroski, S. P. Swordy, A. Svson, V. V. Vassiliev, S. P. Wakely, G. Walker, T. C. Weekes, J. Zweerink

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

34 Scopus citations

Abstract

The Whipple Observatory 10 m γ-ray telescope has been used to survey the error boxes of EGRET unidentified sources in an attempt to find counterparts at energies of 350 GeV and above. Twenty-one unidentified sources detected by EGRET (more than 10% of the total number) have been included in this survey. In no case is a statistically significant signal found in the EGRET error box, which implies that, at least for this sample, the γ-ray spectra of these sources steepen between 100 Me V and 350 GeV. For each EGRET source location, we list candidate associations and derive upper limits on the integral γ-ray flux above 350 GeV.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)638-655
Number of pages18
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume624
Issue number2 I
DOIs
StatePublished - May 10 2005

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'A survey of unidentified egret sources at very high energies'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this