Evidence for TeV gamma ray emission from Cassiopeia A

Details Evidence for TeV gamma ray emission from Cassiopeia A Evidence for TeV gamma ray emission from Cassiopeia A

2001-02-22

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0102391v1

Astron.Astrophys.370:112-120,2001; AIP Conf.Proc.558:749-752,2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20010243

232 hours of data were accumulated from 1997 to 1999, using the HEGRA Stereoscopic Cherenkov Telescope System to observe the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. TeV gamma ray emission was detected at the 5 sigma level, and a flux of (5.8 +- 1.2(stat) +- 1.2(syst)) 10^(-9) ph m^(-2) s^(-1) above 1 TeV was derived. The spectral distribution is consistent with a power law with a differential spectral index of -2.5 +- 0.4(stat) +- 0.1(syst) between 1 and 10 TeV. As this is the first report of the detection of a TeV gamma ray source on the "centi-Crab" scale, we present the analysis in some detail. Implications for the acceleration of cosmic rays depend on the details of the source modeling. We discuss some important aspects in this paper.

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