3EG J2020+4017, the γ-Cygni source—before GLAST

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Jun 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007ap%26ss.309..373c&link_type=abstract

Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 309, Issue 1-4, pp. 373-378

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Gamma-Ray Sources&Mdash, Individual: 3Eg J2020+4017, Cygnus

Scientific paper

The Cygnus region of the Milky Way is prolific in star formation and presents extended diffuse γ-ray emission with a few γ-ray point sources. Among them is 3EG J2020+4017, the brightest of the unidentified EGRET sources, positionally coincident with the supernova remnant G78.2+2.1. Even though the EGRET and multi-wavelength data have not provided a conclusive identification for this γ-ray loud, but otherwise faint object, the evidence favors a pulsar like source. The EGRET photon data lack the signal-to-noise ratio required for a period search, but will serve as a valuable timing baseline extension in the case that GLAST confirms the pulsar nature of the γ-Cygni source.

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