A Closer Look at the Unidentified TeV Source HESS J1614-518

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Pulsars, Supernova Remnants, Gamma-Ray

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HESSJ1614-518, discovered in the H.E.S.S. Galactic Plane Survey [1], is one of the brightest unidentified or `dark' TeV sources. No sufficiently energetic pulsars nor supernova remnants are found nearby. We review a range of recent multiwavelength data covering this source, including radio lines (NANTEN 12CO), IR (MSX), nearIR (2MASS), and X-ray energies (Swift, Suzaku, XMM). These MWL data and our comparisons with the morphology, spectra, and energetics of HESSJ1614-518 (using H.E.S.S. data up to 2007) suggest potential X-ray counterparts and a possbile connection to the highly reddended open cluster Pismis 22 (C1609-517).

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