Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-06-23
Astrophys.J.652:387-400,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
32 pages, 8 figures, submitted to ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/508339
We report observations with the Chandra X-ray Observatory of a field in the gamma$-Cygni supernova remnant (SNR78.2+2.1) centered on the cataloged location of the unidentified, bright gamma-ray source 3EG J2020+4017. In this search for an X-ray counterpart to the gamma-ray source, we detected 30 X-ray sources. Of these, we found 17 strong-candidate counterparts in optical (visible through near-infrared) cataloged and an additional 3 through our optical observations. Based upon colors and (for several objects) optical spectra, nearly all the optically identified objects appear to be reddened main-sequence stars. None of the X-ray sources with an optical counterpart is a plausible X-ray counterpart to 3EG J2020+4017 --if that gamma-ray source is a spin-powered pulsar. Many of the 10 X-ray sources lacking optical counterparts are likely (extragalactic) active galactic nuclei, based upon the sky density of such sources. Although one of the 10 optically unidentified X-ray sources could be the gamma-ray source, there is no auxiliary evidence supporting such an identification.
Becker Werner
Carraminana Alberto
Carrasco Luis
Elsner Ronald F.
Kanbach Gottfried
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