Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2011-01-07
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
11 pages, 7 figures, submitted to ApJ
Scientific paper
Chandra ACIS observed the field of the extended TeV source HESS J1834-087 for 47 ks. A previous XMM-Newton EPIC observation of the same field revealed a point-like source (XMMU J183435.3-084443) and an offset region of faint extended emission. In the low-resolution, binned EPIC images the two appear to be connected. However, the high-resolution Chandra ACIS images do not support the alleged connection. Instead, in these images XMMU J183435.3-084443 is resolved into a point source, CXOU~J183434.9--084443 (L=2.5 x 10e33 ergs/s, for a distance of 4 kpc; photon index 1.1), and a compact (~20'') nebula with an isotropic morphology and a softer spectrum (L=4.2 x10e33 ergs/s, photon index 2.7). The nature of the nebula is uncertain. We discuss a dust scattering halo and a pulsar-wind nebula as possible interpretations. Based on our analysis of the X-ray data, we re-evaluate the previously suggested interpretations of HESS J1834-087 and discuss a possible connection to the Fermi LAT source 1FGL J1834.3-0842c. We also obtained an upper limit of 3 x 10e-14 ergs/s cm^2 on the unabsorbed flux of the SGR J1833--0832 (in quiescence), which happened to be in the ACIS field of view.
Kargaltsev Oleg
Misanovic Zdenka
Pavlov George G.
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