Detection of Sub-TeV Gamma-Rays from the Galactic Center Direction by CANGAROO-II

Details Detection of Sub-TeV Gamma-Rays from the Galactic Center Direction by CANGAROO-II Detection of Sub-TeV Gamma-Rays from the Galactic Center Direction by CANGAROO-II

2004-03-25

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0403592v1

Astrophys.J. 606 (2004) L115-L118

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

13 pages, 3 figures, aastex.cls, accepted by ApJ Letters

Scientific paper

10.1086/421292

We have detected sub-TeV gamma-ray emission from the direction of the Galactic Center (GC) using the CANGAROO-II Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope (IACT). We detected a statistically signicant excess at energies greater than 250GeV. The flux was one order of magnitude lower than that of Crab at 1 TeV with a soft spectrum E^{-4.6+-0.5}. The signal centroid is consistent with the GC direction and the observed prole is consistent with a point-like source. Our data suggests that the GeV source 3EG J1746-2851 is identical with this TeV source and we study the combined spectra to determine the possible origin of the gamma-ray emission. We also obtain an upper limit on the cold dark-matter density in the Galactic halo.

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