Discovery of a possible X-ray counterpart to HESS J1804-216

Details Discovery of a possible X-ray counterpart to HESS J1804-216 Discovery of a possible X-ray counterpart to HESS J1804-216

2006-08-15

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0608310v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, 5 figures, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, in press

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Suzaku deep observations have discovered two highly significant nonthermal X-ray sources, Suzaku J1804$-$2142 (Src 1) and Suzaku J1804$-$2140 (Src 2), positionally coincident with the unidentified TeV $\gamma$-ray source, HESS J1804$-$216. The X-ray sources are not time variable and show no counterpart in other wavebands, except for the TeV source. Src 1 is unresolved at Suzaku spatial resolution, whereas Src 2 is extended or composed of multiple sources. The X-ray spectra are highly absorbed, hard, and featureless, and are well fitted by absorbed power-law models with best-fit photon indices and absorption columns of $-0.3_{-0.5}^{+0.5}$ and $0.2_{-0.2}^{+2.0}\times 10^{22}$ cm$^{-2}$ for Src 1, and $1.7_{-1.0}^{+1.4}$ and $1.1_{-0.6}^{+1.0}\times 10^{23}$ cm$^{-2}$ for Src 2. The measured X-ray absorption to the latter source is significantly larger than the total Galactic neutral hydrogen column in that direction. The unabsorbed 2--10 keV band luminosities are $7.5\times 10^{32}(d/{\rm 5 kpc})^2$ ergs s$^{-1}$ (Src 1) and $1.3\times 10^{33}(d/{\rm 5 kpc})^2$ ergs s$^{-1}$ (Src 2), where $d$ is the source distance. Among the handful of TeV sources with known X-ray counterparts, HESS J1804$-$216 has the largest ratio of TeV $\gamma$-ray to hard X-ray fluxes. We discuss the nature of the emission and propose the Suzaku sources as plausible counterparts to the TeV source, although further observations are necessary to confirm this.

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