Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-10-18
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, 3 figures, proceedings of the 30th ICRC, Merida, Mexico, 2007
Scientific paper
The results from H.E.S.S. observations towards Westerlund 2 are presented. The detection of very-high-energy gamma-ray emission towards the young stellar cluster Westerlund 2 in the HII complex RCW49 by H.E.S.S. provides ample evidence that particle acceleration to extreme energies is associated with this region. A variety of possible emission scenarios is mentioned, ranging from high-energy gamma-ray production in the colliding wind zone of the massive Wolf-Rayet binary WR20a, collective wind scenarios, diffusive shock acceleration at the boundaries of wind-blown bubbles in the stellar cluster, and outbreak phenomena from hot stellar winds into the interstellar medium. These scenarios are briefly compared to the characteristics of the associated new VHE gamma-ray source HESS J1023-575, and conclusions on the validity of the respective emission scenarios for high-energy gamma-ray production in the Westerlund 2 system are drawn.
for the HESS Collaboration
Hinton Jim
Hofmann Werner
Hoppe S.
Masterson C.
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