Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-11-23
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, 1 figure, Proceedings of the 4th Heidelberg International Symposium on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy, July 7-11, 20
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.3076636
A large fraction of the recently discovered Galactic Very High Energy (VHE) source population remains unidentified to date. VHE gamma-ray emission traces high energy particles in these sources, but for example in case of hadronic processes also the gas density at the emission site. Moreover, the particles have sufficiently long lifetimes to be able to escape from their acceleration sites. Therefore, the gamma-ray sources or at least the areas of maximum surface brightness are in many cases spatially offset from the actual accelerators. A promising way to identify the objects in which the particles are accelerated seems to be to search for emission signatures of the acceleration process (like emission from shock-heated plasma). Also the particles themselves (through primary or secondary synchrotron emission) can be traced in lower wavebands. Those signatures are best visible in the X-ray band, and current X-ray observatories are well suited to conduct such follow-up observations. Some aspects of the current status of these investigations are reviewed.
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