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HESS upper limit on the very high energy γ-ray emission from the globular cluster 47 Tucanae

dc.contributor.authorAharonian, F.
dc.contributor.authorHolleran, M.
dc.contributor.authorBüsching, I.
dc.contributor.authorDavids, I.D.
dc.contributor.authorDe Jager, O.C.
dc.contributor.authorRaubenheimer, B.C.
dc.contributor.authorVenter, C.
dc.contributor.authorH.E.S.S. Collaboration
dc.contributor.researchID10859748 - Holleran, Mathew
dc.contributor.researchID10179240 - Raubenheimer, Barend Christoffel
dc.contributor.researchID12006653 - Venter, Christo
dc.contributor.researchID10065857 - De Jager, Ocker Cornelis
dc.contributor.researchID13146629 - Davids, Isak Delberth
dc.contributor.researchID13235176 - Büsching, Ingo
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-29T14:26:00Z
dc.date.available2014-04-29T14:26:00Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractObservations of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae (NGC 104), which contains at least 23 ms pulsars, were performed with the HESS telescope system. The observations lead to an upper limit of F(E > 800 GeV) < 6.7 × 10−13 cm−2 s−1 on the integral -ray photon flux from 47 Tucanae. Considering millisecond pulsars as the unique potential source of -rays in the globular cluster, constraints based on emission models are derived: on the magnetic field in the average pulsar nebula and on the conversion efficiency of spin-down power to γ -ray photons or to relativistic leptons.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAharonian, F. et al. 2009. HESS upper limit on the very high energy γ-ray emission from the globular cluster 47 Tucanae. Astronomy & astrophysics, 499(1):273-277. [http://www.aanda.org/]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0004-6361
dc.identifier.issn1521-3994
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/10473
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200811564
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2009/19/aa11564-08.pdf
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEDP Sciencesen_US
dc.rights© ESO 2009
dc.subjectGalaxy: globular clusters: individual: 47 Tucanaeen_US
dc.subjectstars: pulsars: generalen_US
dc.subjectgamma rays: observationsen_US
dc.titleHESS upper limit on the very high energy γ-ray emission from the globular cluster 47 Tucanaeen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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