A survey of unidentified EGRET sources at very high energies
May, 2005
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- Astrophys.J. 624 (2005) 638-655
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The Whipple Observatory 10 m γ-ray telescope has been used to survey the error boxes of EGRET unidentified sources in an attempt to find counterparts at energies of 350 GeV and above. Twenty-one unidentified sources detected by EGRET (more than 10% of the total number) have been included in this survey. In no case is a statistically significant signal found in the EGRET error box, which implies that, at least for this sample, the γ-ray spectra of these sources steepen between 100 MeV and 350 GeV. For each EGRET source location, we list candidate associations and derive upper limits on the integral γ-ray flux above 350 GeV.- galaxies: jets
- gamma rays: observations
- surveys
- cosmic radiation: particle source
- photon: cosmic radiation
- cosmic radiation: energy spectrum
- Cherenkov counter: imaging
- experimental results
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