Detection of diffuse TeV gamma-ray emission from the neaby starburst galaxy NGC 253

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 396, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Itoh, C ^a   Enomoto, R ^b   Yanagita, S ^a   Yoshida, T ^a   Asahara, A ^c   Bicknell, G V ^d   Clay, R W ^e   Edwards, P G ^f   Gunji, S ^g   Hara, S ^c,h   Hara, T ⁱ   Hattori, T ^j   Hayashi, Shin ^k   Hayashi, Sei ^k   Kabuki, S ^b   Kajino, F ^k   Katagiri, H ^b   Kawachi, A ^b   Kifune, T ^l   Kubo, H ^c   Kushida, J ^c,h   Matsubara, Y ^m   Mizumoto, Y ⁿ   Mori, M ^b   Moro, H ^j   Muraishi, H ^o   Muraki, Y ^m   Naito, T ⁱ   Nakase, T ^j   Nishida, D ^c   Nishijima, K ^j   Okumura, K ^b   Ohishi, M ^b   Patterson, J R ^e   Protheroe, R J ^e   Sakurazawa, K ^h   Swaby, D L ^e   Tanimori, T ^c   Tokanai, F ^g   Tsuchiya, K ^b   Tsunoo, H ^b   Uchida, T ^b   Watanabe, A ^g   Watanabe, S ^c   Yoshikoshi, T ^p   more..

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^g YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

ⁱ YAMANASHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁿ NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^o IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^p Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Galaxies: individual: NGC 253; Galaxies: starburst; Gamma rays: observation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COSMIC RAYS; GALAXIES; GAMMA RAYS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TELESCOPES; X RAY ANALYSIS;

STARBURST GALAXIES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0036898126     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20021565     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Aharonian, F.A., Akhperjanian, A.G., Barrio, J.A., et al. 2000, ApJ, 539, 317.
2. Aharonian, F.A., Akhperjanian, A.G., Barrio, J.A., et al. 2002, Astropart. Phys., 17, 459.
3. Bhattacharya, D., The, L.-S., Kurfess, J.D., et al. 1994, ApJ, 437, 173.
4. Blom, J.J., Paglione, T.A.D. & Carramiñana, A. 1999, ApJ, 516, 744.
5. Carilli, C.L., Holdaway, M.A., Ho, P.T.P., & de Pree, C.G. 1992, ApJ, 399, L59.
6. Cappi, M., Persic, M., Bassani, L., et al. 1999, A&A, 350, 777.
7. Enomoto, R., Hara, S., Asahara, A., et al. 2002a, Astropart. Phys., 16, 235.
8. Enomoto, R., Tanimori, T., Naito, T., et al. 2002b, Nature, 416, 823.
9. Fegan, D.J. 1996, Space Sci. Rev., 75, 137.
10. Goldshmidt, O., & Rephaeli, Y. 1995, ApJ, 444, 113.
11. Hillas, A.M. 1985, Proc. 19th ICRC (La Jolla), 3, 445.
12. Hummel, E., Smith, P., & van der Hulst, J.M. 1984, A&A, 137, 138.
13. Itoh, C. Enomoto, R., Yanagita, S., et al. 2002a, in preparation.
14. Itoh, C., Enomoto, R., Yanagita, Y., Yoshida, T., & Tsuru, T.G. 2002b, in preparation.
15. Kawachi, A., Hayami, Y., Jimbo, J., et al. 2001, Astropart. Phys., 14, 261.
16. Mohanty, G., Biller, S., Carter-Lewis, D.A., et al. 1998, Astropart. Phys., 9, 15.
17. Reynolds, P.T., Akerlof, C.W., Cawley, M.F., et al. 1993, ApJ, 404, 206.
18. Sreekumar, P., Bertsch, D.L., Dingus, B.L., et al. 1992, ApJ, 400, L67.
19. Strickland, D.K., Heckman, T.M., Weaver, K.A., Hoopes, C.G., & Dahlem, M. 2002, ApJ, 568, 689.
20. Tanimori, T., Sakurazawa, K., Dazeley, S.A., et al. 1998, ApJ, 492, L33.
21. Vaucouleurs, G. de 1978, ApJ, 224, 710.
22. Voelk, H.J., Aharonian, F.A., & Breitschwerdt, D. 1996, Space Sci. Rev., 75, 279.