Monitoring the gamma-ray source 2CG 135+1 and the radio star LSI +61 303.
Abstract
We report the results of a CGRO multi-instrument series of observations of the unidentified gamma-ray source 2CG 135+1 and of its possible counterpart, the peculiar radio source GT 0236+610 coincident with the Be star LSI +61 303. Previous observations of 2CG 135+1 are consistent with a positional coincidence of the gamma-ray source with LSI +61 303. Since January 1994, we continuously monitored the time variable radio source GT 0236+610 with the Green Bank Interferometer. For the first time, gamma-ray observations of 2CG 135+1 can be correlated with an extensive database of radio observations of LSI +61 303. We present OSSE and COMPTEL data obtained during the period May-June 1994, and BATSE data for the period April 1994-January 1995. We discuss the possible time variability of the γ-ray emission and spectral properties of 2CG 135+1. Understanding the nature of 2CG 135+1 may be of crucial importance for the interpretation of a class of unidentified and time variable gamma-ray sources in the Galaxy.
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series
- Pub Date:
- December 1996
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/9611200
- Bibcode:
- 1996A&AS..120C.243T
- Keywords:
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- GAMMA-RAYS: OBSERVATIONS;
- X-RAYS: STARS;
- STARS: INDIVIDUAL: LS I +61 303;
- 2CG 135+1;
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 6 pages, to appear in Astronomy &