The GeV Emission in the Field of the Star-forming Region W30 Revisited
Abstract
We present a detailed study of the γ-ray emission from the direction of the star-forming region W30 based on a decade of the Fermi Large Area Telescope data in the 0.3-300 GeV photon energy range. The morphological and spectral analyses allow us to resolve the γ-ray emission into two extended structures from different origins. One of them mostly overlaps with the supernova remnant (SNR) G8.7-0.1 and has a soft spectrum that resembles the spectra of other middle-aged SNRs interacting with molecular clouds. The other shows remarkable spatial and spectral consistency with the TeV emission from HESS J1804-216, and its spectrum could be naturally explained by inverse Compton scattering of electrons like a number of TeV γ-ray emitting pulsar wind nebulae. Thus we attribute this source to the nebula around the pulsar PSR J1803-2137.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- August 2019
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1907.00180
- Bibcode:
- 2019ApJ...881...94L
- Keywords:
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- acceleration of particles;
- cosmic rays;
- gamma rays: ISM;
- ISM: individual objects: G8.7-0.1;
- PSR J1803-2137;
- HESS J1804-216;
- ISM: supernova remnants;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- Updated to match published version in ApJ