Detection of Gamma Rays around 1 TeV from RX J0852.0-4622 by CANGAROO-II
The Astrophysical Journal2005Vol. 619(2), pp. L163–L166
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H. Katagiri, R. Enomoto, Л. Т. Ксенофонтов, M. Mori, Yusuke Adachi, A. Asahara, G. V. Bicknell, R. W. Clay, Yasuo Doi, P. G. Edwards, S. Gunji, Shinji Hara, T. Hara, Takahiro Hattori, Sei. Hayashi, C. Itoh, S. Kabuki, F. Kajino, A. Kawachi, T. Kifune, R. Kiuchi, H. Kubo, Takuya Kurihara, R. Kurosaka, J. Kushida, Y. Matsubara, Y. Miyashita, Y. Mizumoto, H. Muraishi, Y. Muraki, T. Naito, Takeshi Nakamori, T. Nakase, D. Nishida, K. Nishijima, M. Ohishi, Ko Okumura, J. R. Patterson, R. J. Protheroe, N. Sakamoto, Yoshitaka Sakamoto, D. L. Swaby, T. Tanimori, H. Tanimura, G. Thornton, K. Tsuchiya, S. Watanabe, T. Yamaoka, S. Yanagita, T. Yoshida, T. Yoshikoshi
Abstract
We have detected gamma-ray emission at the 6 σ level at energies greater than 500 GeV from the supernova remnant RX J0852.0-4622 (G266.2-1.2) using the CANGAROO-II imaging atmospheric Cerenkov telescope. The flux was 0.12 times that of Crab at 1 TeV. The