Deeper Chandra Follow-up of Cygnus TeV Source Perpetuates Mystery
Abstract
A 50 ksec Chandra observation of the unidentified TeV source in Cygnus reported by the HEGRA collaboration reveals no obvious X-ray counterpart(s). 220 Point-like X-ray sources are detected within or nearby the extended TeV J2032+4130 source region, of which at least 30 are massive stars and 6 are known radio emitters. Based on the low X-ray and radio emissivity we favor a nucleonic rather than electronic origin of the very high energy gamma-ray flux and suspect it is related to the very massive and extremely powerful Cygnus OB2 stellar association.Keywords
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