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用MAGIC望远镜观测蟹状星云

Observation of the Crab Nebula with the MAGIC telescope

A. Nepomuk Otte

摘要:

我们报道了用MAGIC望远镜对蟹状星云进行的甚高能γ射线观测。星云的伽马射线通量在60 GeV到9 TeV之间。能谱可以用曲线幂律dF/dE=f_0(E/300 GeV)^(a+b log 10(E/300 GeV))来描述,通量归一化f_0为(6.0+-0.2stat)*10^-10 cm^-2 s^-1 TeV^-1,a=-2.31+-0.06stat,b=-0.26+-0.07stat。在77 ± 47 GeV处确定了IC峰的位置。在望远镜的观测时间和实验分辨率范围内,γ射线辐射是稳定的点状辐射。辐射的重心与脉冲星的位置一致。脉冲星的脉冲伽马射线发射无法被探测到。假设微分能谱具有指数截止,我们将能谱的截止能量限制为小于~30 GeV。对于超指数形状,截止能量可以高达~ 60 GeV。

英文摘要:

We report about very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray observations of the Crab Nebula with the MAGIC telescope. The gamma-ray flux from the nebula was measured between 60 GeV and 9 TeV. The energy spectrum can be described with a curved power law dF/dE=f_0 (E/300GeV)^(a+b log10(E/300GeV)) with a flux normalization f_0 of (6.0+-0.2stat)*10^-10 cm^-2 s^-1 TeV^-1, a=-2.31+-0.06stat and b=-0.26+-0.07stat. The position of the IC-peak is determined at 77+-47 GeV. Within the observation time and the experimental resolution of the telescope, the gamma-ray emission is steady and pointlike. The emission's center of gravity coincides with the position of the pulsar. Pulsed gamma-ray emission from the pulsar could not be detected. We constrain the cutoff energy of the spectrum to be less than ~30 GeV, assuming that the differential energy spectrum has an exponential cutoff. For a super-exponential shape, the cutoff energy can be as high as ~60GeV.

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