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对未识别的可变EGRET源的无线电检测

Radio detections towards unidentified variable EGRET sources

J. M. Paredes, J. Marti, C. H. Ishwara-Chandra, D. F. Torres, G. E. Romero, J. A. Combi, V. Bosch-Ramon, A. J. Munoz-Arjonilla, J. R. Sanchez-Sutil

摘要:

上下文高能伽马射线实验望远镜(EGRET)发现的伽马射线源中有相当一部分仍然无法识别。已经正确识别的EGRET源要么是射电和伽马射线波长的射电辐射源,要么是可变辐射源。大部分的变星源是强射电耀变体,然而,一些低银河纬度的EGRET源,具有高度可变的伽马射线发射,根据现有的射电数据,缺乏任何明显的对应。目标。本文的主要目标是通过绘制EGRET置信度等值线的射电环境,并在可能的情况下确定现场的可变射电源,来识别和定位银道面中四个高度可变伽马射线源的潜在射电对应物。方法.我们已经进行了无线电勘探的领域选定的EGRET源使用巨型米波射电望远镜(GMRT)干涉仪在21厘米波长,与点被分开的几个月。结果我们总共探测到了151个无线电源。其中,我们确定了几个射电源的流量密度明显的时间尺度上的几个月的变化。尽管我们的搜索的局限性,其可能的可变性使这些对象的高度可变的,身份不明的伽马射线源的潜在对应物的多波长研究的首要目标。

英文摘要:

Context. A considerable fraction of the gamma-ray sources discovered with the Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) remain unidentified. The EGRET sources that have been properly identified are either pulsars or variable sources at both radio and gamma-ray wavelengths. Most of the variable sources are strong radio blazars.However, some low galactic-latitude EGRET sources, with highly variable gamma-ray emission, lack any evident counterpart according to the radio data available until now. Aims. The primary goal of this paper is to identify and characterise the potential radio counterparts of four highly variable gamma-ray sources in the galactic plane through mapping the radio surroundings of the EGRET confidence contours and determining the variable radio sources in the field whenever possible. Methods. We have carried out a radio exploration of the fields of the selected EGRET sources using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) interferometer at 21 cm wavelength, with pointings being separated by months. Results. We detected a total of 151 radio sources. Among them, we identified a few radio sources whose flux density has apparently changed on timescales of months. Despite the limitations of our search, their possible variability makes these objects a top-priority target for multiwavelength studies of the potential counterparts of highly variable, unidentified gamma-ray sources.

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