Detection of gamma rays around 1 TeV from RX J0852.0-4622 by CANGAROO-II

Katagiri, H; Enomoto, R; Ksenofontov, L; Mori, Masaki; Adachi, Y; Asahara, A; Bicknell, Geoffrey; Clay, Roger W; Doi, Y; Edwards, Philip G; Gunji, S; Hara, Shinji; Hara, T; Hattori, T; Hayashi, Sei; Itoh, Chie; Kabuki, S; Kajino, F; Kawachi, A; Kifune, Tadashi; Kiuchi, R; Kubo, H; Kurihara, T; Kurosaka, R; Kushida, J; Matsubara, Y; Miyashita, Y; Mizumoto, Y; Muraishi, H; Muraki, Y; Naito, T; Nakamori, T; Nakase, T; Nishida, D; Nishijima, K; Ohishi, M; Okumura, K; Patterson, Joseph R; Protheroe, Raymond; Sakamoto, N; Sakamoto, Y; Swaby, D L; Tanimori, T; Tanimura, H; Thornton, G J; Tsuchiya, K; Watanabe, S; Yamaoka, T; Yanagita, S; Yoshida, T; Yoshikoshi, T

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Detection of gamma rays around 1 TeV from RX J0852.0-4622 by CANGAROO-II

Date

2005

Authors

Katagiri, H

Enomoto, R

Ksenofontov, L

Mori, Masaki

Adachi, Y

Asahara, A

Bicknell, Geoffrey

Clay, Roger W

Doi, Y

Edwards, Philip G

Publisher

IOP Publishing

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