TY - JOUR
T1 - Multiwavelength study of the northeastern outskirts of the extended TeV source HESS J1809-193
AU - Rangelov, Blagoy
AU - Posselt, Bettina
AU - Kargaltsev, Oleg
AU - Pavlov, George G.
AU - Hare, Jeremy
AU - Volkov, Igor
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/11/20
Y1 - 2014/11/20
N2 - HESS J1809-193 is an extended TeV γ-ray source in the Galactic plane. Multiwavelength observations of the HESS J1809-193 field reveal a complex picture. We present results from three Chandra X-Ray Observatory and two Suzaku observations of a region in the northeastern outskirts of HESS J1809-193, where enhanced TeV emission has been reported. Our analysis also includes GeV γ-ray and radio data. One of the X-ray sources in the field is the X-ray binary XTE J1810-189, for which we present the outburst history from multiple observatories and confirm that XTE J1810-189 is a strongly variable type I X-ray burster, which can hardly produce TeV emission. We investigate whether there is any connection between the possible TeV extension of HESS J1809-193 and the sources seen at lower energies. We find that another X-ray binary candidate, Suzaku J1811-1900, and a radio supernova remnant, SNR G11.4-0.1, can hardly be responsible for the putative TeV emission. Our multiwavelength classification of fainter X-ray point sources also does not produce a plausible candidate. We conclude that the northeast extension of HESS J1809-193, if confirmed by deeper observations, can be considered a dark accelerator - a TeV source without a visible counterpart at lower energies.
AB - HESS J1809-193 is an extended TeV γ-ray source in the Galactic plane. Multiwavelength observations of the HESS J1809-193 field reveal a complex picture. We present results from three Chandra X-Ray Observatory and two Suzaku observations of a region in the northeastern outskirts of HESS J1809-193, where enhanced TeV emission has been reported. Our analysis also includes GeV γ-ray and radio data. One of the X-ray sources in the field is the X-ray binary XTE J1810-189, for which we present the outburst history from multiple observatories and confirm that XTE J1810-189 is a strongly variable type I X-ray burster, which can hardly produce TeV emission. We investigate whether there is any connection between the possible TeV extension of HESS J1809-193 and the sources seen at lower energies. We find that another X-ray binary candidate, Suzaku J1811-1900, and a radio supernova remnant, SNR G11.4-0.1, can hardly be responsible for the putative TeV emission. Our multiwavelength classification of fainter X-ray point sources also does not produce a plausible candidate. We conclude that the northeast extension of HESS J1809-193, if confirmed by deeper observations, can be considered a dark accelerator - a TeV source without a visible counterpart at lower energies.
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U2 - 10.1088/0004-637X/796/1/34
DO - 10.1088/0004-637X/796/1/34
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84909645717
VL - 796
JO - Astrophysical Journal
JF - Astrophysical Journal
SN - 0004-637X
IS - 1
M1 - 34
ER -