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A possible association of the new VHE gamma-ray source HESS J1825--137 with the pulsar wind nebula G18.0--0.7

F.A. Aharonian
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A.G. Akhperjanian
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A.R. Bazer-Bachi
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M. Beilicke
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W. Benbow
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D. Berge
K. Bernlohr
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C. Boisson
O. Bolz
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V. Borrel
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I. Braun
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F. Breitling
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A.M. Brown
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P.M. Chadwick
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R. Cornils
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L. Costamante
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H.J. Dickinson
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L.O'C. Drury
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G. Dubus
D. Emmanoulopoulos
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Y. Fuchs
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S. Funk
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S. Gillessen
J.F. Glicenstein
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P. Goret
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C. Hadjichristidis
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M. Hauser
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G. Heinzelmann
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G. Henri
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G. Hermann
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J.A. Hinton
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W. Hofmann
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M. Holleran
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D. Horns
O.C. de Jager
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B. Khelifi
Nu. Komin
A. Konopelko
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I.J. Latham
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R. Le Gallou
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M. Lemoine-Goumard
N. Leroy
T. Lohse
J.M. Martin
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A. Marcowith
C. Masterson
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T.J.L. Mccomb
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S.J. Nolan
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A. Noutsos
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K.J. Orford
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J.L. Osborne
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M. Panter
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G. Pelletier
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G. Puhlhofer
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M. Punch
B.C. Raubenheimer
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M. Raue
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S.M. Rayner
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A. Reimer
O. Reimer
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J. Ripken
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G. Rowell
V. Sahakian
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L. Sauge
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S. Schlenker
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R. Schlickeiser
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C. Schuster
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U. Schwanke
M. Siewert
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H. Sol
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D. Spangler
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R. Steenkamp
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C. Stegmann
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C. Venter
H.J. Volk
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S.J. Wagner
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Abstract

We report on a possible association of the recently discovered very high-energy $\gamma$-ray source HESS J1825--137 with the pulsar wind nebula (commonly referred to as G 18.0--0.7) of the $2.1\times 10^{4}$ year old Vela-like pulsar PSR B1823--13. HESS J1825--137 was detected with a significance of 8.1 $\sigma$ in the Galactic Plane survey conducted with the H.E.S.S. instrument in 2004. The centroid position of HESS J1825--137 is offset by 11\arcmin south of the pulsar position. \emph{XMM-Newton} observations have revealed X-ray synchrotron emission of an asymmetric pulsar wind nebula extending to the south of the pulsar. We argue that the observed morphology and TeV spectral index suggest that HESS J1825--137 and G 18.0--0.7 may be associated: the lifetime of TeV emitting electrons is expected to be longer compared to the {\it XMM-Newton} X-ray emitting electrons, resulting in electrons from earlier epochs (when the spin-down power was larger) contributing to the present TeV flux. These electrons are expected to be synchrotron cooled, which explains the observed photon index of $\sim 2.4$, and the longer lifetime of TeV emitting electrons naturally explains why the TeV nebula is larger than the X-ray size. Finally, supernova remnant expansion into an inhomogeneous medium is expected to create reverse shocks interacting at different times with the pulsar wind nebula, resulting in the offset X-ray and TeV $\gamma$-ray morphology.

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in2p3-00025035 , version 1 (27-10-2006)

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F.A. Aharonian, A.G. Akhperjanian, A.R. Bazer-Bachi, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow, et al.. A possible association of the new VHE gamma-ray source HESS J1825--137 with the pulsar wind nebula G18.0--0.7. Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2005, 442, pp.L25-L29. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361:200500180⟩. ⟨in2p3-00025035⟩
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