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Fermi-LAT study of two gamma-ray binaries, HESS J0632+057 and AGL J2241+4454

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 نشر من قبل Masaki Mori
 تاريخ النشر 2013
  مجال البحث فيزياء
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 تأليف Masaki Mori




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GeV gamma-ray emission from two gamma-ray binary candidates, HESS J0632+057 and AGL J2241+4454, which were recently reported by H.E.S.S. and AGILE, respectively, have been searched for using the Fermi-LAT archival dataset. Spatial and temporal distribution of gamma-ray events are studied, but there was no evidence for GeV gamma-ray signal from either sources.



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