Detection of extended very-high-energy γ-ray emission towards the young stellar cluster Westerlund 2

2007/03/13 by HESS Collaboration, A. G. Akhperjanian, F. Aharonian +97 · 6 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066950

published as Astron.Astrophys.467:1075-1080,2007 · 7 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in A&A

openalex publication_date 2007/03/13 · arxiv created 2007/03/15 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

Aims. Results from γ-ray observations by the HESS telescope array in the direction of the young stellar cluster Westerlund 2 are presented.

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