VERITAS Observations of Mgro J1908+06/Hess J1908+063
John E Ward (for the VERITAS collaboration)
TL;DR
This paper reports VERITAS observations confirming VHE gamma-ray emission from the unidentified extended source MGRO J1908+06/HESS J1908+063, characterized by a hard spectrum and located on the galactic plane.
Contribution
First VERITAS detection confirming VHE gamma-ray emission from MGRO J1908+06/HESS J1908+063, providing detailed spectral and positional data.
Findings
Detection of VHE gamma-ray emission with VERITAS
Hard TeV spectrum with index ~2.08
Source located on the galactic plane
Abstract
The unidentified TeV gamma-ray source MGRO J1908+06/HESS J1908+063 was observed with the VERITAS Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Array during October 2007 and May-June 2008. This extended source is located on the galactic plane at a galactic longitude of 40.45 degrees and has a hard TeV spectrum with an index of approximately 2.08. The Very High Energy (VHE) gamma-ray flux was measured by H.E.S.S. out to energies greater than 30 TeV which along with its unidentified nature makes it an interesting hard-spectrum extended source for study. We confirm the detection of VHE gamma-ray emission from this source using VERITAS.
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