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Gamma-Ray Imaging of the Galactic Center Region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2016

W. R. Cook ,
D. M. Palmer ,
T. A. Prince ,
S. M. Schindler ,
C. H. Starr  and
E. C. Stone
W. R. Cook
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 91125
D. M. Palmer
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 91125
T. A. Prince
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 91125
S. M. Schindler
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 91125
C. H. Starr
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 91125
E. C. Stone
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 91125

Abstract

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The Caltech imaging γ-ray telescope was launched by balloon from Alice Springs, NT, Australia and performed observations of the galactic center during the period 12.62 to 13.00 April 1988 UT. The first coded-aperture images of the galactic center region at energies above 30 keV show a single strong γ-ray source which is located 0.7±0.1° from the galactic nucleus and is tentatively identified as 1E1740.7-2942. If the source is at the distance of the galactic center, it is one of the most luminous objects in the galaxy at energies from 35 to 200 keV.

Type
The High - Energy View
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 136: The Galactic Center , 1989 , pp. 581 - 585
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1989 

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