Study of the vicinity of the unidentified source HESS J1745-303 with the LAT instrument aboard the Fermi satellite
Description
The LAT is the main instrument onboard the Fermi space telescope and performs unprecedented observations of the γ-ray sky between 20 MeV and more than 300 GeV. The number of γ-ray sources detected has grown thanks to its high sensibility. A large part of these sources has no known counterpart and a multi-wavelength study is needed in order to understand the origin of the observed signal. This thesis presents a morphological and spectral detailed study of the unidentified source HESS J1745-303, which was discovered in γ-rays in 2006 with the H.E.S.S. experiment, using the Fermi-LAT data. Two point-like sources, located near HESS J1745-303, are included in the Fermi Large Area Telescope Second Source Catalog (2FGL) but, due to the complexity of this region, a dedicated study of the LAT data is however needed. Indeed, its location is ∼1 deg. away from the Galactic Center source and less than 0.5 deg. from the Mouse pulsar, the two brightest γ-ray sources in this region. The astrophysical emission processes are then detailed. We develop an extensive code which allowed us to study the origin of the HE (High Energy) and VHE (Very-High Energy) γ-ray emissions detected by the LAT and H.E.S.S. The emission of this source is indeed still enigmatic and we perform a multi-wavelength study to try to constrain the emission modeling. (author)
Abstract (French)
Le LAT est l'instrument principal du satellite Fermi et permet d'etudier le ciel en rayons γ de 20 MeV a plus de 300 GeV. Sa sensibilite accrue a permis l'augmentation du nombre de sources detectees dans le domaine des hautes energies. Une partie importante de celles-ci n'a pas de contrepartie connue et une etude multi-longueur d'onde est necessaire afin de comprendre l'origine du signal observe. Dans un premier temps, cette these presente l'etude morphologique et spectrale detaillee de la source non-identifiee HESS J1745-303, qui a ete decouverte dans le domaine γ par l'experience H.E.S.S. en 2006 puis analysee specifiquement dans un article de 2008, a l'aide des donnees du LAT. Deux sources ponctuelles situees a une localisation proche de HESS J1745-303 sont presentes dans le catalogue a deux ans de donnees de Fermi (2FGL) mais une analyse dediee de cette region est neanmoins necessaire vu sa complexite. Elle est en e et localisee a ∼1 deg. du Centre Galactique et a moins de 0.5 deg. du pulsar de la Souris, les deux sources les plus brillantes en γ dans cette region. Les differents processus d'emission de photons sont presentes dans un second temps. Leurs simulations permettent d'effectuer une etude approfondie de l'origine de l'emission detectee aux hautes et tres hautes energies par le LAT et par H.E.S.S. L'emission de cette source reste en effet encore enigmatique de nos jours et une etude multi-longueur d'onde est effectuee afin de contraindre les modeles d'emission. (auteur)
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- Original title (French)
- Etude de la region de la source non-identifiee HESS J1745-303 avec l'instrument LAT a bord du satellite Fermi
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 172 p.
- Report number
- FRNC-TH--11566
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- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 52035809
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
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- Thesis
- Descriptors DEI
- CHERENKOV COUNTERS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES; COSMIC PHOTONS; DATA ANALYSIS; GAMMA ASTRONOMY; GEV RANGE; MEV RANGE 100-1000; MEV RANGE 10-100; PULSARS
- Descriptors DEC
- ASTRONOMY; BOSONS; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; COSMIC RAY SOURCES; DATA PROCESSING; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MEV RANGE; PHOTONS; PROCESSING; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; SIMULATION
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