Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants
XMM-Newton Observations of the Dark Accelerator MGRO J1908+06
Department
Physics
College
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Date Range
2010-2011
Abstract
MGRO J1908+06 is one of the brightest TeV gamma-ray sources in the Galactic disk. It was originally discovered with Milagro and later confirmed with H.E.S.S. and VERITAS as an extended TeV source. A nearby GeV gamma-ray pulsar, PSR J1907+06, was recently discovered with the Fermi LAT suggesting that MGRO J1908+06 is an asymmetric pulsar wind nebula. While counterparts to the pulsar have been found at X-ray and radio wavelengths, no emission other than TeV gamma rays has so far been detected from MGRO J1908+06. The pulsar wind nebula appears to have an extremely low X-ray to TeV gamma-ray flux ratio. We have obtained XMM-Newton data for the region near MGRO J1908+06 and present the results of our search for extended X-ray emission from the pulsar wind nebula.
Conference Name
The X-ray Universe 2011
Conference Location
Berlin, Germany
ScholarWorks Citation
Pandel, Dirk, "XMM-Newton Observations of the Dark Accelerator MGRO J1908+06" (2010). Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants. 121.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/fsdg/121
