The starburst galaxy NGC 253 revisited by H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT
(Abridged) Context. NGC 253 is one of only two starburst galaxies found to emit $\gamma$-rays from hundreds of MeV to multi-TeV energies. Accurate measurements of the very-high-energy (VHE) (E $>$ 100 GeV) and high-energy (HE) (E $>$ 60 MeV) spectra are crucial to study the underlying particle...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) Chapter/Article |
| Language: | English |
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11 Jun 2018
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Arxiv
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| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: http://arxiv.org/abs/1806.03866
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| Author Notes: | H.E.S.S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla, D. Glawion, F. Jankowsky, M. Mohamed, A. Quirrenbach, F. Rieger, S. Schwemmer, S.J. Wagner, [und weitere] |
| Summary: | (Abridged) Context. NGC 253 is one of only two starburst galaxies found to emit $\gamma$-rays from hundreds of MeV to multi-TeV energies. Accurate measurements of the very-high-energy (VHE) (E $>$ 100 GeV) and high-energy (HE) (E $>$ 60 MeV) spectra are crucial to study the underlying particle accelerators and cosmic-ray interaction and transport. Aims. The measurement of the VHE $\gamma$-ray emission of NGC 253 published in 2012 by H.E.S.S. was limited by large systematic uncertainties. Here, a measurement of the $\gamma$-ray spectrum of NGC 253 is investigated in both HE and VHE $\gamma$-rays. Methods. The data of H.E.S.S. observations are reanalysed using an updated calibration and analysis chain. The $Fermi$-LAT analysis employs more than 8 years of data processed using pass 8. The cosmic-ray particle population is evaluated from the combined HE--VHE $\gamma$-ray spectrum using NAIMA. Results. The VHE $\gamma$-ray energy spectrum is best fit by a power-law with a flux normalisation of $(1.34\,\pm\,0.14^{\mathrm{stat}}\,\pm\,0.27^{\mathrm{sys}}) \times 10^{-13} \mathrm{cm^{-2} s^{-1} TeV^{-1}}$ at 1 TeV -- about 40 \% above, but compatible with the value obtained in Abramowski et al. (2012). The spectral index $\Gamma = 2.39 \pm 0.14^{\mathrm{stat}} \pm 0.25^{\mathrm{sys}}$ is slightly softer than but consistent with the previous measurement. At energies above $\si |
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