Gamma-ray emission from the globular clusters Liller 1, M80, NGC 6139, NGC 6541, NGC 6624, and NGC 6752
arXiv:1101.4106 · doi:10.1088/0004-637X/729/2/90
Abstract
Globular clusters (GCs) are emerging as a new class of gamma-ray emitters, thanks to the data obtained from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. By now, eight GCs are known to emit gamma-rays at energies >100~MeV. Based on the stellar encounter rate of the GCs, we identify potential gamma-ray emitting GCs out of all known GCs that have not been studied in details before. In this paper, we report the discovery of a number of new gamma-ray GCs: Liller 1, NGC 6624, and NGC 6752, and evidence for gamma-ray emission from M80, NGC 6139, and NGC 6541, in which gamma-rays were found within the GC tidal radius. With one of the highest metallicity among all GCs in the Milky Way, the gamma-ray luminosity of Liller 1 is found to be the highest of all known gamma-ray GCs. In addition, we confirm a previous report of significant gamma-ray emitting region next to NGC 6441. We briefly discuss the observed offset of gamma-rays from some GC cores. The increasing number of known gamma-ray GCs at distances out to ~10 kpc is important for us to understand the gamma-ray emitting mechanism and provides an alternative probe to the underlying millisecond pulsar populations of the GCs.
22 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables; ApJ, in press
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