Fermi LAT observation of VER J2019+407

Abstract

Analysis of data from the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) in the region of the supernova remnant G78.2+2.1 reveals an excess at the position of the TeV source VER J2019+407. The GeV source is extended with a hard spectrum and it is likely the counterpart of the TeV source. The spectrum of the LAT emission connects smoothly with that of VER J2019+407, and the overall GeV--TeV spectrum is best described by a broken power-law with indices 1.8 and 2.5 below and above a break energy of 71 GeV. Several scenarios are considered to explain the nature of this unidentified gamma ray source.

arXiv commentPublished in the proceedings of the conference 6th International Meeting on High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy (Gamma2016), Heidelberg, Germany

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