2013A&A...559A..13M -
Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 559A, 13-13 (2013/11-1)
Studying the non-thermal lobes of IRAS 16547-4247 through a multi-wavelength approach.
MUNAR-ADROVER P., BOSCH-RAMON V., PAREDES J.M. and IWASAWA K.
Abstract (from CDS):
In recent years, massive protostars have turned out to be a possible population of high-energy emitters. Among the best candidates is IRAS 16547-4247, a protostar that presents a powerful outflow with clear signatures of interaction with its environment. This source has been revealed to be a potential high-energy source because it displays non-thermal radio emission of synchrotron origin, which is evidence of relativistic particles. To improve our understanding of IRAS 16547-4247 as a high-energy source, we analyzed XMM-Newton archival data and found that IRAS 16547-4247 is a hard X-ray source. We discuss these results in the context of a refined one-zone model and previous radio observations. From our study we find that it may be difficult to explain the X-ray emission as non-thermal radiation coming from the interaction region, but it might be produced by thermal Bremsstrahlung (plus photo-electric absorption) by a fast shock at the jet end. In the high-energy range, the source might be detectable by the present generation of Cherenkov telescopes, and may eventually be detected by Fermi in the GeV range.
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Journal keyword(s):
stars: protostars - ISM: jets and outflows - gamma rays: stars - X-rays: stars - radiation mechanisms: non-thermal
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