Egret gamma-ray sources: GRO J0744+54 and GRO J0957+65 (=BL Lacertae object 0954+658)

R. Mukherjee; H. D. Aller; M. F. Aller; D. L. Bertsch; W. Collmar; S. W. Digel; B. L. Dingus; J. A. Esposito; C. E. Fichtel; R. C. Hartman; S. D. Hunter; W. N. Johnson; G. Kanbach; D. A. Kniffen; Y. C. Lin; J. R. Mattox; H. A. Mayer-Hasselwander; P. F. Michelson; C. Von Montigny; P. L. Nolan; P. V. Ramanamurthy; E. Schneid; P. Sreekumar; H. Teräsranta; D. J. Thompson; S. J. Wagner

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Egret gamma-ray sources: GRO J0744+54 and GRO J0957+65 (=BL Lacertae object 0954+658)

R. Mukherjee^*
, H. D. Aller
, M. F. Aller
, D. L. Bertsch
, W. Collmar
, S. W. Digel
, B. L. Dingus
, J. A. Esposito
, C. E. Fichtel
, R. C. Hartman
, S. D. Hunter
, W. N. Johnson
, G. Kanbach
, D. A. Kniffen
, Y. C. Lin
, J. R. Mattox
, H. A. Mayer-Hasselwander
, P. F. Michelson
, C. Von Montigny
, P. L. Nolan

P. V. Ramanamurthy, E. Schneid, P. Sreekumar, H. Teräsranta, D. J. Thompson, S. J. Wagner

^*Corresponding author for this work

Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences, Manipal

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EGRET detected an unidentified source, GRO J0744+54, at a significance of 6.5 σ, during its observations from 1993 June 28 to July 12. The source was seen again in the following 2 week viewing period and was weakly evident in the earlier phase 1 of the EGRET observations. Considering the variability of its gammaray flux, and its location at high Galactic latitude, GRO J0744+54 is likely to be a previously undetected blazar. Its most likely identification is with the radio source 87GB 073840.5+545138. A second source, GRO J0957+65, was seen by EGRET during the same two viewing periods at a combined significance of 5.7 σ. The most probable counterpart of GRO J0957+65 is the BL Lacertae object 0954+658. The spectra, time variability, and positions of the two sources are presented. Multiwavelength observations of 0954+658 are also presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	189-195
Number of pages	7
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	445
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/175685
Publication status	Published - 20-05-1995

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Mukherjee, R., Aller, H. D., Aller, M. F., Bertsch, D. L., Collmar, W., Digel, S. W., Dingus, B. L., Esposito, J. A., Fichtel, C. E., Hartman, R. C., Hunter, S. D., Johnson, W. N., Kanbach, G., Kniffen, D. A., Lin, Y. C., Mattox, J. R., Mayer-Hasselwander, H. A., Michelson, P. F., Von Montigny, C., ... Wagner, S. J. (1995). Egret gamma-ray sources: GRO J0744+54 and GRO J0957+65 (=BL Lacertae object 0954+658). Astrophysical Journal, 445(1), 189-195. https://doi.org/10.1086/175685

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