The second egret catalog of high-energy gamma-ray sources

D. J. Thompson; D. L. Bertsch; B. L. Dingus; J. A. Esposito; A. Etienne; C. E. Fichtel; D. P. Friedlander; R. C. Hartman; S. D. Hunter; D. J. Kendig; J. R. Mattox; L. M. Mcdonald; C. Von Montigny; R. Mukherjee; P. V. Ramanamurthy; P. Sreekumar; J. M. Fierro; Y. C. Lin; P. F. Michelson; P. L. Nolan; S. K. Shriver; T. D. Willis; G. Kanbach; H. A. Mayer-Hasselwander; M. Merck; H. D. Radecke; D. A. Kniffen; E. J. Schneid

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The second egret catalog of high-energy gamma-ray sources

D. J. Thompson^*
, D. L. Bertsch
, B. L. Dingus
, J. A. Esposito
, A. Etienne
, C. E. Fichtel
, D. P. Friedlander
, R. C. Hartman
, S. D. Hunter
, D. J. Kendig
, J. R. Mattox
, L. M. Mcdonald
, C. Von Montigny
, R. Mukherjee
, P. V. Ramanamurthy
, P. Sreekumar
, J. M. Fierro
, Y. C. Lin
, P. F. Michelson
, P. L. Nolan

S. K. Shriver, T. D. Willis, G. Kanbach, H. A. Mayer-Hasselwander, M. Merck, H. D. Radecke, D. A. Kniffen, E. J. Schneid

^*Corresponding author for this work

Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences, Manipal

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The second catalog of high-energy gamma-ray observations from the Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) on the Campton Gamma Ray Observatory includes data from phase 1 (1991 April-1992 November) and phase 2 (1992 November-1993 September) of the mission. In addition to including more data than the first EGRET catalog, this catalog uses an improved model of the diffuse Galactic gamma radiation. The 129 sources in the catalog include one solar flare bright enough to be detected as a source, the Large Magellanic Cloud, five pulsars, 40 high-confidence identifications of active galactic nuclei (AGNs), 11 AGN identifications with lower confidence, and 71 sources not yet identified with known objects. Also included are approximate upper limits for gamma-ray sources at any point in the sky and information about sources listed in the first EGRET catalog but not appearing in this one.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	259-286
Number of pages	28
Journal	Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
Volume	101
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/192240
Publication status	Published - 12-1995

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Thompson, D. J., Bertsch, D. L., Dingus, B. L., Esposito, J. A., Etienne, A., Fichtel, C. E., Friedlander, D. P., Hartman, R. C., Hunter, S. D., Kendig, D. J., Mattox, J. R., Mcdonald, L. M., Von Montigny, C., Mukherjee, R., Ramanamurthy, P. V., Sreekumar, P., Fierro, J. M., Lin, Y. C., Michelson, P. F., ... Schneid, E. J. (1995). The second egret catalog of high-energy gamma-ray sources. Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, 101(2), 259-286. https://doi.org/10.1086/192240

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