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American Astronomical Society, Astrophysical Journal, 2(542), p. 740-749, 2000

DOI: 10.1086/317054

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Multiwavelength Examination of theCOS BField 2CG 075+00 Yields a Blazar Identification for 3EG J2016+3657

Journal article published in 2000 by R. Mukherjee, E. V. Gotthelf ORCID, J. Halpern, M. Tavani
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

We present a high-energy study of the intriguing COS-B gamma-ray field, 2CG 075+00, in order to search for possible counterparts. New EGRET data show that the COS-B emission probably corresponds to two localized gamma-ray sources, 3EG J2016+3657 and 3EG J2021+3716. Spectral fits to these EGRET sources, assuming a power-law model, yield photon indices of ~ 2 for each object. We examine archival ROSAT and ASCA X-ray data which overlap both EGRET error boxes, and find several point sources in the region to a flux limit of approximately 6.5 x 10^{-13} erg cm^{-2} s^{-1}. We conclude that the most probable candidate for 3EG J2016+3657 is the compact, variable, flat-spectrum radio and millimeter source B2013+370 (G74.87+1.22) which has blazar-like properties. The other source, 3EG J2021+3716, remains unidentified. ; Comment: 32 pages, 9 figures, uses aasms4 and epsfig style files. Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal