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Exploring the association of Fermi sources with Young Stellar Objects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2011

P. Munar-Adrover ,
J. M. Paredes  and
G. E. Romero
P. Munar-Adrover
Affiliation:
Dept. d'Astronomia i Meteorologia, Universitat de Barcelona. email: pmunar@am.ub.es
J. M. Paredes
Affiliation:
Dept. d'Astronomia i Meteorologia, Universitat de Barcelona. email: pmunar@am.ub.es
G. E. Romero
Affiliation:
Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía, Universidad de La Plata
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Abstract

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Massive protostars have associated bipolar outflows which can produce strong shocks when interact with the surrounding medium. Some theoretical models predict that particle acceleration at relativistic velocities can occur leading to gamma ray emission. In order to identify young stellar objects (YSO) that might emit gamma rays, we have crossed the Fermi First Year Catalog with catalogs of known YSOs, obtaining a set of candidates by spatial correlation. We have conducted Montecarlo simulations to find the probability of chance coincidence. Our results indicate that ~70% of the candidates should be gamma-ray sources with a confidence of ~5σ.

Keywords

stars: early-typegamma rays: observationsISM: jets and outflows
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 6 , Symposium S275: Jets at all Scales , September 2010 , pp. 406 - 407
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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