Evidence for emission in the MeV band from GRO J1837+59 and QSO 1739+522
O.R.Williams, K.Bennett, R.Much
V.Schonfelder, W.Collmar, H.Steinle
H.Bloemen, W.Hermsen
J.Ryan
Abstract
Emission in the MeV band from the region containing the bright unidentifed
EGRET source GRO J1837+59 and the steep-spectrum EGRET blazar QSO 1739+522
was first reported by COMPTEL during an observation in November 1992.
During this observation the emission was consistent with a single point
source, designated GRO J1753+57. However, the location of GRO J1753+57 was
not consistent with either GRO J1837+59 or QSO 1739+522 and identifying its
counterpart in other wavelengths proved difficult. Moreover, subsequent
observations suggested that the source could not in fact be described as a
single point source and explanantions involving extended or multiple
sources were invoked.
We present an analysis of recent obervations of this region, which confirm
that the emission cannot arise from a single source, but can be modelled as
a combination of emission from both GRO J1837+59 and QSO 1739+522. The
spectrum and time variability derived for these two sources are discussed and
compared to observations in neighbouring bands.
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