Enhanced Gamma-Ray Emission from the Microquasar Cygnus X-3 Detected by AGILE
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Date Issued
2017-03-01
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Abstract
The AGILE-GRID detector is revealing gamma ray emission above 100 MeV from the microquasar Cygnus X-3. Integrating from 2017-03-15 UT 00 00 00 to 2017-03-16 UT 00 00 00, a preliminary multi-source likelihood analysis finds a gamma-ray flux F( > 100 MeV) = (4.2 +/- 1.7) x 10^-6 photons/cm^2/s with a detection significance near 4 sigma.