Vol 13, No 8

A statistical classification of the unassociated gamma-ray sources in the second Fermi Large Area Telescope Catalog

Zhu Mao, Yun-Wei Yu

Abstract

Abstract With the assistance of the identified/associated sources in the second Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) catalog, we analyze and resolve the spatial distribution and the distributions of the gamma-ray spectral and variability indices of the remaining 575 unassociated Fermi LAT sources. Consequently, it is suggested that the unassociated sources could statistically consist of Galactic supernova remnants/pulsar wind nebulae, BL Lacertae objects, flat spectrum radio quasars and other types of active galaxies with fractions of 25%, 29%, 41% and 5%, respectively.

Keywords

Keywords gamma rays: general — catalogs — methods: statistical

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