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The Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope has been detecting a wealth of sources where the multiwavelength counterpart is either inconclusive or missing altogether. We present a combination of factors that can be used to identify multiwavelength counterparts to these Fermi unassociated sources. This approach was used to select and investigate seven bright, high-latitude unassociated sources with radio, UV, X-ray, and γ-ray observations. As a result, four of these sources are candidates to be active galactic nuclei, and one to be a pulsar, while two do not fit easily into these known categories of sources. The latter pair of extraordinary sources might reveal a new category subclass or a new type of γ-ray emitter. These results altogether demonstrate the power of a multiwavelength approach to illuminate the nature of unassociated Fermi sources.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Keywords:	galaxies: active – gamma rays: general – pulsars: general – quasars: general – radio continuum: galaxies – ultraviolet: galaxies – X-rays: galaxies
Research Division:	Physical Sciences
Research Group:	Astronomical sciences
Research Field:	Galactic astronomy
Objective Division:	Expanding Knowledge
Objective Group:	Expanding knowledge
Objective Field:	Expanding knowledge in the physical sciences
UTAS Author:	Ojha, R (Mr Roopesh Ojha)
UTAS Author:	Blanchard, J (Mr Jay Blanchard)
UTAS Author:	Lovell, JEJ (Dr Jim Lovell)
ID Code:	88687
Year Published:	2013
Web of Science® Times Cited:	36
Deposited By:	Mathematics and Physics
Deposited On:	2014-02-12
Last Modified:	2017-11-30
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