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ABSTRACT Most of the -ray sources in the Fermi-LAT 14-yr source catalogue are associated with pulsars and blazars. However, unveiling the nature of the still unassociated -ray sources is important for the understanding of high energy emission mechanisms in astrophysical objects. This work presents a comprehensive study towards the region covered by the Fermi source 4FGL J1846. 9-0227, previously suggested to be a blazar and a massive protostar. Using multiwavelength observations, we analysed several astrophysical objects in the region as possible counterparts of the Fermi-LAT source. Having discarded most of them after a detailed and comprehensive analysis, we suggest that the most likely candidate to be such a counterpart is IRAS 18443-0231, a likely protoplanetary nebula. We found that the radio continuum emission at 3 GHz of IRAS 18443-0231 shows a compact source related to faint emission with jet-like morphology. Additionally, we identified an associated redshifted CO molecular outflow. Using data from several catalogues, we obtained radio spectral index values ranging from -0. 57 to -0. 39 for IRAS 18443-0231, indicating synchrotron emission due to particles accelerated by the jets. We point out that these jets could explain the -ray emission through mechanisms such as proton–proton collisions and relativistic bremsstrahlung. IRAS 18443-0231, lying almost at the centre of the Fermi confidence ellipse and related to the hard X-ray source 4XMM J184700. 4-022752, would be the first association between a protoplanetary nebula and -ray emission.
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