Discovery of a new population of high-energy γ-ray sources in the milky way

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6776, 2000, Pages 363-365

  Gehrels, N ^a   Macomb, D J ^a   Bertsch, D L ^a   Thompson, D J ^a   Hartman, R C ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENERGY; GAMMA RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE; SPECTRUM;

EID: 0034704826     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35006001     Document Type: Article

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