Geminga's tails: A pulsar bow shock probing the interstellar medium

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5638, 2003, Pages 1345-1347

  Caraveo, P A ^a   Bignami, G F ^b,c   DeLuca, A ^a   Mereghetti, S ^a   Pellizzoni, A ^a   Mignani, R ^d   Tur, A ^b   Becker, W ^e  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHOTONS; SYNCHROTRONS; X RAYS;

SYNCHROTRON COOLING;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ARTICLE; CAMERA; DENSITY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON; ENERGY; GAMMA RADIATION; GEOMETRY; LUMINANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOTION; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042190372     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1086973     Document Type: Article

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