A new population of very high energy gamma-ray sources in the Milky Way

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5717, 2005, Pages 1938-1942

  Aharonian, F ^a   Akhperjanian, A G ^b   Aye, K M ^c   Bazer Bachi, A R ^d   Beilicke, M ^e   Benbow, W ^a   Berge, D ^a   Berghaus, P ^f,s   Bernlohr, K ^a,g   Boisson, C ^h   Bolz, O ^a   Borgmeier, C ^g   Braun, I ^a   Breitling, F ^g   Brown, A M ^c   Bussons Gordo, J ⁱ   Chadwick, P M ^c   Chounet, L M ^j   Cornils, R ^e   Costamante, L ^a   Degrange, B ^j   Djannati Atai A ^f   Drury, L O'C ^k   Dubus, G ^j   Ergin, T ^g   Espigat, P ^f   Feinstein, F ⁱ   Fleury, P ^j   Fontaine, G ^j   Funk, S ^a   Gallant, Y A ⁱ   Giebels, B ^j   Gillessen, S ^a   Goret, P ^l   Hadjichristidis, C ^c   Hauser, M ^m   Heinzelmann, G ^e   Henri, G ^d   Hermann, G ^a   Hinton, J A ^a   Hofmann, W ^a   Holleran, M ⁿ   Horns, D ^a   de Jager, O C ⁿ   Jung, I ^a,m,t   Khelifi, B ^a   Komin, N ^g   Konopelko, A ^a,g   Latham, I J ^c   le Gallou, R ^c   Lemiere, A ^f   Lemoine, M ^j   Leroy, N ^j   Lohse, T ^g   Marcowith, A ^d   Masterson, C ^a   McComb, T J L ^c   de Naurois, M ^o   Nolan, S J ^c   Noutsos, A ^c   Orford, K J ^c   Osborne, J L ^c   Ouchrif, M ^o   Panter, M ^a   Pelletier, G ^d   Pita, S ^f   Puhlhofer G ^a,m   Punch, M ^f   Raubenheimer, B C ⁿ   Raue, M ^e   Raux, J ^o   Rayner, S M ^c   Redondo, I ^j,u   Reimer, A ^p   Reimer, O ^p   Ripken, J ^e   Rob, L ^q   Rolland, L ^o   Rowell, G ^a   Sahakian, V ^b   Sauge, L ^d   Schlenker, S ^g   Schlickeiser, R ^p   Schuster, C ^p   Schwanke, U ^g   Siewert, M ^p   Sol, H ^h   Steenkamp, R ^r   Stegmann, C ^g   Tavernet, J P ^o   Terrier, R ^f   Theoret, C G ^f   Tluczykont, M ^j   van der Walt, D J ⁿ   Vasileiadis, G ⁱ   Venter, C ⁿ   Vincent, P ^o   Visser, B ⁿ   Volk H J ^a   Wagner, S J ^m   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b YEREVAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Armenia)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f PSL Research University   (France)

^g Institut fur Physik   (Germany)

^h OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

ⁱ CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^j LABORATOIRE LEPRINCE RINGUET   (France)

^k DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^l UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^m UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

ⁿ NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^o UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^p RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^q CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^r UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^s UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^t WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRO-PHYSICAL OBJECTS; HIGH ENERGY STEREOSCOPIC SYSTEM (HESS); MILKY WAY; NUCLEONIC COSMIC RAYS;

ASTROPHYSICS; COSMIC RAYS; GAMMA RAYS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; X RAYS;

GALAXIES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; COMPTON EFFECT; COSMIC RADIATION; ENERGY; GAMMA RADIATION; GRAVITY; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

EID: 20144382759     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1108643     Document Type: Article

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