A search for ultra-high-energy gamma-ray emission from the crab nebula and pulsar

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 481, Issue 1 PART I, 1997, Pages 313-326

  Borione, A ^a   Catanese, M A ^b,c   Chantell, M C ^a   Covault, C E ^a   Cronin, J W ^a   Fick, B E ^a   Fortson, L F ^a   Fowler, J F ^a   Gibbs, K G ^a   Glasmacher, M A K ^b   Green, K D ^a   Kleda, D B ^d   Matthews, J ^b   Newport, B J ^a   Nitz, D F ^b   Ong, R A ^a   Rosenberg, L J ^a,e   Sinclair, D ^b   Van Der Velde, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma rays: observations; ISM: individual (Crab Nebula) pulsars: individual (Crab Pulsar)

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744441167     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/304042     Document Type: Article

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