Compact sources as the origin of the soft γ-ray emission of the Milky Way

Nature

Volumn 428, Issue 6980, 2004, Pages 293-296

  Lebrun, F ^a   Terrier, R ^a,b   Bazzano, A ^c   Belanger G ^a   Bird, A ^d   Bouchet, L ^e   Dean, A ^d   Del Santo, M ^c   Goldwurm, A ^a   Lund, N ^f   Morand, H ^a   Parmar, A ^g   Paul, J ^a,b   Roques, J P ^e   Schonfelder V ^h   Strong, A W ^h   Ubertini, P ^c   Walter, R ⁱ   Winkler, C ^g  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e IRAP   (France)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^g EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; GALAXIES; GAMMA RAYS;

GALACTIC FLUX; INTERSTELLAR PROCESSES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ASTRONOMY;

ARTICLE; CAMERA; COSMIC RADIATION; DIFFUSION; ENERGY; GAMMA RADIATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 3042594163     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02407     Document Type: Article

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