Discovery of very-high-energy γ-rays from the Galactic Centre ridge

Nature

Volumn 439, Issue 7077, 2006, Pages 695-698

  Aharonian, F ^a   Akhperjanian, A G ^b   Bazer Bachi, A R ^c   Beilicke, M ^d   Benbow, W ^a   Berge, D ^a   Bernlohr K ^a,e   Boisson, C ^c   Bolz, O ^a   Borrel, V ^c   Braun, I ^a   Breitling, F ^e   Brown, A M ^f   Chadwick, P M ^f   Chounet, L M ^g   Cornils, R ^d   Costamante, L ^a,r   Degrange, B ^g   Dickinson, H J ^f   Djannati Atai A ^h   Drury, L O 'C ⁱ   Dubus, G ^g   Emmanoulopoulos, D ^j   Espigat, P ^h   Feinstein, F ^k   Fontaine, G ^g   Fuchs, Y ^c   Funk, S ^a   Gallant, Y A ^k   Giebels, B ^g   Gillessen, S ^a   Glicenstein, J F ^l   Goret, P ^l   Hadjichristidis, C ^f   Hauser, D ^a   Hauser, M ^j   Heinzelmann, G ^d   Henri, G ^c   Hermann, G ^a   Hinton, J A ^a   Hofmann, W ^a   Holleran, M ^m   Horns, D ^a   Jacholkowska, A ^k   De Jager, O C ^m   Khelifi B ^a   Klages, S ^a   Komin, Nu ^e   Konopelko, A ^e   Latham, I J ^f   Le Gallou, R ^f   Lemiere A ^h   Lemoine Goumard, M ^g   Leroy, N ^g   Lohse, T ^e   Marcowith, A ^c   Martin, J M ^c   Martineau Huynh, O ⁿ   Masterson, C ^a,r   McComb, T J L ^f   De Naurois, M ⁿ   Nolan, S J ^f   Noutsos, A ^f   Orford, K J ^f   Osborne, J L ^f   Ouchrif, M ^n,r   Panter, M ^a   Pelletier, G ^c   Pita, S ^h   Puhlhofer G ^j   Punch, M ^h   Raubenheimer, B C ^m   Raue, M ^d   Raux, J ⁿ   Rayner, S M ^f   Reimer, A ^o   Reimer, O ^o   Ripken, J ^d   Rob, L ^p   Rolland, L ⁿ   Rowell, G ^a   Sahakian, V ^b   Sauge L ^c   Schlenker, S ^e   Schlickeiser, R ^o   Schuster, C ^o   Schwanke, U ^e   Siewert, M ^o   Sol, H ^c   Spangler, D ^f   Steenkamp, R ^q   Stegmann, C ^e   Tavernet, J P ⁿ   Terrier, R ^h   Theoret C G ^h   Tluczykont, M ^g,r   Van Eldik, C ^a   Vasileiadis, G ^k   Venter, C ^m   Vincent, P ⁿ   Volk H J ^a   Wagner, S J ^j   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b YEREVAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Armenia)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g LABORATOIRE LEPRINCE RINGUET   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

ⁱ DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^j UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

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

^l CEA SACLAY   (France)

^m NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^o RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^p CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^q UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^r European Associated Laboratory for Gamma Ray Astronomy

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; GALAXIES; GAMMA RAYS; SHOCK WAVES;

EXPANDING SUPERNOVA REMNANTS; GALACTIC CENTRE RIDGE; GIANT MOLECULAR CLOUDS; INTERSTELLAR GAS;

COSMIC RAYS;

PROTON;

COSMIC RAY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COSMIC RADIATION; ELECTRON; GAMMA RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; SHOCK WAVE;

EID: 32544444309     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04467     Document Type: Article

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